Business and Commerce for Nonprofits Grants

State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Grant is available for small businesses in Colorado to support their international expansion efforts. The grant provides funding of up to $10,000 per year for activities such as attending trade shows, holding international business meetings, researching new markets, updating marketing materials for new markets, and compliance testing. Administered by the Global Business Development (GBD) division, this program is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The Tillamook Coast Tourism Signage Grant in Oregon aims to support tourism business owners by covering the costs of updated signage, ultimately enhancing the visitor experience. This initiative is made possible by lodging tax revenues collected by Tillamook County since 2013, fulfilling a commitment to use these funds to improve the community. Over $10 million has already been allocated to various tourism-related projects, with an additional $1 million provided in marketing grants to nonprofits and businesses by the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association.

Grant Opportunity: BMO Cash Bonus for Opening Checking and Money Market Accounts BMO is offering a limited-time grant opportunity for organizations of all types across the USA. This grant provides cash bonuses for opening new checking and money market accounts. The grant is open from September 18, 2023, to December 8, 2023. For the checking account grant opportunity, there are three options available: Smart Advantage Checking, Smart Money Checking, and Relationship Checking. Each account offers a $400 cash bonus when you have a total of at least $4,000 in qualifying direct deposits within the first 120 days. The Relationship Checking account offers a higher cash bonus of $600 when you have a total of at least $7,500 in qualifying direct deposits within the first 120 days. Additionally, by opening a Relationship Plus Money Market account and maintaining a certain balance, you can earn up to an additional $3,500 cash bonus. To qualify for this bonus, you must deposit $25,000 or more of new money into the account within 30 days of opening. The cash bonus amount depends on the balance maintained between Day 31 and Day 120. Please note that eligibility requirements apply and accounts must be opened between September 18, 2023, and December 8, 2023. Offers can be changed or canceled without notice at any time.

Focused on projects that improve workforce development, improve health outcomes, and create jobs. Awarded to approximately recipients at up to $300,000 each. The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a federal-state partnership that represents 252 counties in eight states along the lower Mississippi River Delta. The DRA is focused on creating jobs, building communities, and improving lives of the more than 10 million people of the Delta Region. DRA envisions the region as a place where people and businesses have access to economic opportunities in vibrant, sustainable, and resilient communities. DRA’s mission is to realize that vision through the practical application of innovative ideas and strategies that will foster inclusive communities, strengthen regional collaboration and productive capacity, achieve sustained, long-term economic development, and produce meaningful opportunities for all people in the DRA region.

The Services * Training * Officers * Prosecutors* (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program supports communities in their efforts to develop and strengthen effective responses to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault (including adult survivors of child sexual abuse), or stalking. This also includes victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are also victims of trafficking and female genital mutilation or cutting, or forced marriage. The program encourages community partnerships between law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and victim services organizations to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable. STOP is authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) through the Office on Violence Against Women under the U.S. Department of Justice.