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Small Business Resources: Loans, Assistance, Aid & More

Posted 4/22/20

Facebook Small Business Grants Program

Available now to apply - San Francisco Bay Area   https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/grants

Facebook recently updated guidelines for its $100 million small business grant program. Specifically, $15 million is earmarked for Bay Area (including Marin) and these are the criteria:

  • Have between 2 and 50 employees

  • Have been in business for over a year

  • Have experienced challenges from COVID-19

  • Be in or near a location where Facebook operates


Posted 4/20/22

Click this link for an interesting Loan Seminar from the Marin SBDC held on 4/20/20, if you missed it. It has a lot of great information available to you. (if a password is needed - 2z?@.%H.)

If you want to work with a SBDC Advisor at no cost to you , to help you answer specific loan questions, please sign up here - this is the fastest way to work with someone: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/signup   (choose Marin SBDC on second page)

Here is the most up to date info from the Marin SBDC to help you (including links to applications): https://www.marinsbdc.org/covid-19  

Here is a list of online lenders accepting PPP applications:


Posted 4/2/20

Alternate funding solutions your small business can try

Small Business Guide and Checklist

FAQs for Small Businesses

Cares Act FAQ's

A lifeline for Small Businesses included in the Phase III COVID-19 Relief Bill

A breakdown of all the federal programs and aid for small business coronavirus assistance.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act sets aside $350 billion for small business loans to provide economic relief in 2020. Here’s how to get one of these loans.


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