I am trying to find reliable information on grants or loans for a woman run business in Miami district. Would you happen to know any resources or people could contact regarding this?
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Business grants and loans for Women Business Owners in Miami, Florida
Posted on August 9, 2011 by nawbomiamiwomenbusinessnetworking
The only grant I am aware of is the Mom and Pop grant http://www.miamidade.gov/ced/program_grants_mom-pop.asp
For women owned business specifically, there used to be grant by Women and Co (Citibank Foundation) from 2007-2009
Thank you Gina for your feedback regarding business grants for women business owners in Florida.
As far of loans, besides the commercial bank loans (from local banks that are SBA Preferred lenders), there are a few (micro)lending programs I worked with in the past.
(1) Partner for Self Employment – http://www.partnersforselfemployment.com/en/direct-loan-program
(2) ACCION USA –
http://www.accionusa.org/
(3) Other Preferred SBA lenders in Florida such as Borrego Springs Bank + Innovative Bank ( Innovative was closed in April 2010).
There is a new lender in town, which I have NOT worked with yet. Its called Our Microlending – http://www.ourmicrolending.com
Contact the Small Business Development Center at Miami-Dade to receive free, confidential business advice from its Certified Business Analysts – http://www.miamisbdc.org
Hope that helps!
I’ve heard Advance411 Merchant Funding is good http://www.advance411.com. Hope this helps. Claudia Lima
Please check out http://www.Grants.gov. It’s a great search tool for government grants.
Please note the Mom and Pop grants program for 2012 application period has opened up. To check the requirements in your district, please check the following website http://www.miamidade.gov/grants/mom_pop.asp
Thanks for letting us know! Great resource!