The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, assists minority business enterprises (MBEs) through its MBDA Business Center Program.
Donor Name: Department of Commerce
States: Arkansas, Indiana, Oregon, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $350,000
Grant Duration: 3 years 10 Months
Details:
The Business Centers will facilitate the growth and job creation in minority business enterprises in their locales by providing expert technical assistance to minority business enterprises consistent with the terms of this Notice of Funding Opportunity. These programs align with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) strategic mission goals to support minority business enterprises (MBEs) and the Administration’s strategic priority to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal government.
The Program supports a national network of Business Centers that provide high-quality, technical assistance to MBEs. Business Centers provide counseling and mentoring to MBEs, assist MBEs to access capital, contracts, and grants, facilitate the growth of MBEs by promoting trade, and support MBEs to create and retain jobs. The goal of these Business Centers is to further MBDA’s core objective of promoting the growth and global competitiveness of America’s MBE community.
This notice requests applications from qualified organizations to operate MBDA Business Centers in six states, Arkansas, Indiana, Oregon, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Utah.
Priorities
- Business Development
- Capacity Building
- Navigation
Funding Information
- The funding amount for each award in FY 2022 will be approximately $350,000.
Grant Period
- MBDA expects to issue awards for a total term of three years and ten months from September 1, 2022 – June 30, 2026, with an initial 10-month budget period from September 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include:
- Private sector entities are defined as entities that are not public sector entities. This includes, for example, for-profit entities of any type and non-profit entities, and may include quasi-governmental entities that are not agents of the state but do not include the Federal Government, any Federal agency, or any instrumentality of the Federal Government.
- Public sector entities are defined as States, agencies of a State, political subdivisions of a State, or agencies of a political subdivision of a State
- Native entities, which means a Tribal Government; an Alaska Native village or Regional or Village Corporation, as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); a Native Hawaiian organization, as that term is defined in section 7517 of title 20; the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
- Institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.