Hello Alice is seeking applications for its BGE Energizing Small Business Grants to assist small businesses with COVID-19 relief and recovery and is a multi-year commitment expected to run through at least 2023.
Donor Name: Hello Alice
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/26/2022
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Details:
BGE’s Energizing Small Business Grant Program (the “Program”) is sponsored and administered by Circular Board, Inc. dba Hello Alice and the Global Entrepreneurship Network, Inc. (GEN) (“Sponsors”).
Funding Information
Grant Recipients will receive a $20,000 (USD) grant to be used for the Grant Recipient’s business expenses, incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to enter a business in the Program, you (“Officer”) must be all of the following as of the first day of the Program Period (defined below):
- an entrepreneur who is the leading executive (i.e. Founder and/or President, CEO, CFO, COO, or any such other similar title) of a business that meets the below business criteria;
- a legal resident of one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico;
- eighteen (18) years of age or older (19 in AL and NE).
- To be eligible to participate in the program, the business (“Entrant”) must meet all of the following criteria as of the first day of the Program Period:
- For-profit business founded in 2020 or prior;
- Existing BGE electric and/or gas customer in good standing with BGE;
- In good standing (or on the way to) with the State of Maryland;
- A maximum of twenty-five (25) employees;
- Annual gross revenues in 2021 of less than $7 million USD;
- Demonstrated need for funding to support business and serve customers;
- Not engaged in illegal, potentially illegal, or illegitimate activities as adjudged in Sponsors’ determination; and
- Business entity legally permissible in the United States.
- The potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility by Sponsors, which may include completing associated documentation.
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