Business and Non-profit Funding, Grant Resources, etc.

• Texas Enterprise Zone Program - purpose is to encourage job creation and capital investment in areas of economic distress
• Texas Linked Deposit Program - established to encourage lending to historically underutilized businesses, child care providers, non-profit corporations, and/or small businesses located in an Enterprise Zone
• Texas Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program - established to assist adversely impacted defense-dependent communities in responding to or recovering from defense closures or realignments of defense installations, or reductions or termination of defense contracts
• Texas Leverage Fund - an "economic development bank" offering an added source of financing to communities that have passed the economic development sales tax
• Market Texas Clearinghouse - search for information about economic development programs and technical assistance
• Arkansas Department of Economic Development Financing, Incentives, & Taxation - funding sources for business start-ups and expansions in Arkansas
• Arkansas Tourism Development - Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism
• Arkansas Development Finance Authority - source of low-cost financing for low-to-moderate income housing development, small industries, government, education, agricultural business enterprises and health care.
• Accion International - nonprofit community based organization that provides credit and other services to small business owners who do not have access to commercial loans
  • Accion USA
  • Accion Texas
• EPA Grants and Debarment
• EPA Grants and Fellowship Information
  • Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment - Brownfield sites are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.
  • Environmental Justice Grants - assistance for community organizations working on local environment or public health concerns
  • Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Program - assistance to help minority and low-income communities address environmental concerns through pollution prevention
  • Clean Water Financing - financial assistance designed to address current and future water pollution control
• Department of Homeland Security
  • Office for Domestic Preparedness Grants
• Administration for Children & Families
  • Community Services Block Grant
  • Open Funding Opportunities
• National Endowment for the Arts - grants page
• Federal Funding Sources for Rural America - Rural Information Center; this is a search tool that finds sources from many different government agencies
• Rural Information Center's Rural Homeland Security FAQ - see index under Funding and Program Assistance
• egov Initiative
  • grants.gov - find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all U.S. Federal government grant-making agencies
  • GovLoans.gov - U.S. Federal government loan information
  • GovBenefits.gov - government benefit eligibility information
• FedGrants.gov - index of grant opportunities through Federal agencies
• National Institutes of HealthSmall Business Funding Opportunities - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
• National Trust - grant and loan funds for historic buildings
• Getty Conservation Grants - for conservation of museum collections and for preservation of buildings or sites of archetectural, historical, and cultural significance
• National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse - funds from the federal government to expand travel choice, strengthen the local economy, improve the quality of life, and protect the environment
• venture capital
  • National Venture Capital Association
  • National Association for Small Business Investment Companies