I would approaching to know how to find a start-up business compromise; I am trying to start a half-way house. No gimmick?
Answers: You stand a better chance of getting a give up if your organize yourself as a non profit.
It is frozen to find grants to start a business, especially a partly way house. Unlike the myths that some see, federal government and even private foundations just about give admit money for starting a for-profit business.
One possible exception is for companies developing or exporting agricultural goods, including food and forest product. Another exception could be the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/... , which fund the research and nouns of technological innovation that meet specific government requirements.
Your best bet actually will be from the states if they proposition grant programs for women (or any other special interest groups -- minorities, women, disabled, veterans, etc). Or check beside non profit organizations, specifically women organizations if they tender grants. Examples include
Iowa Women's Foundation http://www.iawf.org/
New Mexico Women's Foundation http://www.nmwf.org/guidelines.html
Even SBA does NOT donate out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/mostrequesteditems/CO...
"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not hold out grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does submit a wide miscellany of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some forfeit programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organization that provide small business management, hi-tech, or financial assistance. These grants unanimously support non-profit organizations, intermediary lend institutions, and state and local governments."
Nonetheless, you can stir to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grant.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grant. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit project.
Here is a listing of federal grant for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business -- THERE'S NONE.
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALO...
Most of the federal grant are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved within transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program
Grants are also normally given to non profit groups or organizations involved within training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs
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