If your business is selected as a finalist, you will be notified via email. Being selected as a finalist does not guarantee a grant will be awarded. As a finalist, additional documentation will be required, including date of birth, SSN, TIN/ITIN and/or EIN for the applicant and/or the business in order for us to perform the due diligence required by the program’s funding source. This due diligence inquiry may include a background search that we will conduct at our expense. If the due diligence step is successfully completed, we will ask for W-9 and appropriate banking information so that we may transfer funds by ACH to your designated account. If your W-9 and banking information does not match your application, you may be ineligible to receive grant funds.
The following questions ask about the number of employees at all locations operated by the applicant. For this section, full-time workers are those who work 35 hours/week or more; part-time workers are those who work less than 35 hours/week.
The next portion of the survey requests socioeconomic data related to the lead business owner and it is optional; if you wish not to provide socio-demographic information, please select 'Prefer not to say'. Please provide information based on how the lead business owner self-identifies.