Melvin Feller Business Group Looks at Grant Resources for Any Startup Business- Corporate Grants
Melvin Feller Business Group Looks at Grant Resources for Any Startup Business- Corporate Grants
Melvin Feller Business Group in Burkburnett Ministries and Dallas Texas and Lawton Oklahoma. Our mission is to call and equip a generation of Christian entrepreneurs to do business as ministry and with Grace. We provide workshops and resources that help companies discover how to do business God’s way and Grace for mistakes and start overs. When the heart of a business is service rather than self it can be transformed into a fruitful business ministry earning a profit and being of service to the community and their customers. Melvin Feller is currently pursuing another graduate degree in business organizations.
I have taken the guesswork out of getting a loan in the United States and have done the research for you, compiling a list of loan and financing resources for your small business. New business? No problem! Low personal credit score? I have got you covered. From startups to established businesses, these resources can help any entrepreneur achieve your business goals.
Corporate Small Business Grants:
Government grants are great, but the requirements are often hyper-specific, or the funding amounts are not that large. Big corporations will often provide small business grants to contest winners. For you, it is money to grow your business. For them, it’s a PR win, netting loyal corporate customers and a lot of good will.
The difference here is that many corporate-sponsored small business grants involve pitch competitions or something similar. Not all do, of course, but you will want to be aware that applying to a corporate grant might involve more work. With that, though, comes the potential for publicity — and for runner-up prizes.
Intuit National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) Grant
Intuit, the tax preparation software company, gives small businesses a $4,000 grant in partnership with NASE. This is designed to help small businesses and freelancers take their business to the next level. Although the application period ended last year, Intuit usually gives out small business grants annually.
FedEx Small Business Grant
FedEx annually awards grants of up to $25,000 to ten small businesses, nationwide, with its Small Business Grant Contest. You can check out past winners — and hear their words of wisdom and warning — and the FedEx site.
Etsy Maker Cities Grant
If you are a maker of furniture, crafts, ceramics, fabrics, art — or anything else that Etsy sellers offer — then check out their small business grant contest. Called Maker Cities, only non-profits and educational institutions are eligible. However, those recipients support small business. This is a great way to get more vintage and handmade goods into the hands of customers.
Chase Mission Main Street Grants
Each year, Chase Bank puts aside $3 million to split between 20 small businesses — that is $150,000 each. You will have to answer a few essay questions regarding your business, its story, and its community impact, and then a panel of small business experts and senior executives decides winners. You will also get a free trip to Google for a small business-marketing workshop, and more.
Visa Everywhere Initiative
Visa’s Everywhere Initiative looks for startups with innovative fixes and offered $50,000 to the final three winners.
Marriott International’s Canvas
Canvas is a “food and drink concept lab” maintained by Marriott International — so if you’re an aspiring restaurateur in need of money, space, or advice, look no further. Unlike many small business grants, this funding opportunity is for the concept stage only.
Miller Lite Tap the Future
This business pitch competition offers $200,000, plus seminars and additional resources, to startups.
Sam’s Club Grant Program
Now, this grant program does not directly assist small businesses — instead, it offers funding to nonprofit organizations that support small business owners. Therefore, while you cannot apply, you should keep tabs on the program and its recipients, in case any wind up in your neck of the woods.
Wells Fargo Community Investment
Offering grants in nearly every state, the Wells Fargo Community Investment program focuses mainly on nonprofits — but small businesses with the right criteria can qualify, too.
Walmart Foundation
Walmart has a number of different grant programs, again mostly aimed towards nonprofits. Similar to the Sam’s Club program, you should apply if you can, but monitor relevant nonprofits who might want to sponsor you in turn.
Exxon Mobile Foundation
This philanthropic arm of Exxon Mobile focuses on funding sources concerned with eliminating malaria, increasing math and science education, and investing in women’s economic opportunities.
Coca-Cola Foundation
Similarly, Coca-Cola’s community-giving branch centers around empowering women, improving access to clean water, and fostering healthy living and youth development. If your small business does not qualify under the mostly charity-centric criteria, then try to see if you can contract or cater for the nonprofit that does.
National Association for the Self-Employed
NASE offers small business grants of up to $5,000. Just register and see if you are eligible! Some of these grants, mentioned above, are in conjunction with Intuit.
Lending Tree
2017 was the inaugural year for Lending Tree’s Small Business Grant Contest. The winning small business will receive $50,000 to fund the needs of their growing business!
Melvin Feller Business Consultants Group in Texas and Oklahoma. Melvin Feller founded Melvin Feller Business Consultants Group and Burkburnett Ministries for grace in the 1970s to help individuals and organizations achieve their specific Victory. Victory as defined by the individual or organization are achieving strategic objectives, exceeding goals, getting results or desired outcomes. He has extensive experience assisting businesses achieve top and bottom line results. He has broad practical experience creating WINNERS in many organizations and industries. He has hands-on experience in executive leadership, operations, logistics, sales, program management, organizational development, training, and customer service. He has coached teams to achieve results in strategic planning, business development, organizational design, sales, and customer response and business process improvement. He has prepared and presented many workshops nationally and internationally.
