LISC Small Business Relief Grants

Thanks to support from a variety of funders, LISC’s Small Business Relief Grant program has provided over 3,000 entrepreneurs with grants totaling over $48 million during the Covid-19 pandemic to help them stay in business and continue to contribute to their local economies.

LISC does not have a national small business grant application round for urban markets scheduled at this time. See below for additional small business grant opportunities and resources at the local level that you may apply for.  And please check back to this page or follow us on social media for future announcements.

• Rural Relief Small Business Grants. If you are small business located specifically in a rural community, a grant application will open on Monday, October 26, 2020 through Monday, Novermber 2, 2020.
• Regional grant opportunities:
  • Los Angeles, CA: LA Regional COVID Fund
  • New York, NY: LISC NYC Small Business Relief & Recovery Fund
• State-by-state mentorship and support services for small businesses

Finalists for Round 6 of the grant program will be contacted by notifications@lisc.org no later than September 18th.

Past Grant Recipients

• Round 1 Recipients
• Round 2 Recipients

The grants are made possible by our generous funders 
and donations to the Rapid Relief & Resilency Fund.

For a full list of our Covid-19 relief and recovery supporters, click here.