COVID-19 Resource Guide-Private Funding and Technical Assistance Programs

This list curtousy of the Alameda Count Small Business Development Center

  • Facebook Small Business GrantsProgram

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Have between 2 and 50 employees
    • Have been in business for over a year
    • Have experienced challenges from COVID-19
    • Be in or near a location where Facebook operates

  • James Beard Foundation - Food and Beverage Industry Relief Fund Program
    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Food and beverage companies

  • Open Road Organization

    COVID-19 Charitable Grants Program
    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Companies addressing COVID-19

  • Amazon - Amazon Relief Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • independent delivery service partners and their drivers

  • Lowes - Philanthropic Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • $3 million to help support local small businesses, particularly skilled trades professionals, continue to operate.

  • Hello Alice - Business for All Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Emergency business grants

  • Verizon-LISC - Small Business Recovery Grant Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Emergency business grants

  • Restaurant Workers Community Foundation - Restaurant Workers COVID19 Crisis Relief Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Immediately direct money to organizations leading on-the-ground efforts in the restaurant community.
    • To bolster our impact investing budget to provide zero-interest loans to businesses to maintain payroll during closure or re-open once this crisis has passed.
    • To establish a relief fund for individual workers facing economic hardships or health crises as a direct result of COVID-19

  • National Restaurant Association Education Foundation - RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND Program (Grants for employees)

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • restaurant industry employees who have been impacted by COVID-19, including a decrease in wages or loss of employment
    Info: rerf.us/

  • Peace Development Fund - The De Colores Rapid Response Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • small, strategic moment grants aimed at building community resilience (for non-profits)

  • USBG National Charity Foundation - Bartender Emergency Assistance Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • bartender, bar back, bar server, or are otherwise engaged in the service or preparation of alcoholic beverages

  • National Association of Theatre Owners - Relief Fund for Theatre Employees Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • relief fund to assist employees of member theaters who have been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Sony - Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19 Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • reative community such as music, pictures, games and animation
    Info: sony.net

  • Salesforce - Salesforce Care Small Business Grants Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • $5 million pot, eligibility TBD

  • The Gottlieb Foundation - Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • To be eligible for this program, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking.

  • Artist Relief Organization

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Visual artists working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, and/or drawing who have suffered significant losses after natural or man-made disasters that have affected their community.

  • The Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation - The Red Backpack Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • 1,000 grants of $5,000 each to female entrepreneurs in the U.S. The portal will open for applications again on May 4, June 1, July 6, and August 3.

  • One Fair Wage Organization - One Fair Wage Emergency Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • Restaurant workers, gig workers and other hourly workers

  • Freelancers Union Organization - Freelancers Relief Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • provides assistance of up to $1,000 per household to qualifying freelancers to cover lost income and essential expenses

  • National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) - NALAC Micro-Grant Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • $500 micro-grants to provide these individuals with short-term emergency financial assistance to compensate for loss of income due to the cancellation of an event, engagement, project or employment. 
    Info: nalac.org

  • Americans for the Arts - Artist Relief Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • anyone who earns income from their creative or artistic practice and who has also been affected by COVID-19

  • Sam Adams Organization - Restaurant Relief Fund Program

    Qualifications/Purpose
    • full-time employees at the same restaurant, bar, or nightclub for at least three months


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