Whether you are a DC business owner or are thinking about becoming one,
the Business Resource Center can help provide the resources you need to
fulfill your entrepreneurial goals. Below find answers to the most popular
questions asked at the BRC.
Learn About Loans and Grants
Who provides the most loans for small businesses
in the DC area?
The Washington, DC Office
of the Small Business Administration posts a lender's
ranking sheet that lists all of the banks in the metropolitan area
and ranks them by the number of SBA guaranteed loans.
What grants are available and what businesses
can apply?
Grants are typically for nonprofit businesses. The federal government
also provides focused grants for for-profit businesses in specific industries
where it is looking to spark innovation, such as defense and homeland
security. For more information, visit the following:
DC's Office of Partnerships and Grants Development (OPGD) offers
the Grants
Information Data System (GIDS)-a database of current city, federal
and foundation grant opportunities available to DC-area nonprofits
and community-based organizations. Also, be sure to sign up for their
OPGD
Funding Alert.
Visit grants.gov,
the access point for over 1,000 grant programs offered by all federal
grant-making agencies.
