Federal Grant Funding

Currently, there are a number of programs out there for federal grant funding. As discussed in a number of our previous articles, the majority of these programs are specifically for minority owned businesses as well as e-mail and businesses. However, if you are a vendor and have developed a unique product that will be benefit the United States then you may you may be able to require federal grant funding for the specific program is to assist specific product that you have developed. Of course, federal grant funding does come at a price in many instances, the federal government will require you to showcase specifically the new technology they have developed in order to receive the federal grant funding that you are seeking. Again, if you do not fall into one of the specific minority at the categories as discussed earlier or you not a female owned business then you will have issues as it pertains to receiving funding for your business from the federal government. However, if you have developed a very unique piece of technology, especially as it relates to new energy sources, then you are in an outstanding position to receive federal grant funding for the specific product and the entrepreneurial venture that you're looking to launch. As such, and as a has relate to our previous discussions pertaining to grant funding, it is imperative that you can have a very well-developed business plan to showcase to federal agencies exactly how you intend to use the funds as well as the benefit that your new product will provide for the open market and ultimately provide a greater benefit for the American people. Although primarily focusing on federal grant funding as a relates United States, the concept as it relates to receiving grant funds from any government, are generally exactly the same in regards to any specific government that you're looking to receive financing from.

 

The best way to determine as to whether or not your new invention, entrepreneurial venture, or the business qualifies for federal grant funding is to go to a very popular website called Grants.gov that allow you to see the available programs as it relates to receiving federal grant funding for your entrepreneurial venture. This website constantly features all the latest grant programs that have been approved by Congress, as it relates to providing funding for small businesses and businesses that specialize in the development of new technology especially as it relates to of energy. Additionally, a number of these programs are specifically geared again, for minority owned and female owned businesses that are not specific to the development of the technology but rather specific to the development of new businesses in areas such as global zones as well as inner cities. If you have reviewed other websites on developing a specialized business it will provide a greater benefit to specific areas you may be in an outstanding position to receive federal grant funding in order to launch further develop your entrepreneurial venture ongoing basis.

 

As we also touched upon briefly in some of our previous discussions, you certainly need to be wary of any company out there that holds themselves out as a business that specializes in assisting you with acquiring federal grant funding. There have been any recent number of lawsuits that have pertains to companies that have marketed themselves as forms are able to guarantee the fact that you receive federal grant funding for your specific that business venture. However, nothing can be further from the truth in that there are a number of different competitors out there as it relates to receiving funding from the government, state governments, and foundations that provide specialized grants for entrepreneurial ventures. This, time and time again, should continue to hold true as you progress through your operations in receiving financing from the federal government or from other entities that extend grants to the general public for entrepreneurial activities.

 

When developing a business plan for federal grant funding, it is imperative, that you clearly showcase and define the tremendous benefits that your business will provide in regards to your operations when applying to via a specialized program. Additionally, you'll need to have a secondary document that showcases the anticipated benefit as it relates to increasing economic activity, increasing the technology base of the United States, the other ancillary benefits that pertain to your entrepreneurial venture as you progress through your business operations. Federal grant funding is a commodity like any other aspect of capital that you're seeking for your business. There are a number of competitors that your face as you continue to progress in your business operations so that you can receive the grant funding that you need in order to launch your business operations. The most interesting things that most people do not realize, as it pertains to federal grant funding, is that many of these funds are available to individuals that are not necessarily looking to develop new business is to roll areas or urban city areas. The federal government, recently, has developed an extensive interest in assisting individuals and business owners with the funding they need in order to improve the infrastructure within the United States. This includes federal funding grants for it to improvement projects, utility improvement projects, and other projects that relate to improving the overall quality of the country's infrastructure. If you are firm that specializes in this type of activity then you may very well qualified for federal grant funding as it relates to your ongoing business activities. Again, we recommend that you review many of the programs that are available through the grants available on the Grants.Gov website so you can see all the available programs as it pertains not only to the development of new technology but also for the improvement of infrastructure within the United States and within your local community. Many more programs have been developed with the advent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act so that small businesses, especially businesses that engage in construction, can get back to developing and producing infrastructure that is so strongly needed within the United States. This is especially true if your business focuses on such matters as the electrical grid improvement, alternative energy, or for invigorating communities within your area by developing new infrastructure.

 

As and then pertains to federal government funding, the federal grants website is outstanding method of how you can find one of the many thousands of programs out there that are not always specific to the general federal government but also specific to the region in which you operate with it. For each state, there are literally hundreds of programs are available as it pertains to grant financing that you can use in order to further your entrepreneurial venture by not only being able to increase employment, but also by being able to provide an ancillary benefit to the general populace. As will be commonly discussed through a number of articles, there a number of congressmen and senators that frequently use earmarks in order to provide specialized grants to businesses within their area. As such, your business that operates within one of these specialized niche industries in which the federal government is willing to have divided financing than it is in your best interest to take a look at these programs before seeking other types of capital such as investment capital, small business investment company funding, SBA loans, and traditional conventional business loans. However, it should be noted that the approval times as a relates to the federal grant funding are much longer than those that are normally associated with obtaining capital through traditional means as it relates to new, developing, and ongoing entrepreneurial ventures. This is primarily, again, due to the fact that the federal government understands their providing any business that needs financing through one of these grant programs that there is no repayment period required by in order to obtain this specific type of financing. As such, as you progress through your grant raising activities you should also keep in mind the number of other different types of financing facilities that are available to you than the more quickly allow your entrepreneurial country to grow as it progresses through its operations.

 

Additionally, outside of federal grant funding, there are a number of programs available by the federal government that can assist you in expanding your business  without having to go through the lengthy grant application process. The most prominent of these programs is the Small Business Administration agency and related programs which delegates a specific amount of space contracts to small businesses. In future articles, we are to focus on the federal government definition of a small business as a relates to obtaining specialized contracts and specialized financing for your entrepreneurial activities and for new business development activities. In many instances, government agencies provide up to one-tenth to one-third of their general contracts to businesses that they consider to be small businesses based on the guidelines by the small business administration. You will be amazed at what the specific guidelines call for as to what is considered to be a small business. In many of our minds we consider a small business to be a local company, a small retail store, or a small services business that caters to a small populace. However, nothing could be further from the truth in this matter as well. In some instances, small businesses can generate upwards of $30 million a year before they are considered ineligible for receiving federal grant funding. However, the amounts of the amount of revenue that your business generates as it pertains to being considered a small business is industry specific. For example, if you are a construction company and you generate less than $20 million year of revenue then by the standards of the federal government you are still considered small business. However, if you are a retail operation that generates more than $1 million per year through the operation of a  retail store and you may fall out of the sphere of what is considered to be a small business by the federal government standards. As such, when you are seeking federal grant funding, it is imperative that you continue to make sure that you fall within the guidelines that are set forth by the federal government and the small business administration as it pertains to receiving grant funding for qualifying for specialized contracts are available through the SBA 8a program.

 

One of the things he can do prior to applying for federal grant funding, is to consult with a certified public accountant who can provide you with the proper analysis as to whether or not you will be able to effectively receive the grant funding that you are seeking from the federal government, small business foundations, or from state governments so that you do not waste your time developing very expensive business plans and grant plans for the programs that out there that are geared towards your small business venture. It is also important to note, that beyond federal grant funding there are a number of state-based programs and private programs available that can further assist you with developing your entrepreneurial activities provided that you give a general benefit to the public. This is especially true if you engage in business of real estate. The things that applies not only to businesses in general but also for real estate development businesses is that federal grant funding, state  funding, and private foundation funding, allowing you to gentrify neighborhoods that have had substantial issues in the past. If you're willing to take a financial risk as it pertains to the development of new real estate ventures, the development of new ventures, or expanding existing businesses within areas that desperately need to specific services then you very well may qualify for many of the federal grant programs as well as other state based programs that need to be the capital you need to fact that you will be able to provide a service that the federal or state government is not willing to provide at the moment.

 

We strongly encourage you to review now only the information that is on TheFinanceResource.com website but also a through a number of different online portals that are available and are sponsored not only by the federal government by state governments as well. Again, the federal grant funding programs that are available online can be found on the Grants.Gov website. Additionally within your local jurisdiction many state governments have turned to the Internet when showcasing the grant programs that have become available for localized funding as it pertains to your new entrepreneurial venture, existing business that is seeking to expand, for real estate venture that will provide ancillary benefits to the community at large.

 

In future articles, we are going to continue to discuss issues that pertain to the federal grant funding as well as seeking funding from other institutions that provide either free grant capital for businesses for very little cost capital to businesses that are looking to expand their operations within specific areas.

 

Thank you again for tuning in to this article as it pertains to federal grant funding and we look forward to continuing to provide you with insightful information as it relates to sourcing capital you need to launch or expand your entrepreneurial ventures.