The City of Austin Small Business Division offers a comprehensive directory of small business resources offered by local, state, and federal governments and non-profit agencies. Our goal for the City of Austin Small Business Resources Directory is to increase awareness and use of the programs that provide aid in the development of your business. Call 512-974-7800, email SmallBiz@austintexas.gov or visit our website for information about all our services and resources.

Organization Phone Number Description
Economic Growth Business Incubator

Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that provides training, coaching, and support to aspiring and existing business owners who face barriers to growing a successful business. 

Texas Military Value Revolving Loan Fund

The Texas Military Value Revolving Loan Fund provides financing to defense communities for job creation and infrastructure projects. 

The Texas Music Office

The Texas Music Office promotes the development of the music in the state by informing members of that industry and the public about resources available in the state for music for music production, and serves as liaison between the industry and state government. 

I Respect Music

I Respect Music supports a musician's right to receive pay for radio airplay. 

Joan Mitchell Foundation Emergency Grant

The Joan Mitchell Foundation provides emergency support to US based visual artists working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, and/or drawing, who have suffered significant losses after natural or manmade disasters that have affected their community. 

Business and Nonprofits Database - City of Austin

Marketing tools, company and investment information, business plans, directories, interactive maps and metrics. 

MINDPOP

MINDPOP's mission is to expand creative learning in classrooms, schools and communities.  

National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)

NAHREP's mission is to advance sustainable Hispanic homeownership. 

Business Success Center

The Business Success Center provides assistance for new and established businesses in Austin, Texas.

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants

Provides grants for all legitimate expenditures relating professional work and personal living, including medical expenses, for visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers.

University of Texas Center for Professional Education

The UT Professional Development Center (PDC) helps individuals meet professional and personal goals and helps organizations develop employees and improve performance through its program, consulting, coaching and facilitation services.

Texas State University Small Business Development Center

The Texas State Small Business Development Center works with existing and startup small business to help them grow and compete in today's global economy.  

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts provides Texas artists and arts organizations with legal and accounting assistance to enable them to maximize their potential, shape our cultural landscape, and contribute to the creative economy.

Texas Small Business Emergency Micro-grant Source

The Texas Small Business Emergency Micro-grant Source (TSBEMS) was developed to provide emergency funding assistance for Texas small business owners in order to help them continue to function when unexpected financial challenges threaten their daily operations. 
 

Women in Jazz Association, Inc.

Women in Jazz Association, Inc. provides Concert Series and Vocal Performance Workshops for performance opportunities and experiences of local professional and amateur jazz vocalists. 

211 / United Way (SBA) 211

Get quick, detailed information and referrals to health and human service organizations in your area. 

Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Central Texas

ABC is a commercial and industrial construction trade association, representing 22,000 members nationwide.  

Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) in Austin

ALPFA's mission is to empower and develop Latino men and women as leaders of character for the nation, in every sector of the global economy. 

Alliance of Artists Communities 401.351.4320

The Alliance of Artists Communities is an international association of artists' residencies - a diverse field of more than 1,500 programs worldwide that support artists of any discipline in the development of new creative work.  

Artists' Charitable Fund

Colorado based Artists' Charitable Fund assists American artists living anywhere in the United States by paying a portion of their medical / dental / eye-care bills. 

ArtistShare

ArtistShare, founded in 2001 as the Internet's first "crowdfunding" platform, connects artists with fans in order to share the excitement and beauty of the creative process.

Texas Commission on the Arts

The mission of the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is to advance our state economically and culturally investing in a creative Texas. 

Austin Asian American Bar Association

The Austin Asian American Bar Association seeks to serve the mutual professional, social, mentoring, and community interests of Asian American lawyers and lawyers with interest in the Austin Asian American community. 

Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Austin

ARMA International is a not-for-profit association and the leading authority on managing records and information.