Small Business Resources

Campaign for Southern Equality has created a rapid response grant round to quickly route funds to individuals, families, and community organizations across the LGBTQ South. The grant round will be distributed through CSE’s Southern Equality Fund. 
 

Southern Smoke Foundation provides funding to individuals in the food and beverage industry who are in crisis. 

The Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations is the statewide membership association reflecting and promoting Texas' growing nonprofit community in all its diversity. 

GrantWatch lists the most grants for nonprofits, small businesses and individuals. 

Opportunity Fund is committed to supporting existing and new small business customers who are financially struggling amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. 
 

Texas Workforce Commission is the state agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers of Texas. 

Female veterans in Texas who own or are starting a business can apply for this annual program to receive $5,000 in grant funding. 

NAIFA's mission is to advocate for a positive legislative and regulatory environment, enhance business and professional skills, and promote the ethical conduct of its members. 

Use the Texas.gov eGrants website to search for, view the details of, and find contact information for competitive funding announcements from Texas State agencies.

The Texas Cultural Emergency Response Alliance (TX-CERA) is an affiliation of institutions and persons interested in preserving the cultural heritage of Texas. 

The Association of Women and Minority Contractors of Texas (AWMCTX) is dedicated to educating, promoting, and supplying business development services to women and minority-owned businesses in the construction industry. 

COVID-19 emergency funding for businesses. 

COVID-19 resource for financial support for entertainment technology industry professionals, or their immediate dependent family members, who are seriously ill, injured or been hospitalized with Covid-19 and is in financial need.

Based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and engage with their communities over a million cups of coffee, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed 1 Million Cups in 2012-a free program designed to educate, engage and inspire entrepreneurs around the country.  

Accion is a nonprofit organization that increases access to business credit, makes loans and provides training to enable entrepreneurs to realize their dreams and be catalysts for positive economic and social change. 

COVID-19 resource guide for musicians. 

The mission of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Austin Chapter is to facilitate ethical and effective philanthropy in Central Texas. 

The ACA is a non-profit organization serving Asian businesses in the Greater Austin Metropolitan and surrounding areas. 

AMEP Austin was born in June 2018 as a chapter of the Association of Business and Professional Women, a national association that encompasses Spanish-speaking women in the United States of America with the aim of projecting women in business, professional, social, family and cultural fields.

COVID-19 Resource page for artists and art organizations.

COVID-19 resource page for artists with information and webinars regarding disaster management for artists.

To support artists during the COVID-19 crisis, a coalition of national arts grantmakers have come together to create an emergency initiative to offer financial and informational resources to artists across the United States. 

COVID-19 resource that financially assists professional visual artists and their families in times of emergency, disability or bereavement. 

COVID-19 resource page and informative FAQ document for artists and arts organization.