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Small Business Resource Directory

Small Business Resources

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.

Organization Phone Number Description

COVID-19 resource for small grants program for professional—published or produced—writers in acute or unexpected financial crises. 

COVID-19 emergency grants to meet the needs of experimental artists who have been impacted by the economic fallout from postponed or canceled performances and exhibitions.

COVID-19 resource for American theater by supporting the writers who create it (Emergency grants available).

COVID-19 resource for professional authors, journalists, poets, and dramatists who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income, or other misfortune.

212.598.9900

COVID-19 Resource for Arts Organizations and Artists.

COVID-19 resources for non-profits. The National Council of Nonprofits is a resource and advocate for America's charitable nonprofits. 

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

212.226.0581

COVID-19 resource providing emergency financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. 

COVID-19 Resource page for artists and art organizations.

COVID-19 resource for manufacturers. ARMA is a trade association dedicated to strengthening Austin-area manufacturing through advocacy, workforce development, and networking.