NWCU launches 2020 Project Community Grant for Helping Small Businesses

NWCU launches 2020 Project Community Grant for Helping Small Businesses – United States

Deadline: 20-Jul-20

The Northwest Community Credit Union (NWCU) is seeking applications for the 2020 Project Community Grant for helping small businesses.

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This year, Project Community funding will allow qualifying small businesses and established nonprofits an opportunity to safely reopen and operate while protecting employees and customers from the spread of COVID-19.

Funding Information

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Each grant can be up to $1,500 per qualifying small business or established nonprofit for purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE).

Grants must be used for PPE and small physical modifications to business locations:

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Cleaning & sanitizing products
Eyewear
Face shields
Gloves
Gowns
Hand sanitizer
Masks
Thermometers
Signage
Eligibility Criteria

You can apply for a Project Community mini-grant if you meet these criteria:

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Applicant businesses must be owned and operated in one of the fifteen Oregon counties that Northwest Community Credit Union serves: Benton, Clackamas, Coos, Crook, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, or Washington.
You do not need to be an NWCU member to apply or receive a grant.
Your business must qualify as a small business as defined by the Small Business Association (typically 500 employees or fewer) or be an established nonprofit.
You must be purchasing or plan to purchase PPE as listed above and your business must agree to make its best efforts to reopen as a result of this grant program.
Employees or agents of NWCU, vendors, advertising or promotional agencies, and their immediate family members (parents, children, siblings, spouse, domestic partner) and members of their household (whether related or not) of such persons are not eligible to apply.
Selection Criteria

Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee and collaborating partners. Awards will be based on purpose of funds, order in which application was received, size of business, essential business qualification, efforts to reopen, and location within NWCU’s service network.
Recipients will be awarded based on application date received of the request as indicated by the criteria and funded up to the award maximum. Recipient selection is limited by Northwest Community Credit Union funding.
For more information, visit https://www.nwcu.com/project-community