Women's Business Ownership Assistance

Objective

Women's Business Centers (WBCs) are a part a national network of entrepreneurship centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses.

Who Can Apply

• Small Business Person
• Nonprofit Organization

Applicants must be a private non-profit organization certified under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and have experience providing technical services to women, and other entrepreneurs. To the extent that they satisfy all eligibility criteria the same as all other applicant organizations, Faith based Organizations are entitled to compete for Federal financial assistance (grants and/or cooperative agreements) used to support government programs. Generally, such organizations are not required to alter their religious character to participate in a government program, nor to cease engaging in explicitly religious activities outside the program, nor effectively to relinquish their Federal statutory protections for religious hiring decisions.

Who Benefits

• Small Business Person

Women entrepreneurs starting their own business or expanding their existing business.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

edna.greene@sba.gov
202-205-9424