Ventura County has extended its $5,000 Business Assistance Grant application deadline to 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 13. To be eligible, businesses must have annual revenues between $25,000 and $2.5 million. Businesses who previously received Ventura County Business Assistance Grants in the first round are not eligible.

Get more info and apply in just minutes at www.VCBusinessGrants.org.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched its application portal for its Shuttered Venue Operations Grants. Funded to the tune of $16 billion, these grants provide 45% of gross earned revenue in 2019, up to $10 million. Applicants must have been in operation as of February 29, 2020 and must be one of the following (links go to informational videos for those types of applicants):

Grants may be used for payroll, rent and mortgage payments, utility payments, debt payments, worker protection expenditures, payments to independent contractors, state and local taxes, insurance payments, and other ordinary and necessary business expenses.

For more information, visit the SBA website or view the following:

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