Grant Program For Minorities That Want To Start Their Own Business!

Over $100,000 has been donated in business grants to minority businesses!

One business received $100,000 alone!

Other start-up businesses received a grant of $25,000 each! (One of these businesses is a start-up tutoring business).

So far over $1 Million Dollars has been awarded to emerging minority businesses. Businesses across the country competed for an opportunity to win a total of $200,000 in business grants!

This grant program was launched to stimulate economic growth and development in urban communities. In addition to the grant money, the program provides web-based educational resources including webinars, blogs and business advice from national judges and past winners.

So if you are a minority and are looking for free money to help start a business of your own then this is one program that you should be looking into further! You can find out more information about this program by going to the program's website!

In The News Headlines!

"The US government has awarded billions to companies doing business with Iran, often in violation of US sanctions, over the past decade...."

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Fox News.com

Scholarship Program For High School Seniors!

In one local area graduating seniors are urged to apply for a number of scholarships now available through a state program. Full information and applications for most of these scholarships are available at the website. Applications for the following are due April 2010

One of the scholarship programs provides up to four $28,000 scholarships to graduating seniors who will major in engineering, mathematics or science.

Another scholarship program will provide several scholarships of at least $1,000 annually for tuition assistance to students pursuing an LPN, RN or BSN Nursing Degree.

Yet another scholarship program will provide a minimum of a $1,000 scholarship for tuition assistance to students of Portuguese descent.

Another scholarship program will provide at least $500 worth of tuition assistance to the area's graduating seniors whose parent or grandparent were also a graduate of the same high school!

Another scholarship fund has been established to annually provide at least $3,000 to a graduating senior who intends to study business!

Another scholarship program will award one scholarship of at least $2,000 to a senior in the hopes that he or she will return to the area after college and establish a business.

If You REALLY Need Financial Help.......

If you really need financial help then there are avenues available to you. Although one may get skeptical by seeing the term "free money" - did you know that such a thing really does exist!

I have been doing grant research for quite some time now and I have found a number of interesting (to say the least) programs out there that are providing financial assistance for those that need it! For example lets take a look at some of the more unusual financial help that is available.

Did you know that there is actually a website on the Internet where you can request money! That's right! You post your request for how much money you need and what you need the money for and your post is submitted. You don't have to worry about others seeing your request because your request is submitted privately! Individual people have received as much as $500 from this website and all they had to do was request the money!

Did you know that there are programs outside the government grant programs that offer financial help to those that need it? For instance there is a religious organization that provides over $5,000 of financial help to those that need it? The funding is provided for emergency financial need! However you will not find this program on the government grant website because it is not a government grant program. This program is being provided by a religious organization that simply wants to help people that need money for a financial emergency! They don't even have a website! In order to apply for the money you will have to reach them by phone or by regular snail mail. Unfortunately their phone number is not a toll-free number so long distance charges will apply when you contact them by phone.


Have you ever heard of "unclaimed money"? Quite simply that is money that goes unclaimed. Each state should have a listing of unclaimed money and who it belongs to. So you should check the lists to see if you or someone you know is on this list! I have seen unclaimed amounts as high as $32,000!

If you really financial assistance then there are programs out there that may be able to help you! Remember what they say - "where there is a will there is a way"!

And I am quite sure that this is just the "tip" of the iceberg! I'm sure that there are many, many more programs out there that will help to provide financial assistance! I just haven't found them all yet - LOL! There are probably so many of them out there that no one person could ever be able to find them all!

NEW $100,000 Business Plan Competition Announced!

A new business plan competition! has been announced which will feature $100,000 in cash prizes! The money is being provided by a financial services firm.

The winners will be announced in June 2010!

So far, the competition has received applications from more than two dozen hopefuls, including would-be microbrewers and laid-off scientists!

Is Your Business Having Problems Getting A Loan?

In one state there were so many complaints from owners who could not get bank loans, that someone decided to start a new small-business loan program. The program is administered by the local council and uses county funds and a $5 million line of credit.

The program is aimed at owners who want to purchase land, machinery, equipment or buildings but do not have adequate income or net worth to qualify for conventional bank loans. The maximum loan is $500,000, and in the few weeks since the program was announced more than 100 owners have already applied for the funding!

ANOTHER Grant Program For Small Businesses!

Here is another example of "free money that our government is giving away!

Did you know that one area in California is using federal stimulus funds to give immediate aid to small-business owners. The $25 million program reimburses owners for 100 percent of the wages for certain new hires. So far, restaurants, cafes, delivery services and even law firms have hired nearly 1,800 people through this program! More than 800 businesses have signed up for the program, and the area is pushing to extend it beyond its expiration date in September!



*Also please be sure to visit my blog about unclaimed money called The Unclaimed Money Blog.

More Financial Aid For Students Now Available!

One state has now approved a bill that will provide over $9 Million Dollars in additional financial aid that will help make a college education more affordable in the current academic year. These grants will be money paid directly to students to help offset the cost of a college education.

These college-related grants are considered free money because the money does not have to be paid back!

State Grant Program For Individual Artists

Here is another grant program for individual artists

A new $3 Million Dollar annual grant program has been announced for artists in one particular state! This grant program will hope to answer the question "Who will create opportunities for artists who have been poor in money and opportunity?"

• Three $25,000 individual grants will be awarded for experienced artists in the state.
  
  
• Three $20,000 grants to state institutions with artist-in-residence programs. Half of the grants will be given to resident artists to offset work and living expenses during residencies.
  
  
• Grants to institutions for the historical documentation of major exhibitions on artists of the state.
  
  
• Grants to art institutions for the improvement of exhibition space
  
  
• Grants to underwrite visits to the state by nationally recognized curators and critics who can expose local artists to the national art world
  
  
• Grants to institutions for the acquisition of artworks
  
  
• Grants for a special program that would provide assistance to artists for unforeseen special projects, such as expenses to finish artwork for a major exhibition sponsored by a national art museum.

The organization that is funding this grant program will begin accepting applications for the different fellowships and grants at different times later this year.

While no other organization in the state offers a more financially lucrative grant program for artists there is another organization that offers one $20,000 individual fellowship to similarly experienced artists. But this fellowship program is awarded annually to artists of different disciplines, including the performing arts, visual arts, media arts and literature.

The impact of this funding program will be felt by the art community at large. Documenting major exhibitions is crucial, for instance, both for the sake of stewardship and historical documentation. One of the most impressive shows in recent memory arrived to critical fanfare but with no catalog to document the show for future generations. The financially strapped Art Museum didn't have the money to produce one.

After five years, the foundation will evaluate the impact of the programs on the community and the foundation's overall financial situation. Then, a decision will be made whether to continue.

Rarely do foundations give directly to individuals because they are required to disperse money to public charities. So it asked the Internal Revenue Service for special dispensation, promising that all individual grants would be used for charitable purposes.