PPP loans are now only available through participating Community Financial Institutions (CFIs).

After serving more than 8 million small businesses, general funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been exhausted.

To connect with the CFI (CDFI) in Grays Harbor County contact Newrizons Federal Credit Union.

The SBA is currently accepting applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF).

While all qualified businesses are allowed -- and encouraged -- to apply now, under the law the SBA will prioritize RRF applications from small business concerns owned and controlled by women, veterans, and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals for the first 21 days of the program.

Following the 21-day period, all eligible applications will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information about eligibility, how to apply, and other details -- including program information in more than 30 languages -- visit the SBA website or call the support hotline at 1-844-279-8898.

Interested applicants can receive application support from an SBA Resource Partner; and can contact 1-800-659-2955 for technical assistance with the application portal.

Details about the program -- including eligibly, video tutorials, and how to apply -- are available on the SBA website.

These low-interest federal disaster loans are available in Clallam, Columbia, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane and Wahkiakum counties.

Applicants may apply online, receive additional disaster assistance information, and download applications at https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/.  Applicants may also call SBA’s Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or for more information on SBA disaster assistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may call (800) 877-8339.

For more information click here.

For more information on eligibility, use of proceeds, and loan terms, visit the SBA website.

The Washington Tourism Alliance (WTA) is administering a grant program with the Washington Department of Commerce to deliver approximately $1 million in Covid-19 relief funds to non-profit destination marketing organizations across Washington State.

Qualified applicants must be nonprofit organizations with the primary purpose of destination marketing. They must prove a decrease in revenue, dues or destination marketing contract funding related to visitor industry pandemic impact (i.e. loss of lodging tax receipts; TPA assessments; etc.) or demonstrate expenses incurred above and beyond the DMO’s current budget in direct correlation to the COVID-19 pandemic. No duplicate payments or supplanting of other costs are allowed.

Click here for the application. All applications must be uploaded here by 5 p.m. on May 14, 2021. Grant distribution will depend on the number of applications and the total amount requested. Funding decisions will be communicated to requesters by June 1, 2021.

The Washington State Department of Commerce is pleased to partner with ArtsFund to administer over $10 million in Nonprofit Community Recovery (NCR) grants.

Grants will be distributed to nonprofits statewide in four focus areas listed below. Washington State Department of Commerce is partnering with ArtsFund to center the grants program on arts, cultural, science, and heritage organizations. Grants will also be awarded to nonprofit neighborhood associations, sports and recreation organizations, and veterans organizations.

As of this morning (May 10th) Working Washington Grants: Round 4 (WWR4) award notifications have gone out. There were 11,697 businesses across the entire state receiving funding. For those receiving funds there is information on how to enter your bank account information to process and receive payment.

FAQs for awardees can be found here: https://commercegrants.com/grant-4/award-recipient-faqs/.

Funding denial notifications were also distributed today. The appeals process starts today, May 10 and runs until May 24th or until the funding runs out.  If you are an applicant who believes you were unfairly denied a grant, it is recommended that you first review the program’s eligibility before gathering the following information:

Send this information to bizgrants@commerce.wa.gov with the Subject: Appeal (Business Name).  

The SBA is offering a large number of relief options for businesses. It is hard to keep track of it all. Please use this tool to help navigate your eligibility for specific programs and how the programs interface with each other. Click here to learn more about this tool.