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Grants for small business bureaus
524 small business development organizations received at least $39.9 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 346 grants made from 260 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,050. Of these 260 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to small business orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more small business orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$39,918,722
Total grant dollars given to small business bureaus
346
Number of grants made annually to small business bureaus
260
Number of grantmakers funding small business bureaus
$2,050
Median grant size to small business bureaus
Foundations that support small business development organizations
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to small business orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting small business development organizations
Small business development organizations grantees
Small business bureaus with more than $5 million in total revenues received 98% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 25% of all small business orgs.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to small business bureaus
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) | $10,000,000 | Improve Public Education | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation |
| International Executive Service Corps (IESC) | $9,104,422 | Promoting Stability and Prosperity Around the World Through Private Enterprise Development. | Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance |
| NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) | $7,885,000 | K-12 Education | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) | $6,000,000 | Math Executive Function Project | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation |
| NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) | $3,275,000 | Education | Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) |
| NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) | $3,000,000 | K-12 Education | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Maine Center for Entrepreneurs | $5,000 | The Purpose of This Gift Was Unprovided By the Contributor | The Casco Foundation |
| William and Mary Business School Foundation | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation |
| Namaste Foundation | $5,000 | Charitable | The Cortopassi Family Foundation |
| Los Angeles Urban League | $5,000 | For Unrestricted Support | James Irvine Foundation |
| Ventures | $5,000 | Charitable | Byron and Alice Lockwood Foundation |
| SCORE Association (SCORE) | $5,000 | To Develop and Communicate Critical Training on Resilience and Recovery Plans for Nonprofit Clients | Foundation for Delaware County (CCF) |
| Omaha Small Business Network | $5,000 | The House of Afro Capes and Curls | The Lozier Foundation |
| Junior Achievement of Central Indiana (JACI) | $5,000 | Local Community | Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (JFGI) |
| Junior Achievement of Central Indiana (JACI) | $5,000 | Sponsorship | Eskenazi Health Foundation |
| Enterprise Center (TEC) | $5,000 | Unrestricted Grant | The Harry and Catherine Halloran Family Trust |
| The Business Center For Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise | $5,000 | General | Clarence A Rowell #2 |
| Mi Casa Resource Center | $5,000 | Program Services | Insurance Management Associates Foundation |
| Reconcile New Orleans | $5,000 | Education, Recreation & Opportunities for Children | Woldenberg Foundation |
| Inquiring Systems | $5,000 | Project Support: the Teaching Well | Novo Foundation |
| Social Venture Network (SVN) | $5,000 | General Support | The Nathan Cummings Foundation |
| Beaufort Cty Black Chamber of Commerce | $5,000 | Microgrant Program | USBC Economic Development Corporation |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | $5,000 | General Operating Support | Teshinsky Family Foundation Fred & Lucy Teshinsky Trustees |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | $5,000 | Unrestricted | Lon V. Smith Foundation |
| Grameen America | $5,000 | General Support | The Blackstone Charitable Foundation |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Small business bureaus" category for this page is determined by the "S43: Management Services for Small Business, Entrepreneurs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.