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Bounce Back Stronger with Business Recovery Grants
By Micki Vandeloo As the COVID 19 pandemic has raged across the United States and the world, businesses have shut down or have come very close due to lack of supplies, forced closures due to the potential for pandemic spread, and loss of revenue from cancelled events. Many people’s livelihoods have been severely threatened as
Innovation Grants Helps Manufacturers Reimagine What’s Possible
By Micki Vandeloo Have you ever had an idea for a new product or technology that you were certain would revolutionize your industry? If so, was money a barrier for commercializing the technology? Commercialized technologies lead to new jobs and, in some cases, new facilities to manufacture products using those technologies. Recognizing the economic impact
Upskill and Reskill Your Workforce with Incumbent Worker Training Grants
As manufacturing rebounds from the pandemic and order books fill (maybe you even have a healthy backlog), you might need your employees to possess new skills, particularly as it remains hard to find additional workers. You may have just gotten a new piece of equipment on your production floor and need training on its use.
How to Find and Secure Grants for 501c6 Trade Associations
By: Micki Vandeloo Trade associations have a unique nonprofit designation as a 501c6. This is the IRS designation for a non-profit that is supported by membership fees, that exists to promote its members’ business interests without the goal of making a profit. In addition, no one shareholder can benefit financially from the organization’s income. These
How To Get Grant Funding for Rural Broadband Expansion
Broadband expansion, particularly to rural and underserved areas, has been a big focus in grantmaking since the beginning of COVID. The pandemic and, in particular, the distance learning and telemedicine efforts that resulted from the need to socially distance placed a spotlight on those in small towns and other geographic areas where internet service was
How Manufacturers Can Get Help Finding and Accessing Grants
Many manufacturing leaders find the process of pursuing grants to be overwhelming. Most have pretty full plates already, but that doesn’t mean that the prospect of finding grants must be abandoned. Help is available, but the appropriate resources should be put on the project to ensure success. This means turning to a good grant writer