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Grants for Theaters, Museums, and Performing Arts (SVOG)
STILL OPEN!

Grant for live venues, theaters, producers, performing arts, museums, movie theaters, talent agents.  Click here to apply: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (sba.gov).


Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) Update – FAQs about funds returned.
Loans still available!

Updates Include:

  • FAQs
  • Still Time to apply for funding!
  • What to do if your application was declined.

FAQs:  SBA recently posted FAQs about funds returned by banks for Targeted EIDL Advance and Supplemental Targeted Advance. When a bank returns Targeted EIDL Advance or Supplemental Targeted Advance funds to SBA, the funds cannot be immediately re-disbursed. SBA is working to mitigate this issue.
Read the FAQs

Still Time to Apply for Funding!
Whether you have an existing COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and want to apply for an increase; or are interested in applying for an initial COVID-19 EIDL, funding is available for loans up to $500,000. The deadline to apply is Dec. 31, 2021 or until funds are exhausted.

Interest rates are 3.75% for profit and 2.75% for non-profit for a 30 year term. NEW – 2020 EIDL loan payments are deferred until 24 months from the date of the loan.  There is no pre-payment penalty.  Apply https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/

The SBA also continues to receive and process applications for the Targeted EIDL Advance and Supplemental Targeted Advance.

For more information about all SBA programs, visit the COVID-19 relief page of the SBA website.

What to do if your application was declined:
Applicants can send a request for reevaluation of a declined Targeted EIDL Advance application.  To ask for a reevaluation, email: TargetedAdvanceReevaluation@sba.gov.

Source:  SBA Pacific NW Regional Office


 

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