Small Business Grants for Women in Oregon
Let’s face it: Finding business grants for women in Oregon can be tough.
The good news is you’ve landed on a site that can help you find funding for your business dream. Sure, it’s still going to take time and effort – but if you’re a woman business owner (or even a hopeful women entrepreneur) we’d love to get you started.
To begin, WomensNet offers grants to women in Oregon (as well as all across the United States). It’s our monthly Amber Grant for Women, and you can apply right now. Here’s how it works: Apply right now to become our $10,000 monthly winner. If you win for this or any month this year — you instantly qualify as one of our 12 eligible businesses for the year-end Amber Grant worth $25,000. So in a brief period of time, you could be a total grant winner of $35,000.
That beats counting on complicated government sites that want all your personal and financial information. Not to mention the spammy sites that seemingly never give out any grant money at all.
Still looking for more help with your business venture? Be sure to browse more resources below. Take encouragement from the fact that women in Oregon will stand with business owners just like you.
Resources for businesswomen in Oregon:
Central Oregon SCORE
P.O. Box 1843, Virtual Office – Serving Central Oregon, Bend, Redmond & More, OR 97756
Ph: (541) 316-0662
Portland SCORE
601 SW Second Avenue ODS Tower, Suite 950, Portland, OR 97204
Ph: (503) 326-3441
Salem SCORE
445 Union Street Suite 204, Salem, OR 97301
Ph: (503) 370-2896
Willamette SCORE
1401 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97401-6600
Ph: (541) 465-6600
Women Entrepreneurs of Southern Oregon
Business Oregon
775 Summer St. NE, Suite 200, Salem, OR 97301-1280
Phone: 503-986-0123
Toll-Free Phone: 866-467-3466
Small Business Development Center
Oregon SBDC Network, 99 W 10th Ave, Ste 390, Eugene, OR 97401
What is an Amber Grant?
WomensNet launched the Amber Grant in 1998 to honor the memory of an ambitious young woman who died at the age of 19, before she could realize her entrepreneurial aspirations. Today, these grants help women like you fulfill the dreams that Amber could not.
How Does It Work?
Every month, WomensNet judges award one or more Amber Grants of $10,000 each. Then, at the end of the year, one of those grant recipients is selected to receive the $25,000 Amber Grant.
How Do I Apply?
By telling us your story. There are no lengthy, complicated documents to complete; just answer a few questions about your business. But hurry—applications are due by the end of the month for the next $10,000 Amber Grant.
Watch videos from our Past Grant Winners
Not Sure Where to Start?
You’re in luck. We’ve done hours of research and compiled a list of the 16 best small business grants available for women today—and we’d love to share it with you!
Enter your email to receive a FREE copy of our special report,
“16 Terrific Grants for Women Business Owners.”
Six steps you should take when looking for a business grant:
- Problem or need you want to address
- Audience that will benefit from your product or service
- Kind and amount of support you need
- Resources and commitment your group brings to the project
- Potential and prospective partners in the community
- Corporate foundations
- Civic foundations
- Private foundations
- Are able and likely to fund projects in your geographic area
- Share a similar core mission or goals
- Have already supported similar ventures or projects
- By Geographic Location (city, state, region)
- By field of interest or program subject
- In your state
- Your type of organization
- Your subject
- The type of support you need
- Your size project
- Contact them directly to request annual reports and other publications
- Search print and online media to identify projects that received grants in the past
- Ask former grant recipients for advice and why they felt they were successful over other applicants
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