San Bernardino announces second round of small business grants

The City of San Bernardino has announced a second round of grant funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will be made available to small businesses.

Beginning May 1, small businesses can apply for funding under the Small Business Grant Program, Round Two (Grant Program) administered in partnership between the City and the Inland Empire Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

Small businesses, including home-based businesses, with a maximum of five hundred (500) employees (full and part-time) may be eligible to receive a working capital grant of up to $20,000 after attending a free, mandatory, one-on-one consulting session with SBDC. Businesses that received grant funding during the first round of the San Bernardino ARPA-Funded grant program are not eligible to apply.

The grant may be used for working capital to cover the day-to-day business operating expenses such as rent/lease payments, mortgage payments, payroll and benefit costs, utility expenses, inventory, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) or other similar expenses that occur in the ordinary course of operations.

For questions about the guidelines and application or assistance in completing the application, please contact the SBDC at 951-781-2345.