Disaster Assistance Loans for Non-Farm Businesses

Program overview. CFDA 59.025 — Disaster Assistance Loans for Non-Farm Businesses — is a federal assistance listing in the Business & Economic Development category, administered by U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The typical award range cataloged on SAM.gov is $1,000 to $2.0 million. The program is currently active in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings database. Eligible applicants include Small Business (For-Profit).

Funding opportunities. No open Grants.gov announcements are currently indexed under CFDA 59.025 in PlainGrants. That typically means the awarding agency runs this program on a multi-year cycle or publishes cooperative agreements and contracts under separate listing numbers. The best verification step is to check Grants.gov directly and subscribe to the awarding agency's funding-announcement mailing list. Grant announcements can appear and close within a 30-day window, so timing matters.

Next steps. Before applying for CFDA 59.025, confirm your organization has an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID (UEI) — these are mandatory for every federal funding instrument. Read the current Notice of Funding Opportunity end-to-end, paying close attention to the cost-share or matching requirement, the evaluation criteria, and the narrative page limits. Many federal grants in this category require audit trails, performance reports, and matching documentation — budget administrative capacity accordingly. For structural help, the guides linked below cover SAM.gov setup, NOFO interpretation, and common rejection reasons.