Business & Economic Development · Active
Microloan Program · SBA · Active NOFO · mega band
Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $750K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 5
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- SBA
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Microloan Program ranks #309 of 504, #7 of 13 within SBA, and #19 of 42 among Business & Economic Development programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 59.046 is an active Business & Economic Development program with 5 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 5 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $750K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $3.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Business & Economic Development
Microloan Program · midpack active desk (#226/502 by ceiling)
Microloan Program lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Microloan Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-06-04
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 59.046 · SBA VOL-STEADY · #309/504
VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-NPO · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 5 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #309/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 5 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $750K–$5M
- ELIG-NPO Nonprofit
- BOOK-FULL 5 listed / 5 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 59.046
VOL-STEADY · #309/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestMicroloan Program · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Active mega-ceiling competition board
Microloan Program combines mega-scale SAM.gov dollars ($750,000 to $5.0 million) with an active opportunity trail (5 indexed rows). The recent slice is currently closed; watch for the next NOFO drop. Volume and ceiling both clear the mid-tier bar.
Assistance Listing text · SBA
Grants to intermediaries to provide microloans and technical assistance to small businesses and startups.
Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Business & Economic Development
The printed eligibility set for Microloan Program is nonprofit-only. Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from the Assistance Listing row.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 59.046
100% of the 5 indexed listings under CFDA 59.046 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Microloan Program typically uses to move money. 40% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $994,000 across 2 listings (avg $497,000)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 141 across 4 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 59.046, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 59.046
None of the 5 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 59.046 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $1 to $3.0 million (3000000×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 100% of listings carry the Business and Commerce (BC) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 5 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $499,000 (5 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Business and Commerce (BC)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
SBA · administering agency
U.S. Small Business Administration
Small business development, disaster loans, and entrepreneurship programs.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 59.046
MICRO-2026-1
Microloan Program – National Training Conference
Microloan Program - National Training Conference
MICRO-2020-02
Microloan Program - National Training Conference
What to do next
CFDA 59.046: 5 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administers 13 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: VA Homeless Veterans Outreach (64.024). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |