Closed · OWBO-2017-01-2 · CFDA 59.043 · Discretionary

Women’s Business Center - Initial Phase Grant

Federal grant opportunity posted by Small Business Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$75K-$75K
Award range
Closed
Status
February 12, 2018
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Women’s Business Center - Initial Phase Grant is a closed discretionary listing from Small Business Administration that offered $75,000 -- $75,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 249 other opportunities from Small Business Administration.

$75K-$75K
award range
Closed
application status
59.043
CFDA program
249
other opportunities from Small Business Administration

Archived opportunity record

Women’s Business Center - Initial Phase Grant is closed (last close February 12, 2018). The parent program page for CFDA 59.043 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Small Business Administration still indexes 249 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed February 12, 2018

Posted Dec 29 Closes Feb 12

Est. Total Funding

$525,000

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Women’s Business Center (WBC) Program was established by the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (Public Law No. 100-533) as the Women’s Business Demonstration Pilot, providing grants to private non-profit organizations to aid and encourage the development and growth of small women-owned businesses through long-term training and counseling. The program was expanded and made permanent in 2007 when the WBC Sustainability Grant Program, established in 1999, was replaced with the WBC Renewal Grant Program. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to provide funding for up to seven existing private non-profit organizations (host organizations) of a Women’s Business Center (WBC) that have met their performance goals for the past 2 years and is in good standing with both performance and compliances to start a new, community-based WBC. The WBC must be located in an area that is not being served or adequately served. The host organizations must have sufficient match to meet the match requirements of any existing grants along with any new grants.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Business and Commerce

The printed eligibility set for Women’s Business Center - Initial Phase Grant is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Business and Commerce (BC). 22 other Small Business Administration listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 250).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 59.043

Women's Business Center Grants

U.S. Small Business Administration

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Agency Contact

U.S. SBA Office of Women’s Business Ownership E-mail: OWBO@sba.gov Phone: (202) 205-6673

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What to do next

Women’s Business Center - Initial Phase Grant is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 59.043 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Women's Business Center Grants indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Small Business Administration lists 249 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants