Closed · OWBO-2020-07 · CFDA 59.043 · Discretionary
Women's Business Center - Initial Phase
Federal grant opportunity posted by Small Business Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $150K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- October 22, 2020
- Close date
- 25
- Expected awards
The verdict
Women's Business Center - Initial Phase is a closed discretionary listing from Small Business Administration that offered Up to $150,000 across 25 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 249 other opportunities from Small Business Administration.
- up to $150K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 25
- expected awards
- 59.043
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Women's Business Center - Initial Phase is closed (last close October 22, 2020). 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 October 22, 2020
Est. Total Funding
$3,750,000
Expected Awards
25
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for up to twenty-five (25) private, non-profit organizations that will provide entrepreneurial development services to women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing WBCs. No proposal for a new Women’s Business Center will be considered if it will be located within one hundred (100) miles of an existing WBC. Applicants may request a waiver to this FOA’s 100-mile provision. Waivers to the geographic requirement should be submitted as an attachment to the application (please note the instructions for this FOA regarding attachments) and should be at least two pages and no more than 5 pages and should justify the need for a WBC within 100 miles of an existing Center.Eligible applicants must be private, non-profit organizations with 501(c) tax exempt status from the U.S. Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service.An organization that is operating, or has operated an SBA funded WBC, within the past five (5) years, if selected, will be awarded as an Initial Phase Project. Likewise, an organization that previously operated an SBA-funded WBC (but that is no longer operating), if eligible to apply and selected, will also be awarded as an Initial Phase Project since this application will be treated as an effort to re-establish the WBC.Furthermore, recognizing the important role that Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) (e.g., Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs], Hispanic-Serving Institutions [HSIs] from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities [HACU], and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Institutions [AANAPISIs]) play in meeting the needs of socially and economically disadvantaged markets, this program announcement seeks to encourage MSIs to provide entrepreneurial development services to socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · OWBO-2020-07
Grants.gov marks Women's Business Center - Initial Phase with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Business and Commerce (BC). This eligibility-code string dominates the Small Business Administration book (151 peers, 60% of 250).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Women's Business Center Grants
U.S. Small Business Administration
Agency Contact
U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Women's Business Ownership E-mail: owbo@sba.gov
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What to do next
Women's Business Center - Initial Phase 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.
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