Closed · SB-OVVB-25-001 · CFDA 59.044 · Discretionary

2025 VBOC Directed Announcement - Renewal

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

$340K-$585K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 11, 2025
Close date
31
Expected awards

The verdict

2025 VBOC Directed Announcement - Renewal is a closed discretionary listing from Small Business Administration that offered $340,000 -- $585,000 across 31 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 249 other opportunities from Small Business Administration.

$340K-$585K
award range
Closed
application status
31
expected awards
59.044
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

2025 VBOC Directed Announcement - Renewal is closed (last close April 11, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 April 11, 2025

Posted Apr 3 Closes Apr 11

Est. Total Funding

$12,560,000

Expected Awards

31

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Small Business Act provides for entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management assistance to small business owned and controlled by eligible veterans, as well as the authority to make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with education institutions, private businesses, veterans’ nonprofit community-based organizations, and federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies for the establishment of and implementation of outreach programs for veterans and service-disabled veterans.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Business and Commerce

The printed eligibility set for 2025 VBOC Directed Announcement - Renewal 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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Agency Contact

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What to do next

2025 VBOC Directed Announcement - Renewal is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
  • Look up CFDA 59.044 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
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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