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Microgrants to Help Support Entrepreneurial Activity

 
Public Report by Collider Foundation
Last modified: April 16, 2020

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Microgrants to Help Support Entrepreneurial Activity and The ‘United We Stand’ Small Business Microgrant Fund aims to provide emergency cash assistance for brick and mortar businesses.

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2020-04-16 Update

 

The ‘United We Stand’ Small Business Microgrant Fund aims to provide emergency cash assistance for brick and mortar businesses. Initial cash infusion into this fund is supported through sales of “United We Stand- Six Feet Apart” T-shirts created by local business owner David van Eijl of TEXTEIJL. Applications and grant disbursements will be administered by Collider Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports the Rochester, MN entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Rochester-based brick and mortar businesses critically impacted by COVID-19 are eligible for the fund for up to a $1,000 grant per applicant. Eligible expenses include rent, utilities, and other fixed debts.

Grants will be reviewed by the Collider Dispensation Board on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted. Collider aims to distribute the funds as quickly as possible to support local businesses during this difficult time.

T-shirts supporting this fund are sold on the localroch.support website and in selected Rochester Hy-Vee and Little Caesar’s locations.

We are reaching out to our partners to see if there is an opportunity to:

  • Put matching dollars to work from your organization.
  • Ask if you know of other organizations that could provide a match
  • We would love to have you promote when the announcement is made (in the next few days).

Thanks for supporting entrepreneurship in Rochester.


JLS


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If Collider has helped you in the past, please consider DONATING TO COLLIDER.

Collider is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations go into our general fund to continue to support entrepreneurship and small business in Rochester, MN

 

Make sure to check out our app https://rochstrong.com/ and keep Rochester Strong by supporting local businesses and nonprofits in this time of crisis.

 

Jamie Sundsbak

Director of Operations

Collider

 

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About Beam

Community Beam (dmcbeam.org) is a registry of private and public resources (organizations, projects, initiatives, programs) that underpin economic and social developments of greater Rochester:

  • For the commercial sector, we tend to register startup activities (new companies and new commercial projects) that bring diversification and high-impact opportunities to the area.
  • For the non-profit sector, we wish to shine light on all the organizations and services that otherwise labor under relative obscurity.
  • Our hope is that dmcbeam.org will encourage cross-sector collaborations and creative solutions.

While there are a number of registries in the community, dmcbeam.org's  distinct value is to pilot a database with a data structure and categorizations that answer the questions such as: What organizations or projects/programs in our community that have purported relevance with some of the over-arching focuses put forward by initiatives such as DMC, J2G and Health Improvements?

This database could be used as one of the ways to explore the capacities of the community. If you are someone on an exploratory journey to learn about the greater Rochester community. dmcbeam.org could be an interesting first step.

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