Thrivability

• Federal Reserve: Main Street Lending Program
• Florida Community Loan Fund: Paycheck Protection Program: Florida Nonprofits Can Apply Through FCLF
• City of Ft. Myers: Community Development Department Launches Emergency COVID-19 Microenterprise Loan Program
• SBA Paycheck Protection Program Application
• SBA Disaster Business Loan Application
• SBA Disaster Assistance Loans
  Provides low-interest disaster loans to help businesses recover from declared disasters. Businesses can apply for loans online through a 3-step loan process.
• The Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan COVID-19
  Lee County businesses can now apply for a Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan. These short-term, interest-free working capital loans are intended to “bridge the gap” between the time a major catastrophe hits and when a business has secured longer term recovery resources, such as sufficient profits from a revived business, receipt of payments on insurance claims or federal disaster assistance. You can then apply for the SBA Loan and use the funds to pay back the Bridge Loan. The application period runs through May 8, 2020.

A Community Thrives part of the USA Today Network
Submissions for the 2020 A Community Thrives program are open from August 18, 2020 through September 11, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET

LeeCares Funding
Lee County Government is investing in Human & Business Services to provide immediate assistance for individuals, families and businesses.

Funds are available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act federal stimulus package. Para asistencia en español, por favor llame 239-533-2273.

Lois Lenski Covey Foundation: Bookmobile Grant Program
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation is dedicated to advancing literacy and fostering a love of reading among underserved and at-risk children and youth. The Foundation’s Bookmobile Grant Program provides support to nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. and its territories that operate a lending bookmobile that travels into neighborhoods populated by underserved youth. These grants, ranging from $500 to $3,000, are for purchasing books published for young people, preschool through grade eight, and cannot be used for administrative or operational uses. Applications may be submitted through September 1st of each year. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the guidelines for the Bookmobile Grant Program.

Save Small Business 
The Save Small Business Fund is a grantmaking initiative offering short-term relief for small employers in the United States and its territories.

Omidyar Network: COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund
The Omidyar Network’s COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund plans to infuse 501(c)(4) funding into national, state, and local advocacy and organizing efforts aimed at passing economic stimulus to address the immediate toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on working people.

Support for Programming to Aid People with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
The Brookdale National Group Respite Program awards seed grants to service providers that plan to develop new, dementia-specific Group Respite or specialized Early Memory Loss (EML) programming to participants, along with support to caregivers and care partners.

Youth Soccer Programs Funded Nationwide
Target Youth Soccer Grants support nonprofit organizations, schools, and government agencies throughout the United States that have soccer programs serving youth 5 to 18 years old.

Grants Benefit LGBTQI Organizations
The Funding Queerly Giving Circle, administered by Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, supports LGBTQI organizations throughout the United States.

Model Justice Efforts Recognized
The Foundation for Improvement of Justice works to enhance local, state, and federal systems of justice by rewarding the accomplishments of innovative programs throughout the United States.

Funds Available to Combat Rural Opioid Use
The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (Implementation) seeks to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in high risk rural communities.

Anti-Gang Efforts Supported
The Comprehensive Anti-Gang Programs for Youth initiative helps communities develop youth gang intervention or suppression programs that aim to reduce violence.

Peace Development Fund: De Colores Rapid Response Fund
As the outbreak of COVID-19 presents growing and unprecedented challenges for organizers nationwide, the De Colores Rapid Response Fund offers grants of $500 to $1,000 to grassroots organizations working to make positive community interventions through strategic, organizing-focused approaches, especially in marginalized communities of color and working-class communities. More information on the criteria and application instructions can be found here or by emailing the program coordinator: [email protected]

National Restaurant Association Educational Fund Employee Relief Fund (Grants) 
The Restaurant Employee Relief Fund was created to help restaurant industry employees experiencing hardship in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Through this Fund, grants will be made to restaurant industry employees who have demonstrated being financially impacted by COVID-19, whether through a decrease in wages or loss of employment. These grants will be made on a first-come first-served basis, subject to availability of funds. 100% of the Fund’s proceeds will go to providing grants to restaurant workers. This Fund is operated by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, whose mission is to attract, empower and advance today’s and tomorrow’s restaurant and foodservice workers.