Government Small Business Grants for Women

A Home Business Article Contributed by Sharon Hill

Female-Specific Small Business Government Grants

There are U.S. government small business grants just for women.

Lots of Government Small Business Grant Money for Women

For decades women have worked and struggled to attain equality in the workplace and small and large business entrepreneurial sectors. The fight is not over, but now more than ever free government money is out there. And what's really encouraging for United States female residents is that women have the largest opportunity of any group to benefit from the Government's small business generosity in the form of grant funding.

Why is this the case - that women have such a great small business government grant funding opportunity? Well, it's because women represent the single largest voting block in the United States. The next largest, some of which of course include women, are seniors and baby boomers (the over fifty crowd.) So, if you are not only a woman but also fifty or more years old, you have the greatest opportunity of anyone in the United States of starting or expanding your own small business with free government grant money.

Every year more than five hundred thousand American women start their own business. In fact, two out of every three new U.S. businesses are started by women. Not only that, statistics show that women have a 75% better chance at succeeding at their small business than do their male counterparts.

Online Female Resource for Government Small Business Grant

One site, www.freegovmoney.net offers information and how-to's of the vast number of government funding resources available in the United States. What they have found totals more than twenty billion dollars (yes, billion not million.) in grant money earmarked for females only.

These government funds include ten billion for women-owned business start ups, some of which is especially designated for females who have lost their jobs. There is $25, 000 available for a woman to start her own business, and $3 million total for women who qualify as low income so that they can start their own small businesses.

If you have an invention or innovative new idea you'd like to pursue the government offers up to $1 billion for women to pursue this. Female entrepreneurs suffering from a disability can get $15, 000 in goverment grant money. Venture capitalists willing to invest in a woman-owned start-up business can get up to $300, 000 in grant money for doing so. If your business is struggling you can infuse it with $50, 000 in government grant money to keep it viable.

Your government will grant you up to $250, 000 to start your own day care center business. Should you need or desire a business management degree to pursue your entrepreneurial degree you can earn a $10, 000 grant for the pursuit of this education. If your business suffers due to imports from other countries, the U.S. government can provide a grant of up to $75, 000 so that you can compete effectively. To move your business to a new city you can get government money totaling $30, 000.

You can provide computer training for your staff on the government - up to $25, 000 worth.

This site will tell you how.