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General
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Eligibility
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Application Process
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Post Application Period
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Use Of Grant Funds
What types of businesses are ineligible?
Created on August 3, 2023
The following types of businesses are not eligible for the 2023 Source Grant:
- A business engaged in activities that are prohibited by federal law or applicable law in the jurisdiction where the business is located or conducted
- A business that derives a majority of its income as an owner of real property that leases that property to a tenant or tenants under a lease agreement
- A business principally engaged in teaching, instructing, counseling, or indoctrinating religion or religious beliefs, whether in a religious or secular setting
- A government-owned business entity
- A business primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities
- A business that manufactures or sells at wholesale, tobacco products, liquor or that manufactures or sells firearms at wholesale or retail Cannabis businesses
- A night club or strip club Gambling businesses including sports betting and game shops
- An employment agency