Empire State Development: NYS Covid-19 Pandemic Small Buisness Recovery Grant Program

The New York State COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program was created to provide flexible grant assistance to currently viable small businesses, micro-businesses and for-profit independent arts and cultural organizations in the State of New York who have experienced economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. provides grants for up to $50,000

GoFundMe: Small Business Relief Fund

The GoFundMe.org Small Business Relief Fund will provide micro-grants to qualifying small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
The Small Business Relief Fund will provide one-time matching grants to qualifying small businesses. 
To qualify for a matching grant from the Small Business Relief Fund, the GoFundMe fundraiser must raise at least $500 and verify that your small business has been negatively impacted by a government mandate due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)

STEP grant from the SBA runs from October 2019 through September 2020. Through this grant, Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has created an Export General Assistance Fund (GAF) to increase the number of eligible small businesses (ESBCs) that export, increase the value of exports by ESBCs and increase the number of ESBCs exploring significant new trade opportunities

All applications are due no later than September 15, 2022