The New York State COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program was made to give adaptable award help to as of now practical private ventures, miniature organizations and revenue driven free expressions and social associations in the State of New York who have encountered monetary difficulty because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Award AMOUNTS
Award grants will be determined dependent on a business’ yearly gross receipts for 2019 (see beneath for more data). Award sums and computations are liable to change by Empire State Development.
Yearly gross receipts: $25,000 – $49,999.99: Award is $5,000/business
Yearly gross receipts: $50,000 – $99,999.99: Award is $10,000/business
Yearly gross receipts: $100,000 – $500,000: Award is 10% of gross receipts (greatest award is $50,000)
Qualification
Qualified Business Qualifications
Private ventures, Micro-organizations and For-benefit free expressions and social associations (all in all, “Qualified Applicants”) should be as of now practical and have started procedure at the latest March 1, 2019 and keep on being in activity as of the date of use (might be covered because of COVID limitations). See FAQ segment beneath for meanings of business classes above.
Qualified Applicants will be needed to show loss of gross receipts because of the COVID-19 pandemic or consistence with COVID-19 wellbeing and security conventions which brought about business changes, interferences, or terminations.
Private ventures and Micro-organizations must:
Have 2019 or 2020 Gross Receipts of somewhere in the range of $25,000 and $500,000 per annum (line 1a, IRS Form 1120 or 1065; line 1 IRS Form 1040 Schedule C).
Show positive net benefit on 2019 Business Return ($1 or more prominent) (line 28, IRS Form 1120 (line 21, IRS Form 1120S); line 22, IRS Form 1065; or line 31, IRS Form 1040 Schedule C).
Show in any event 25% misfortune in yearly Gross Receipts in a year-to-year income correlation as of December 31, 2020 to a similar period in 2019.
Show that all out costs on 2020 Business Income Return are more noteworthy than the award sums.
Be in significant consistence with relevant government, state and neighborhood laws, guidelines, codes and necessities.
Not owe any government, state, or neighborhood charges preceding July 15, 2020, or have a supported reimbursement, deferral plan, or in concurrence with fitting bureaucratic, state, and nearby burdening specialists.
Not have equipped for business award help programs under the government American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or some other accessible administrative COVID-19 financial recuperation or business help award programs, including advances pardoned under the bureaucratic Paycheck Protection Program, or can’t get adequate business help from such administrative projects. Qualified Applicants may have gotten or been granted the accompanying government help:
Check Protection Program advances adding up to $100,000 or less.
Coronavirus EIDL Advance Grant of $10,000 or less.
Coronavirus EIDL Supplemental Targeted Advance Grant of $5,000 or less.
SBA Shuttered Venue Operator Grant.
Ineligible Businesses
Every single Non-Profit, Churches and other strict establishments
Government-possessed elements or chose official workplaces
Organizations basically occupied with political or campaigning exercises
Organizations that got grants from the SBA Restaurant Revitalization Grant Program
Property managers and latent land organizations
Unlawful organizations or endeavors
Other industry or business types as determined by Empire State Development
Qualified Use of Grant Funds
The awards should be utilized for COVID-19 related misfortunes or costs caused between March 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021. These include:
Finance costs
Business lease or home loan installments for NYS-based property (yet no lease or home loan prepayments)
Installment of nearby property or school charges related with an independent company area in NYS
Protection costs
Utility expenses
Expenses of individual security hardware (PPE) important to ensure laborer and buyer wellbeing and wellbeing
Warming, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC) costs
Other apparatus or hardware costs
Supplies and materials important for consistence with COVID-19 wellbeing and security conventions
Other reported COVID-19 expenses as endorsed by Empire State Development
Ineligible Uses of Funds
Awards granted under the program may not be utilized to re-pay or pay down any part of a credit got through a government COVID-19 alleviation bundle for business help or any New York State business help programs.
Extra Information
Qualified Applicants should give proof, worthy to New York State that the Eligible Applicant is operational and that the Eligible Applicant isn’t limited by any state, nearby or other organization order.
Because of a restricted measure of subsidizing and the high volume of solicitations expected, your business type, topography and industry may factor into your capacity to get an award.
Need will be given to socially and monetarily impeded entrepreneurs including, however not restricted to, minority and ladies possessed business ventures (NYS accreditation not needed), administration debilitated veteran-claimed organizations, and veteran-possessed organizations, or organizations situated in networks that were financially upset preceding March 1, 2020, as dictated by the latest Census information.