{"id":58594,"date":"2023-06-20T14:15:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58594"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:15:45","slug":"covid-relief-grants-open-to-ca-small-nonprofits-businesses-through-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58594","title":{"rendered":"COVID Relief Grants Open to CA Small Nonprofits, Businesses Through June"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Those with 26-49 employees in 2021 or 2022, who paid COVID sick leave, are eligible for $5K to 50K.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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While COVID relief grants have phased down nationwide since the\u00a0end of the federal health emergency declaration<\/a>, California has announced a new one.<\/p>\n

Through June 30, small nonprofits and businesses with 26 to 49 employees in 2021 or 2022, and who paid COVID sick leave, are eligible for a grant ranging from $5K to $50K through the state\u2019s Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) program, outreach partner CalNonprofits has announced.<\/p>\n

The program, created by\u00a0California Assembly Bill 152<\/a>\u00a0and administered through the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), offers grants funded to match sick leave provided, on small businesses\u2019 payroll records, between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Eligible businesses and nonprofits must have a physical presence in California.<\/p>\n

Robert Gibbons, director of education and advocacy at\u00a0CalNonprofits<\/a>, said the bill \u201cwas a tailwind piece of legislation for COVID aid toward the end of the pandemic. We were very involved in advocating for this legislation to include small nonprofits, who were previously not given the opportunity to apply for state-reimbursed grants. This issue has become cumbersome in the sense that small nonprofits now have to go back and identify their COVID sick leave with payroll providers and apply for funds, and we\u2019re here to make that process as easy as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since being informed in very late May that small nonprofits would be eligible for SPSL alongside other businesses, Gibbons has spearheaded CalNonprofits\u2019 advocacy work at the community and legislative level in collaboration with the small business lending platform Lendistry, which the state chose to execute the program and vet applicants.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most potentially confusing aspects of the grant application for small businesses is employee headcount, given that it shifted drastically for many companies during the pandemic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The challenges that may arise during the SPSL filing process do not owe to a lack of interest on the part of nonprofits \u2014 \u201cthe Lendistry folks were impressed to see that our webinars have turned out more than three times the numbers of small businesses,\u201d said Gibbons \u2014 but rather to the limited bandwidth of many small nonprofits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s where CalNonprofits comes in,\u201d he continued. \u201cCall us, email us, and we will advocate on your behalf as the go-between between you and your payroll provider.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCalNonprofits is the only partner working with Lendistry in California to identify eligible nonprofits, and advocate for them through the application process. This sets a precedent for more inclusivity with the way that we think about helping nonprofits in the context of state legislation,\u201d Gibbons added.<\/p>\n

An FAQ page for SPSL written by CalNonprofits and geared specifically toward nonprofit applicants is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0informational webinar on the grant program<\/a>, hosted by CalOSBA, will take place on Monday, June 26 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., PST. The recording of a previous webinar, livestreamed on June 12, is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eligibility requirements, an\u00a0application guide<\/a>,\u00a0FAQs<\/a>, and an\u00a0application portal<\/a>\u00a0for the program is available at the\u00a0California SPSL website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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