Small Business Resources

Our U.S. Early-stage program attracts top founds from around the world and provides access to the tools, resources, and talent founders and corporate innovators needed to make transformational impact, without taking any equity. 

The Music Maker Relief Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit, was founded to preserve the musical traditions of the South by directly supporting the musicians who make it, ensuring their voices will not be silenced by poverty and time. 

HAAM provides access to affordable healthcare for greater Austin’s low-income, working musicians, with a focus on prevention and wellness.

Professional association of the nation’s 56 state and jurisdictional arts agencies. NASAA is a national, not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization that champions public support for the arts in America.

Nonprofit Quarterly provides research-based articles for nonprofits about management and governance. 

COVID-19 resource for small grants program for professional—published or produced—writers in acute or unexpected financial crises. 

PeopleFund is a non-profit 501(c)(3) based in Austin, Texas that provides loans, financial and technical assistance to people who are left out of the financial mainstream.

Provides substantial tax incentives for business that hire local residents, upgrade their equipment needs, and build or rehabilitate commercial property, in designated Renewal Communities and Empowerment Zones. 

UTSA Procurement Technical Assistance Center provides assistance to small business owners to expand their business into federal and state markets with government agencies, and military installations. 

Texas Back in Business is the Hurricane Harvey Relief Program for Texas small business. It is a job and economic development program, funded by Congress in 2018, designed to help small businesses damaged by Hurricane Harvey to recover.

The mission of STAR Central Texas is to act as a resource to help advance recycling practices through education in the Central Texas region.

Based on the current and most urgent needs of our community, this round of funding will be disbursed via grocery gift cards of denominations up to $100.

Compliation of vaccination resources for businesses, employees, and musicians.

Worldwide network of over 550 vetted arts residencies and deadline listings.

Pitch competition to turn raw materials that are leaving local businesses into the new materials.  

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has created the COVID-19 Disaster Fund that is now available to eligible SAG-AFTRA members who have been impacted by this pandemic. 

Search federal contracts free of charge and learn about past awards. 

SAM.gov is the official U.S. government website for people who make, receive, and manage federal awards. 

Save Small Business is a grant-making initiative to help small employers who are struggling during the COVID-19 outbreak.
 

Austin Energy offers small business and small non-profit customers up to an 80% discount to install high-efficiency lighting. 

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, also known as America's Seed Fund, are one of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the United States.  

Shared Capital Cooperative is a national loan fund and federally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides financing to cooperative businesses and housing throughout the United States. 

The SIMS Foundation provides mental health and substance use recovery services and support for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members. Through education, community partnerships, and accessible managed care, SIMS seeks to destigmatize and reduce mental health and substance use issues, while supporting and enhancing the wellbeing of the music community at large.

The ACC Bioscience Incubator aims to provide a fully equipped and affordable lap space to the Austin life science community.