Small Business Resource Directory

Small businesses in Texas with newly hired workers can receive grants to cover employee training.

Small Business Administration offers training materials to understand the disaster recovery process after a disaster has occured. 

Small Business Investment Company program facilitates the flow of long-term capital to small businesses.  

SMBR assist local businesses with bonding needs, Disadvantaged, Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprise certification, and a plan room that provides drawings from the City of Austin and other local public and private entities. 

SMP's mission is to advocate for, educate and connect leaders in the building industry. 

Some of the statues and regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor require that notices be provided to employees and/or posted in the workplace. 

Southern Smoke Foundation provides funding to individuals in the food and beverage industry who are in crisis. 

AFS Grant for Feature Films: The application cycle for the 2022 AFS Grant for Features is now open. Apply by June 6 at 5 PM

Our mission is to strengthen the fabric of East Austin neighborhoods by promoting housing affordability & economic diversity; preserving and enhancing its history, culture, and nature; and investing in its small businesses and public spaces that are unique to East Austin.

LIFT Development Enterprises, Inc. is a community development organization and micro-small business accelerator with a mission to help underserved and under represented small business owners to overcome the challenges they face due to lack of access to capital and to assist them in increasing business capacity resulting in higher revenue growth and providing premium wage jobs.