Deschutes County has $1.3 million in relief funds available for eligible businesses that were directly impacted by the County’s weeklong return to the “Extreme Risk” level on April 30, 2021.
Sponsoring Agency: Deschutes County
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/27/2021
Size of the Fund: Not Available
Deschutes County has $1.3 million in relief funds available for eligible businesses that were directly impacted by the County’s weeklong return to the “Extreme Risk” level on April 30, 2021.
Grant funds are being made available in all 15 Oregon counties impacted by the April 30 move to Extreme Risk, with a total of $20 million in funding made available by the State. Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council will serve as the grant administrator.
Eligibility Criteria
In this grant cycle, they’re prioritizing funding for businesses that were specifically impacted by most recent move to the Extreme Risk. They know these recent capacity limits and shutdowns have had huge financial impacts for local restaurants, gyms and other businesses.
• Businesses with more than 50 employees are not eligible to receive funds.
• Sole proprietors are eligible and encouraged to apply.
• Non-profit organizations must have federal 501c3 status to be eligible.
• Applications from businesses in rural areas, or that identify as minority-owned, women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned and emerging small businesses will receive priority ranking.
The following businesses may be eligible to apply for or receive funding:
• The business is headquartered in Oregon and has its principal operations in Oregon.
• If required by Oregon law to be registered with the Oregon Secretary of State to do business in Oregon, the business is so registered.
• The business is either for-profit or an entity tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• During the Performance Period (March 1st, 2020 through December 31st, 2020), the business incurred necessary expenditures due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including those necessary expenditures incurred in response to Deschutes and Crook County returning to an “Extreme Risk” level effective as of April 30th, 2021.
• Businesses that have previously received funding through the State of Oregon COVID-19 Emergency Business Grant program are eligible to receive additional funding.
More information at: https://www.deschutes.org/bcc/page/extreme-risk-impact-business-relief-funds
Eligible Countries:
United States
