Anyone know of any grant sites?

[Behind the Aegis]

I have a friend who is a small business owner (pet store) and is looking to open a B&B. I figured this might be a good place to ask if anyone knew of any places to look for grants. Thanks!

[Phentex]

1. Start at the SBA website...

they list by state and area which programs are available.

sba.gov

[Behind the Aegis]

2. I will start there. Thanks for the link.

[earcandle]

3. I thnk the List Foundation in San Francisco is a library full of granting books that fund projects.

[Steven_car]

4. Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team)

[dsteve01]

5. Good luck

My thoughts are with you in getting your grant, Behind the Aegis.

[Broderick]

6. Here

http://www.grants.gov/

[Electrominuette]

7. Try a certain venue

It could be where your friend opens the B&B. If its in a blighted area or on a bike path then maybe there are some block grants available through local development corporations.

[trishnikolic]

8. Hi,

I think the best possible way to search for grant sites would be to look into Google. You can get good number of sites there.

[grantcart]

9. Well whereever I happened to be sitting

Sorry couldn't resist.

[mahina]

10. Nice!

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I was told by someone to beware of sites that charge hefty fees to find grants

There were all sorts of disclaimers, ignored, paid like $1200, came up empty. Companies charge a fee to sift through government programs. Can probably look into government programs yourself.

Or find a local chapter of SCORE, service corps of retired executives. They advise on business startups.