National COVID-19 Information and Federal Resources for Your Business

Updated June 1, 2020 at 9:25 AM.

This page is dedicated to providing national information and links to federal resources. For general COVID-19 information and links, please return to our main page, you can find Washington State information here, or Pierce County information here.

National COVID-19 News Resources

Announcements and Press Releases

Specific Information Resources, Programs and Quick Guides

Private Companies Providing Free Services and Relief Programs

  • Amazon – $5 million Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund to provide cash grants to local Seattle small businesses from March 26 to April 30.
  • Bacardi – $3 million in relief to bars and restaurants as part of its #RaiseYourSpirits campaign.
  • Bumble is giving $5,000 grants to 200 struggling small businesses across 11 countries, US submissions now closed.
  • Facebook – $100 million grant for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 while also launching the Business Resource Hub to provide businesses information and best practices.
  • Faire – free  financial calculator tool to help small businesses calculate the changes in their business with COVID-19.
  • Fattmerchant – partnered with Gift Up! to allow its clients to sell virtual gift cards. Gift Up! is waiving its usual 3.49% fee for Fattmerchant’s members’ first $5,000 in gift card sales.
  • Freelancers Union – relief fund offering up to $1,000 per freelance household, currently waiting on refunding.
  • GoFundMe – partnered with Yelp to allow donations through Yelp’s pages. The Yelp Foundation and GoFundMe have both pledged to donate up to $1 million to the GoFundMe.org Small Business Relief Fund.
  • Goldman Sachs – announced an initiatives package to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19.
  • Google’s pledge to donate $800 million for COVID-19 provides relief through free credits for Ads and Cloud space.
  • Honeycomb Credit, an investment crowdfunding platform, announced a small business relief loan program that’s providing $10,000 to $50,000 in working capital to qualifying businesses.
  • James Beard Foundation – Food and Beverage Industry Relief Fund to provide microgrants to independent food and beverage small businesses, expecting further rounds of funding in April and May.
  • JPMorgan – $50 million to help struggling customers, and $8 million in aid to small businesses.
  • Kabbage – created an online hub including a system through which businesses can sell gift cards to consumers for later use.
  • Kangaroo – offering free (for three months) security camera and monitoring kits.
  • Kiva – 0% interest loans for up to $15,000 with new borrowers can accessing a grace period of up to six months.
  • Loom – free cash scenario planning tool that helps small business owners gauge the impact COVID-19.
  • MainVest – $2,000, 0% interest, 120-day loan for restaurants or other brick-and-mortars.
  • Mark Cuban Cos. –  reimbursing employees for purchases from local independent small businesses.
  • Nav – CARES Act SBA Loan Calculator to navigate the impacts of new legislation.
  • Opportunity Fund – coronavirus relief fund providing grants and low-interest-rate loans to business owners in need.
  • Revel Systems – created a $1 million Revel Relief Program.
  • Ring – created a Neighbor Pledge initiative, which encourages groups to support local businesses.
  • RXR Realty – created a volunteer platform.
  • Seated – created a platform for restaurant owners to get professional advice from finance and law experts in the hospitality industry.
  • SheaMoisture – $1 million relief fund for minority-owned businesses impacted by COVID-19.
  • Spanx by Sara Blakely Foundation – $5 million to support women-owned businesses affected by COVID-19, while also teaming up with GlobalGiving to establish The Red Backpack Fund, which will provide 1,000 grants of $5,000 to female entrepreneurs. Expecting further rounds of funding in April and May.
  • The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation – Restaurant Employee Relief Fund providing grants on a first-come first-served basis to restaurant owners and employees in need.
  • The Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation – COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund is currently accepting donations with relief packages to follow.
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation –  Save Small Business Fund in partnership with Vistaprint that will provide $5,000 grants to small businesses.  No longer accepting applications.
  • Wefunder – Coronavirus Crisis Loans program enabling small businesses to crowdfund loans of $20,000 to $1 million from supporters.
  • Yelp – $25 million in coronavirus relief for in the form of waived advertising fees, free advertising, products, and services.
  • For more detailed information about the above programs read Forbes’ Full Article.

Webinars and Other Tools

  • FEMA National Business Emergency Operations Center – NBEOC Dashboard is a live portal for posting questions for FEMA staff to answer. NBEOC is also hosting ongoing conference calls every Tuesday and Thursday for private sector businesses. Call-in information is 1-800-593-7177, #7963614
  • FEMA COVID-19 questionnaire for businesses – To help FEMA learn how to better serve businesses during this outbreak, please send your answers to the FEMA Region 10 contact.
  • Small Business Owners Guide to the CARES Act

Contact the EDB

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PIERCE COUNTY WA economic development Maddie Merton edb staff

Maddie Merton

Vice President for Business Retention and Expansion

Contact Maddie

253-284-5891