Freeborn County is now accepting applications for financial assistance from businesses and non-profit agencies with the release of the COVID- 19 Relief Grant Program. This temporary program was established to provide economic relief for grants to local businesses and non-profits adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business/Non-profit agencies that are eligible to apply are those with 35 or less employees that have been affected by or continue to show financial hardship related to COVID-19, specifically Executive Orders since March of 2020. The fund will give preference to agencies that have not received federal or state COVID-19 relief funds. All businesses and non-profit agencies are encouraged to apply.
The application period begins today and will close at noon on January 22,2021.
Grant amounts may be awarded up to $35,000 (amount may change) and will be based on application criteria including COVID-19 related expenses and business costs from July 1, 2020.
To apply, businesses and organizations that previously applied for a Freeborn County COVID Relief Grant will need to provide a completed and updated two-page application and third quarter profit and loss statements from 2019 and 2020. Those businesses that DID NOT apply for the first round of relief funding must complete the full application process. All details including eligibility and grant use rules are included in the grant guidelines and application.
To access the guidelines and initial application, please visit:
www.growalbertlea.com/covid19relief or request documents via email to
contact@growalbertlea.com. You can also call ALEDA at 373-3930.