The National Center Receives $1.1 Million in SBA Grants and Contracts
Summary
The awards will be used to promote the development, success, and long-term sustainability of Native American-owned businesses, aligning closely with The National Center’s core mission to expand economic opportunity in Indian Country. This funding will help ensure we can continue that mission and create new and exciting ways to connect with the Native American business community.” Grant recipients offer a number of services. The $1.1 million in awards will provide a boost to the SBA’s service providers working to address the systemic inequities that continue to affect Indigenous peoples,” said SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “As a member of the White House Council of Native American Affairs, I recognize that there is still much work to do to close opportunity gaps for the most impacted and hardest-to-reach Native American small business owners, and we are determined to continue providing the tools and resources Native American entrepreneurs across the nation need to focus on what they do best — create jobs and grow their small businesses.” “The selected awardees have demonstrated a track record of service working with Native American small businesses and have also demonstrated they can provide the range of management and technical assistance services that microenterprise small businesses need in this critical moment,” said Mark Madrid, Associate Administrator for the Office of Entrepreneurial Development. Our goal is to focus on our next generation of business builders and help increase economic opportunity.”