Small Business Grants Open Now — August 2026

By Khalid Hamadeh, founder of GrantCompass · Updated August 29, 2026

173grant programs open right now

33closing within 60 days

127rolling — no deadline at all

$42,500median maximum award

Updated August 29, 2026 — every amount, deadline, and status below was computed against the live GrantCompass catalog this update. Monthly refresh ≥20% content change, permanent URL.

Find grants open in your state and industry

Filter the 100 highest-priority open programs by state, industry, and funding type — sorted by closing date, soonest first. This covers the top 100 of the 173 open programs by urgency and award size; every one of the full 173 is in your free GrantCompass report.

State Industry Program type

Showing 100 of 100 pinned programs

Program	Amount	Deadline	Level

+73 more open programs beyond this pinned 100 — every one is in your free GrantCompass match report, ranked by fit.

Program	Amount	Deadline	Level
Hey Helen Grant	$10,000 (monthly)	Aug 30, 2026	Private
Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 Grant	$25,000–$500,000	Aug 31, 2026	State
Philadelphia Boost Your Business Program	$50,000 (forgivable loan)	Aug 31, 2026	Local
Minnesota Soil Health Financial Assistance Program Grants	$500–$45,000 (up to 50% cost-share)	Aug 31, 2026	State
Black & Brown Founders Empower Growth Fund	Micro-grant (amount not published)	Aug 31, 2026	Private
SBIR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus)	Up to $2.15M (Phase II)	Sep 8, 2026	Federal
STTR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus)	Up to $2.15M (STTR Phase II)	Sep 8, 2026	Federal
USDA NRCS Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP)	$100,000–$1,000,000	Sep 8, 2026	Federal
SBIR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus)	Up to $323,090	Sep 8, 2026	Federal
STTR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus)	Up to $323,090 (STTR Phase I)	Sep 8, 2026	Federal
STTR Phase I — Department of Energy	$200K–$250K (STTR Phase I)	Sep 10, 2026	Federal
Delaware EDGE Grant (Encouraging Development, Growth & Expansion) — EDGE 2.0	Up to ~$175,000 (scaled; no fixed cap)	Sep 11, 2026	State
Coach K Legacy Grant	$1,000 (monthly)	Sep 17, 2026	Private
Camelback Ventures Fellowship	$50,000 seed grant	Sep 18, 2026	Private
Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant	$5,000	Sep 18, 2026	Private
SDBII Specialty Processing Equipment Grant	Up to $150,000 (25% cash match required)	Sep 23, 2026	Federal
SDBII Dairy Business Planning Grant	Up to $30,000 (no match required)	Sep 23, 2026	Federal
FTA Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program — FY 2026	Up to $10,000,000 total (≤2 awards anticipated)	Sep 28, 2026	Federal
Bureau of Reclamation Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) Program — Research Projects	$100,000–$800,000	Sep 29, 2026	Federal
West Virginia State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Export Grant	$15,000 per funding period	Sep 29, 2026	State
DOE Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program	Varies (cost-share structure)	Sep 30, 2026	Federal
DOE Office of Science — FY2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Financial Assistance Program	$50K–$5,000,000/year	Sep 30, 2026	Federal
Buckeye State Credit Union Small Business Recovery Grant	$125,000 – $200,000 (3 grants)	Sep 30, 2026	Private
MassCEC Catalyst	Up to $75,000	Sep 30, 2026	State
Montana Indian Equity Fund Small Business Grant	Up to $40,000	Sep 30, 2026	State
Iowa Tourism Marketing Grant	$2,500–$10,000	Sep 30, 2026	State
Outta Excuses Small Business Empowerment Grant	$3,000 quarterly + $10,000 annual bonus	Sep 30, 2026	Private
Secretsos Small Business Grant	$2,500 (quarterly)	Sep 30, 2026	Private
Business Freedom Grant	$1,000	Sep 30, 2026	Private
Royal Credit Union Small Business Grant	$3,000	Oct 1, 2026	Private
North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) Grant	Varies by category (recent max ~$115K)	Oct 1, 2026	State
Botetourt County Small Business Grant Program	$2,000–$10,000 (up to $75,000 total pool)	Oct 2, 2026	Local
NOAA Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund	Up to $11M total program (no per-award cap publ…	Oct 21, 2026	Federal
Galaxy Grant for Women and Minority Business Owners	$2,500	Oct 31, 2026	Private
SBIR Phase I — NSF (America's Seed Fund)	Up to $305K (Phase I)	Nov 4, 2026	Federal
STTR Phase I — NSF	Up to $305,000	Nov 4, 2026	Federal
Entreprenista Evolve Grant	$5,000 (quarterly)	Nov 11, 2026	Private
Shophand $5k Small Business Boost Grant	$2,500 cash + $2,500 Shophand services	Nov 30, 2026	Private
USDA Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)	Up to $750 per certification scope	Dec 31, 2026	Federal
NOAA National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) — FY 2026/27	$50,000–$400,000	Jan 22, 2027	Federal
CDC/NIOSH Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement	$150K–$975K	Jan 26, 2027	Federal
Tampa Entrepreneur Support Hub Microgrant	$1,500–$3,000	Feb 15, 2027	Local
Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) Efficiency Grant	Up to $1,500-$4,500 depending on Colorado Envir…	May 1, 2027	State
Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) Pre-Approved Equipment Grant	Up to $500 per business per grant cycle	May 1, 2027	State
Oklahoma STEP Fund — State Trade Expansion Program	Up to $24,000/year	Sep 29, 2027	State
Washington STEP Export Voucher Program	Up to $10,000/year	Sep 29, 2027	State
ARPA-H Innovative Solution Openings (ISOs) — Health Technology OT Agreements	Varies — typically $1M–$50M	Rolling	Federal
DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Funding Opportunity Announcements	$500K–$20M+ per award	Rolling	Federal
North Carolina Film and Entertainment Grant	25% of qualifying NC spend	Rolling	State
EDA Public Works & Economic Adjustment Assistance (PWEDA)	$100K–$10,000,000+	Rolling	Federal
NIST CHIPS R&D Office — Broad Agency Announcement (CRDO BAA)	$10M minimum, no ceiling	Rolling	Federal
OSD ManTech Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program	$150,000–$8,800,000	Rolling	Federal
One North Carolina Fund	Varies — typically $100K–$5M	Rolling	State
Tennessee FastTrack Economic Development Fund	Negotiated; $250K–$5M typical	Rolling	State
Wyoming Business Ready Community Grant & Loan Program	Up to $5,000,000	Rolling	State
LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)	Up to $800K/yr	Rolling	Federal
SBIR Phase II — Department of Defense	Up to $2M (Phase II)	Rolling	Federal
NOAA Fisheries Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) FY 2024–2026	Up to $1.6M est. total	Rolling	Federal
EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance — Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Program	$800K–$1.4M (to RLF operator)	Rolling	Federal
Minnesota Job Creation Fund	Up to $1,000,000 (performance-based rebate)	Rolling	State
NYSERDA FlexTech — Flexible Technical Assistance Program (Energy Studies)	50-75% cost-share, up to $1M	Rolling	State
SBIR Phase II — NSF (America's Seed Fund)	Up to $1M (Phase II)	Rolling	Federal
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program	$1–$750,000 per project	Rolling	Federal
Arizona Job Training Program	Up to 75% of training costs	Rolling	State
Ben Franklin Technology Partners — Seed Investment Program	$50,000–$500,000	Rolling	State
Idaho Workforce Development Council — Employer Training Grant	Up to $500,000	Rolling	State
Oregon Business Expansion Program (Business Oregon Expansion Fund)	Negotiated; income-tax-based	Rolling	State
Texas Enterprise Fund	Negotiated; $500K–$50M+	Rolling	State
Texas Skills Development Fund	Up to $500,000	Rolling	State
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program	$1–$500,000 per project	Rolling	Federal
City of Dallas Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP)	Up to $400,000	Rolling	Local
DOE ITAC Implementation Grant — Small Manufacturer Energy Efficiency	Up to $300,000	Rolling	Federal
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation — Impact Funding	Up to $300K over 3 yrs	Rolling	Private
Chicago INVEST South/West Small Business Grant	Up to $250,000	Rolling	Local
Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF)	Up to $250,000	Rolling	Local
SBIR Phase I — U.S. Air Force / AFWERX	Up to $250K (Phase I)	Rolling	Federal
Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP)	Up to 50% of training costs	Rolling	State
Minnesota Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP)	$5,000–$9,000 per new job	Rolling	State
Wyoming SBIR/STTR Match Grant	Up to $100K (Ph I) / $200K (Ph II)	Rolling	State
Chicago Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF)	Up to $150,000	Rolling	Local
Colorado Existing Industry Customized Training Program	Up to $1,500/employee; $150K max	Rolling	State
Connecticut Innovations Pre-Seed Investment Program	Up to $150K pre-seed	Rolling	State
Nebraska Innovation Fund Prototype Grant	Up to $150,000	Rolling	State
Connecticut Innovations Proof-of-Concept Fund	$50K–$100K convertible note	Rolling	State
Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund Voucher Program (MVP)	$6,250–$100,000	Rolling	State
WorkInvestNH (New Hampshire Job Training Fund)	$750–$100,000 (50% match)	Rolling	State
Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Facilities (AMF) Grant	Up to $75,000 (1:1 match)	Rolling	State
Illinois Innovation Voucher Program	Up to $75,000	Rolling	State
Indiana FAST Program — SBIR/STTR Matching Grant	Up to $75,000 per Phase II award	Rolling	State
West Sacramento Small Business Assistance Program	$5,000–$75,000 (component-dependent)	Rolling	Local
Wyoming Workforce Development Training Fund — Business Training Grants	Up to $4,000/trainee/year	Rolling	State
Amber Grant for Women	Three $10,000 grants monthly + three $50,000 ye…	Rolling	Private
Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Fund — Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) Program	$2,500–$50,000/yr (50% match)	Rolling	State
Elevate Vermont — SBIR/STTR Matching Grant	Up to $50,000	Rolling	State
Indiana Skills Enhancement Fund (SEF)	Up to $50,000/biennium	Rolling	State
Maine Technology Institute (MTI) Business Innovation Seed Grant	$5,000–$50,000	Rolling	State
NJEDA Main Street Acquisition Support Grant	Up to $50,000 (one grant per business EIN)	Rolling	State
NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Research	Varies by scope	Rolling	Federal
Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant / Commerce Department Small Business Grant	Up to $50,000	Rolling	Local
SCRA Technology Startup and Acceleration Grants	$25K–$50K non-dilutive	Rolling	State

Plus 73 more open programs not listed here — see your full personalized match list at grantcompass.co/match.

Short answer

173 US small business grant programs are verifiably open today, August 29, 2026. That breaks into two groups: 127 rolling programs that accept applications year-round with no fixed cutoff (the Amber Grant for Women and the HerRise MicroGrant, plus 70 state-level training-and-innovation funds), and 46 programs with a published deadline that hasn't passed yet — of which 33 close within the next 60 days. “Open” here means the program's status is active in our catalog and its deadline is either rolling or dated on or after today; it does not guarantee funds remain available, since some first-come programs close early when their budget runs out.

Closing in the next 60 days

These 33 programs have a firm deadline between now and October 28, 2026, sorted soonest first. Apply to the 5 closing this month before anything else on this page.

1 day

Hey Helen Grant

$10,000 (monthly) · closes Aug 30, 2026 · Private

2 days

Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 Grant

$25,000–$500,000 · closes Aug 31, 2026 · State (MD)

2 days

Philadelphia Boost Your Business Program

$50,000 (forgivable loan) · closes Aug 31, 2026 · Local (PA)

2 days

Minnesota Soil Health Financial Assistance Program Grants

$500–$45,000 (up to 50% cost-share) · closes Aug 31, 2026 · State (MN)

2 days

Black & Brown Founders Empower Growth Fund

Micro-grant (amount not published) · closes Aug 31, 2026 · Private

10 days

SBIR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus)

Up to $2.15M (Phase II) · closes Sep 8, 2026 · Federal

10 days

STTR Phase II — NIH (PHS Omnibus)

Up to $2.15M (STTR Phase II) · closes Sep 8, 2026 · Federal

10 days

USDA NRCS Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP)

$100,000–$1,000,000 · closes Sep 8, 2026 · Federal

10 days

SBIR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus)

Up to $323,090 · closes Sep 8, 2026 · Federal

10 days

STTR Phase I — NIH (PHS Omnibus)

Up to $323,090 (STTR Phase I) · closes Sep 8, 2026 · Federal

12 days

STTR Phase I — Department of Energy

$200K–$250K (STTR Phase I) · closes Sep 10, 2026 · Federal

13 days

Delaware EDGE Grant (Encouraging Development, Growth & Expansion) — EDGE 2.0

Up to ~$175,000 (scaled; no fixed cap) · closes Sep 11, 2026 · State (DE)

19 days

Coach K Legacy Grant

$1,000 (monthly) · closes Sep 17, 2026 · Private

20 days

Camelback Ventures Fellowship

$50,000 seed grant · closes Sep 18, 2026 · Private

20 days

Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant

$5,000 · closes Sep 18, 2026 · Private

25 days

SDBII Specialty Processing Equipment Grant

Up to $150,000 (25% cash match required) · closes Sep 23, 2026 · Federal (AL/AR/FL/GA/KY/LA/MS/NC/SC/TN/VA/WV/PR)

25 days

SDBII Dairy Business Planning Grant

Up to $30,000 (no match required) · closes Sep 23, 2026 · Federal (AL/AR/FL/GA/KY/LA/MS/NC/SC/TN/VA/WV/PR)

30 days

FTA Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program — FY 2026

Up to $10,000,000 total (≤2 awards anticipated) · closes Sep 28, 2026 · Federal

31 days

Bureau of Reclamation Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) Program — Research Projects

$100,000–$800,000 · closes Sep 29, 2026 · Federal

31 days

West Virginia State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Export Grant

$15,000 per funding period · closes Sep 29, 2026 · State (WV)

32 days

DOE Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program

Varies (cost-share structure) · closes Sep 30, 2026 · Federal

32 days

DOE Office of Science — FY2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Financial Assistance Program

$50K–$5,000,000/year · closes Sep 30, 2026 · Federal

32 days

Buckeye State Credit Union Small Business Recovery Grant

$125,000 – $200,000 (3 grants) · closes Sep 30, 2026 · Private

32 days

MassCEC Catalyst

Up to $75,000 · closes Sep 30, 2026 · State (MA)

32 days

Montana Indian Equity Fund Small Business Grant

Up to $40,000 · closes Sep 30, 2026 · State (MT)

32 days

Iowa Tourism Marketing Grant

$2,500–$10,000 · closes Sep 30, 2026 · State (IA)

32 days

Outta Excuses Small Business Empowerment Grant

$3,000 quarterly + $10,000 annual bonus · closes Sep 30, 2026 · Private

32 days

Secretsos Small Business Grant

$2,500 (quarterly) · closes Sep 30, 2026 · Private

32 days

Business Freedom Grant

$1,000 · closes Sep 30, 2026 · Private

33 days

Royal Credit Union Small Business Grant

$3,000 · closes Oct 1, 2026 · Private (WI)

33 days

North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) Grant

Varies by category (recent max ~$115K) · closes Oct 1, 2026 · State (ND)

34 days

Botetourt County Small Business Grant Program

$2,000–$10,000 (up to $75,000 total pool) · closes Oct 2, 2026 · Local (VA)

53 days

NOAA Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund

Up to $11M total program (no per-award cap published) · closes Oct 21, 2026 · Federal (FL/GA/NC/SC/GU)

How we built this. Days-until-close is measured from August 29, 2026. A program counts as “closing soon” only if it has a specific published deadlineDate in our catalog within the next 60 days — cyclical programs with a described-but-undated future round (e.g. “opens again in fall”) are excluded from this list until a specific date is published, even though they may reopen sooner.

How “open now” is defined, and what it isn't

A program counts as open on this page only if its GrantCompass catalog status is active and one of two things is true: it accepts applications on a rolling, year-round, or continuous basis (127 programs), or it has a published deadline on or after August 29, 2026 (46 programs). We excluded 62 active grant-type programs whose next intake is described only in general terms (“opens next spring,” “quarterly, dates vary”) without a specific tracked date, and 4 more whose last tracked deadline has passed without a new round being published — they may well reopen, but we won't claim “open now” for a program without a concrete open window. 19 of the 173 open programs publish no numeric award ceiling (formula- or payroll-based awards); they still count toward the totals here and appear in your full match report.

The numbers behind “open now”

Of the 736 US funding programs in the GrantCompass catalog, 410 are structured as grants (as opposed to loans, tax credits, or other program types). 239 of those 410 grant programs are currently active, and 173 of the 239 are verifiably open today by the definition above.

Open-now grants by level of government

173open

Federal 38
State 82
Local / municipal 24
Private / foundation 29

Open-now grants by application window

Rolling / no deadline

127 programs

Closes within 60 days

33 programs

Closes in more than 60 days

13 programs

Methodology. Computed from the GrantCompass catalog of 736 US small business funding programs (410 grant-type) as of August 29, 2026. “Open now” = programStatus active AND (deadline text matches rolling/year-round/continuous OR deadlineDate ≥ 2026-08-29). Median award uses each program's amountMax (or amountMin where no max is published), n=154 of the 173 open programs that publish a numeric ceiling. This page recomputes and republishes monthly; the underlying query is reproducible against the same catalog fields on any given day.

Key takeaways

173 of 736 catalog programs are open today. “No deadline listed” on a search engine doesn't mean nothing is open — it means you need a source that tracks status, not just dates.
Rolling beats deadline-chasing. 127 of the 173 open programs have no fixed cutoff at all — apply on your schedule, not a countdown.
12 programs close within the next two weeks — Hey Helen Grant (Aug 30), Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 Grant (Aug 31), Philadelphia Boost Your Business Program (Aug 31), Minnesota Soil Health Financial Assistance Program Grants (Aug 31) — if one fits your business, that's today's priority, not this page.
State programs dominate the open list (82 of 173) — check your state's economic development agency even if you've already ruled out federal grants.
This page refreshes monthly. Bookmark grantcompass.co/small-business-grants-open-now rather than a dated search result — the URL stays the same, the data doesn't.

Frequently asked questions

Are any small business grants open right now?

Yes. As of August 29, 2026, 173 of the 410 grant-type programs in the GrantCompass catalog are verifiably open — meaning their status is active and they either accept applications on a rolling, year-round basis (127 programs) or have a published deadline that has not yet passed (46 programs). Examples you can apply to today include the Amber Grant for Women (Three $10,000 grants monthly + three $50,000 year-end, rolling), the Hey Helen Grant ($10,000, closes August 30, 2026), and the Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 Grant ($25,000–$500,000, closes August 31, 2026). This list updates monthly; always confirm the current deadline on the program's own page before applying, since a small number of cyclical programs reopen on dates GrantCompass cannot predict.

What grants close this month?

5 programs on this list close before the end of August 2026: the Hey Helen Grant ($10,000, August 30, 2026); the Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 Grant ($25,000–$500,000, August 31, 2026); the Philadelphia Boost Your Business Program ($50,000, August 31, 2026); the Minnesota Soil Health Financial Assistance Program Grants ($500–$45,000, August 31, 2026). 24 more close in September 2026. See the “closing in the next 60 days” list above for all 33 programs with a near-term deadline, sorted soonest first.