North St. Louis Small Business & Non-Profit Grant Program
Introduction to NSTL Grant Transparency Portal
To strengthen public confidence in SLDC’s process of evaluating applications for the North St. Louis Small Business & Non-Profit Grant Program — and to remain as transparent as possible as funds are disbursed to conditionally approved applicants — we have established the NSTL Grant Transparency Portal. Visit the Transparency Portal to access additional information about how grants were conditionally awarded, due diligence required for funding to be disbursed to awardees and ongoing reporting requirements for businesses funded. The Transparency Portal includes:
Program Applications & Legislation
Overview of Programs & Evaluation Criteria
Portions of Conditionally Approved Grant Recipients’ Applications
Scores of Conditionally Approved Grant Recipients
Conflict of Interest Waivers
Frequently Asked Questions & Terms/Definitions
The Transparency Portal will continue to evolve as SLDC’s compliance team completes its verification and confirmation of records for each applicant.
North St. Louis Small Business & Non-Profit Grant Program
Total Available to Award
$32,557,500
Total Amount Requested by Eligible Applicants
$416 Million+
Total Applications Received
700+
Number of Businesses Pending an Award
437*
Funds Available to Award by Grant Program*
Capacity Building Grants
(Financial Assessment & Technical Assistance Academy)
$2 Million
$2,500 for Completing Technical Assistance Academy + $2,500 for Completing Financial Assessment = $5,000 per Eligible Applicant
Stabilization Grants
(First-Come, First-Served)
$1.5 Million
$15,000 per Eligible Applicant
Operational Expansion Grants (Competitive)
$6 Million
Community Enhancement & Community Needs Grants (Competitive)
$23 Million
Varies by Applicant
Eligible Applications & Conditional Funding (Pending) by Grant Program
As of 9.19.24
Capacity Building Grants
(Financial Assessment & Technical Assistance Academy)
Businesses Awarded
155
Total:
$687,500
Funded:
$687,500
Stabilization Grants
(First-Come, First-Served)
Businesses Awarded
75
Total:
$1,125,000
Funded:
$1,005,000
Operational Expansion Grants (Competitive)
Businesses Awarded
185
Total:
$6,475,000
Funded:
$765,000
Community Enhancement & Community Needs Grants (Competitive)
Businesses Awarded
45
Total:
$23,017,909
Funded:
$0
Supplemental Support Grants
Businesses Awarded
159
Total:
$1,987,500
Funded:
$0
Awards and Pending Awards Total to Date: 437 Businesses for $33,292,909
* Businesses may receive awards across multiple programs. Excludes applicants who are ineligible due to geography, duplicate businesses, not submitting budgets (other than stabilization) or affidavit, ineligible activity (residential development or programmatic activities) or did not attend 1:1 file review session. Estimates are subject to change based on assessment and review of applications. Funds will be disbursed to approved applicants upon clearance from the License Collector and Collector of Revenue, passed the Viability Assessment and receipt of all required documents by SLDC.
Grant Program Evaluation Criteria Webinar
Watch the webinar to understand the overall grant program, eligibility and evaluation criteria. This webinar will outline the scoring criteria for small businesses and non-profits to receive a competitive Operational Expansion or Community Enhancement grant.
Grant Programs
Capacity Building Grant Program (Financial Assessment & Technical Assistance Academy)
Grants for those applicants who completed a Financial Assessment and participated in a Technical Assistance Academy.
Stabilization Grant Program (First-Come, First-Served)
Grants for small for-profit and non-profit businesses for operational stabilization.
Operational Expansion Grant Program (Competitive)
Grants for small for-profit and non-profit businesses for operational expansion.
Community Enhancement & Community Needs Grant Program (Competitive)
Community Enhancement (Façade, Rehabilitation, and New Construction)
Grants for small for-profit and non-profit businesses for community enhancement that includes, facade improvements, site rehabilitation and new construction with proven capacity need for enhancement and meet eligible program expenditures.
Community Needs
Grants for small for-profit and non-profit business organizations, new to a neighborhood, and fills a gap in needed neighborhood services, to include professional or health services or enhanced retail or cultural offerings. ONLY for established businesses expanding into eligible geographic areas with site control.
Supplemental Support Grant Program
The Supplemental Support Grant is to support those applicants who spent time and resources dedicated to submitting an application to the program but were unsuccessful in being awarded grants through the competitive programs.
Please note that funding these grants is conditional upon a completed viability assessment and clearance from the License Collector’s Office and the Collector of Revenue for each business.
The North St. Louis Small Business & Non-Profit Grant Program is funded in whole or in part with Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) passed through the City of St. Louis Community Development Administration.