Texas Rural Woman Grant – United States

Grant Amount

• A total of ten $5,000 grants for a total of $50,000 are available for this round of funding.

Who can apply?

Eligible businesses must satisfy all of the following conditions:

• Existing rural, woman-owned businesses (at least 51% directly owned and controlled by one or more women who are U.S. citizens). The business owner must reside in Texas.
• The business must currently be set up as a legal business entity.
• The business must be a for-profit corporation, partnership, LLP or LLC, or sole proprietorship. Not-for-profit corporations or similar nonprofit entities are not eligible.
• If the business or business owner owns the premises where the business operates, all property taxes must be current.
• All sales, payroll, and other taxes must be current.
• The business must be located and operated within an eligible Texas County.
• The business, business owner and the applicant must not be involved in any pending or current litigation.
• The business owner must not have any felonies or convictions for a crime of dishonesty or breach of trust.
• Previous grant winners cannot apply.
• The business must be in one of the eligible rural counties in Texas.
• The business, business owner and applicant are operating with all required permits and licenses and are conforming to all required laws.

Ineligible Applicants

• TWU faculty/staff (or any immediate family member of the applicant’s family, including spouse, child, parent), trustee, and advisory committee member.
• TWU Students are not eligible to apply.
• Prior grant winners.
• Applicants who have taken part in any CWE program in the last year including AccelerateHER, TechFW or NTEEC awardees.

For more information, visit Texas Woman’s University.