Small Business Grants in Washington

Hard to call, so ask before you apply. The state funding portal, FundHubWA, still lists it as active. It says the money stays open until it is all obligated, and reviews began on February 17, 2025. But Commerce's own page for it returned a 404 on September 28, 2026, through two separate routes. No award range was ever published. Businesses can apply, and so can cities, counties, nonprofits, state agencies and tribes. It pays to plan, design and build clean energy projects. That is capital money, not general small business money. Email [email protected] to ask whether funds are left.

Cash back for a Washington exporter. The part to plan for is the quarter you carry yourself. A voucher covers at most 75 percent of your costs, so a 25 percent cash match is built in. You can claim three vouchers in a federal award year, worth up to $10,000. Commerce puts that year at June 30, 2026 to September 29, 2027. You must be an SBA defined small business. You also need a Washington Statewide Vendor Number before the state can pay you. One warning about the agency's own site. Its small business loans hub still caps these vouchers at $5,000. The programme page is the current one.

If you own the building you trade from, this is the most patient money on the page. The Tier 2 Early Adopter Incentive opened on July 1, 2025 for buildings of 20,000 to 50,001 square feet. Multifamily buildings over 20,000 square feet count too. The state set aside $150 million. Commerce approves your compliance and incentive application through the Clean Buildings Portal, and your utility pays you. It is first come, first served, so it depends on your utility taking part. Utilities with more than 25,000 customers must take part, and smaller ones may opt in. You will need to give your utility a signed W9 before it can pay. Applications are due by July 1, 2027.

A business cannot apply for this. CERB pays local governments and federally recognised tribes to build public infrastructure. A private company can only sit behind a public applicant, as the committed private partner. The money is a mix of low interest loans and grants. Planning awards are usually grants. Infrastructure awards are mostly loans. Awards run through 2026 on a board meeting cycle, and each meeting has its own posted application date.

Closed, and it was never a grant a founder could apply for. The Washington State Microenterprise Association paid nonprofit groups that train small firms. The money bought training, technical help and access to finance. Each grant was $10,000, across a statewide track and an urban track. Proposals were due at 5pm on January 7, 2026. Both tracks now read closed. If a business support group you use was funded here, that is where your help comes from.