PROGRAM FOR INVESTMENT IN MICROENTREPRENEURS (PRIME)

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: July 15, 2026

Archive date: September 11, 2026

Close date: August 12, 2026

Opportunity ID: 363196

Opportunity number: SB-OCAPR-26-001

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Small Business Administration

Agency code: SBA

Award floor: $75,000

Award ceiling: $400,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Business and Commerce
Eligible Applicants
  • Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Others
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Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:sba
  • category_of_funding_activity:business_and_commerce
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The PRIME Act authorizes the SBA Administrator to establish a program for the purposes of: (i) providing training and technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs; (ii) providing training and capacity building assistance to microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) and programs; (iii) aiding in Research and development of best practices for microenterprise and technical assistance programs for disadvantaged entrepreneurs; and (iv) for other activities as the SBA Administrator determines.

PROGRAM FOR INVESTMENT IN MICROENTREPRENEURS (PRIME)
The PRIME Act authorizes the SBA Administrator to establish a program for the purposes of: (i) providing training and technical assistance to disadvantaged entrepreneurs; (ii) providing training and capacity building assistance to microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) and programs; (iii) aiding in Research and development of best practices for microenterprise and technical assistance programs for disadvantaged entrepreneurs; and (iv) for other activities as the SBA Administrator determines.
[Forecasted] PROGRAM FOR INVESTMENT IN MICROENTREPRENEURS (PRIME)
Forecasted
Small Business Administration
Business and Commerce
Grant
Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others
2026-07-15