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LendAL — SSBCI Capital Access for Health Businesses
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Innovate Alabama / Alabama SSBCI
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small businessAlabama based
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Alabama Small Business Grants 2026
Browse open Alabama grant programs for small businesses, nonprofits, and founders in 2026, sorted by award size with deadlines and eligibility.
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Browse open Alabama grant programs for small businesses, nonprofits, and founders in 2026, sorted by award size with deadlines and eligibility. Use this page as your shortlist, then jump into the intake wizard so Forrest can narrow the list to the programs you are most likely to win.
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Alabama Small Business Development Center (ASBDC) Free Business Consulting
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Alabama Small Business Development Center Network (ASBDC)
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small businessAlabama based
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LendAL — State Small Business Credit Initiative Capital Access
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Innovate Alabama / Alabama State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
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small businessAlabama based
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Alabama SBDC No-Cost Business Advising for Sports Businesses
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Alabama Small Business Development Center Network
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Alabama based
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VetLoan Advantage Plus — SBA 504 for Veteran-Owned Businesses
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Alabama Small Business Commission (ASBC) / AL504
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veteran owned or military spouse ownedAlabama based small business
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VetLoan Advantage Plus — SBA 504 for Military-Owned Businesses
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Alabama Small Business Commission (ASBC) / AL504
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military or veteran ownedAlabama based small business
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Innovate Alabama HBCU Innovation Experience
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Innovate Alabama
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Alabama Rural Transformation Fund
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Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) / Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)
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rural healthAlabama based
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Women's Foundation of Alabama — Advancing Alabama Childcare Accelerator
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Women's Foundation of Alabama
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childcaresmall business
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Alabama Technology Network Manufacturing Extension Partnership
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Alabama Technology Network
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Alabama Women in Business Membership and Business Alliance Programs
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Alabama Women in Business
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MobileCAN Minority Business Accelerator and Capital Readiness Programs
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Mobile Area Chamber Foundation / MobileCAN!
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UA Innovate Hackathon and Innovation Challenge
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The University of Alabama
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Birmingham Metro Black Chamber of Commerce Membership and Business Support
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Birmingham Metro Black Chamber of Commerce
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black_owned_businessbirmingham_region
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ADECA Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
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Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA)
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nonprofitAlabama based
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Alabama State Trade Expansion Program
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Alabama Department of Commerce Office of Global Business
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Alabama AIDT — Agricultural and Food Production Workforce Training
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Alabama Department of Commerce / AIDT
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employerAlabama based
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AIDT Workforce Recruitment and Training
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AIDT
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new_industryexpanding_industry
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LendAL — SSBCI Capital Access for Food Service Businesses
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Innovate Alabama / Alabama SSBCI
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small businessAlabama based
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Alabama WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Program - Trades Training
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Alabama Department of Labor / Alabama Workforce Development Division
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Alabama residentadult worker
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Innovate Alabama SSBCI
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Innovate Alabama
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small_businessstartup
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Alabama Jobs Credit — Technology Company Incentive
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Alabama Department of Commerce
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technology companyjob creation
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Alabama SBDC Women's Business Assistance Program
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Alabama Small Business Development Center Network
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Alabama basedwoman owned or woman led
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Alabama Chapter 9B Industrial Tax Abatements
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Alabama Department of Revenue
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Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Technical Assistance for Farmers
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Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES)
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farmerAlabama based
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Alabama State Council on the Arts — Community Arts Grants for Nonprofits
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Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA)
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nonprofitAlabama based
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