Disability-Owned Business Grants funding

Disability-Owned Business Grants 2026

Browse open grant programs for entrepreneurs with disabilities and disability-owned businesses in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance.

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Accessibility, assistive technology, and business-formation grants for founders with disabilities, sorted by award size.

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Browse open grant programs for entrepreneurs with disabilities and disability-owned businesses in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance. 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.

NHRolling

New Hampshire Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired Vocational Rehabilitation

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New Hampshire Department of Education

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disability_ownedblind_or_low_vision
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MARolling

MassDOT DBE Certification – Disability Track (Transportation Contracting)

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Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) / Unified Certification Program / U.S. DOT

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disability_ownedsocially_economically_disadvantaged
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NYRolling

ACCES-VR Self-Employment Support

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New York State Education Department ACCES-VR

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disability_owneddisabled
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RIRolling

Rhode Island Office of Rehabilitation Services Self-Employment Support

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Rhode Island Office of Rehabilitation Services

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disability_ownedperson_with_disability
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MSRolling

Mississippi ABLE Program — Tax-Advantaged Savings for Disability Entrepreneurs

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Mississippi Treasury Department

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disability_owned
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MORolling

Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) — Self-Employment Support

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Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

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disability_owned
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IDRolling

Northwest Access Fund Assistive Technology and Business Equipment Loans

Grantor

Northwest Access Fund

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disabledidaho_resident
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RIRolling

Rhode Island Business Enterprise Owned or Operated by People with Disabilities Certification

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Rhode Island Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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disability_ownedprocurement
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MORolling

Missouri ABLE Program — Tax-Advantaged Savings for Disability Entrepreneurs

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Missouri State Treasurer

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disability_owned
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MSRolling

SBA 8(a) Business Development — Disability-Owned Business Pathway in MS

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U.S. Small Business Administration

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disability_owneddisadvantaged_business
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NYRolling

Matthew Goldstein Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities

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The City University of New York

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disabledindividual
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MORolling

Missouri SBDC — Business Advising for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities

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Missouri Small Business Development Center (SBA-funded)

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disability_ownedsmall_business
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MSRolling

MDA Loan Participation Program — Disability-Owned Business Financing

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Mississippi Development Authority (MDA)

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disability_ownedsmall_business
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MDRolling

Maryland MDOT MBE Certification – Disability-Owned Business Track (State Contracts)

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Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Office of Minority Business Enterprise / GOSBA

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disability_ownedsocially_economically_disadvantaged
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OKRolling

ABLE Account Self-Employment Expense Strategy

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ABLE National Resource Center

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disability_ownedable_account
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KSRolling

Kansas Statewide Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Certification (Disability Procurement)

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Kansas Department of Administration, Division of Procurement and Contracts

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disability_ownedservice_disabled_veteran
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IDRolling

Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Support

Grantor

Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

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disabledvocational_rehabilitation
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WARolling

Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) – Self-Employment Support

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Washington State DSHS Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)

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disabilityWashington state
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NERolling

Nebraska VR Supported Self-Employment

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Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation

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disability_ownednebraska_resident
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ILRolling

Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Certification — Transportation Firms

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Illinois Commission on Equity and Inclusion (CEI)

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minority ownedwomen owned
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MNRolling

MN Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS) — Self-Employment Support

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Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) — Vocational Rehabilitation Services

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disability_owned
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OKRolling

Oklahoma DRS Vocational Rehabilitation Self-Employment Services

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Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services

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disability_ownedvocational_rehabilitation
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NJRolling

NJHCFFA Federally Qualified Health Center Loan Program

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New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority

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minority_ownedsenior
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