Back 2 Business Grant Information

Are you eligible?  Eligibility guidelines

• Operating as a business in 2019. *If you started your business in 2020 you do not qualify for this grant.
• Businesses with revenues of $20 million or less in 2019 and you made less in 2020. ($35 million or less for hotels)
• You are given priority if:
  • Hard-hit industries – see full list here
  • Hard-hit areas – DIAs includes Kankakee, Bradley, Hopkins Park/Pembroke Township, Aroma Park
  • You have not received prior state or federal COVID funding (including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), business Interruption Grant (BIG), Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), and more)
  • Businesses that had less than $5 million in revenue in 2019

Required Documents:

• Documentation needed:
  • Business owner ID (ITIN business owners eligible)
  • Business’s 2019 AND 2020 Federal tax returns
  • Two (2) business bank statements – one from the period April through December 2020, and most recent statement
• List of Frequently Asked Questions: Spanish
• Application portal opens August 18