California Dream Fund
Closed for now
No new state appropriation for the Dream Fund has been announced. CalOSBA continues to run the free Technical Assistance Program (TAP) centres that delivered the training; new microgrant rounds would be announced on calosba.ca.gov.
Microgrants of up to $10,000 to new California small businesses that complete a training programme delivered by a state-funded technical assistance centre.
California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA)
public · regional
Deadline: annual_call — The Dream Fund was a one-time $35 million allocation in the 2021 state budget; grants were distributed through 2022-2024 as trainees graduated from participating centres.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- micro enterprises
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- Locally registered entity required
Required completion of an approved entrepreneurship training programme at a CalOSBA-funded centre; targeted at underserved microbusinesses and new entrepreneurs.
Source. https://calosba.ca.gov/funding-grants-incentives/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked