Women's Business Centers (WBC)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Free or low-cost training, counselling and access-to-capital support for women entrepreneurs. SBA funds the host organisations through a competitive cooperative agreement; businesses do not receive cash.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Women's Business Ownership
public · national
Deadline: rolling — Services are available year-round. SBA competes new WBC host awards periodically through Grants.gov notices of funding opportunity.
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
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
- Locally registered entity required
Primarily serves women entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged women; services are open to all. Roughly 150 centres nationwide.
Source. https://www.sba.gov/local-assistance/resource-partners/womens-business-centers — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked