Funded by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the We’re All In Small Business Grant Program will provide $2,500 grants to 30,000 Wisconsin small businesses to assist with the costs of business interruption or for health and safety improvements, wages and salaries, rent, mortgages and inventory.

**ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS**

To be eligible, businesses must:

• be a Wisconsin-based, for-profit business;
• employ 20 or fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, including the owner;
• earn greater than $0 but less than $1 million in annual revenues (gross sales and receipts); and
• have started operating prior to Jan. 1, 2020, and have been in business as of Feb. 2020. (Seasonal businesses should use the highest total FTEs employed during the season.)

**APPLICATION PERIOD**

The online grant application will be accessible for one week from 8 a.m. Monday, June 15, through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 23. A link to the application will be posted here.

**THINGS YOU WILL NEED**

• 2018 or 2019 federal tax return for business (If you started your business in 2020, you are not eligible for this grant). Applicable tax returns are:
• IRS form 1065 Partnership Return (no K-1s required)
• IRS form 1120 Corporation Return (no schedules required)
• IRS form 1120S S Corporation Return (no K-1s required)
• IRS form 1040 (sole proprietors) and the following:
  • Schedule C, Profit and Loss from Business
• Signed W-9 and dated form available at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf
• A letter or email of acknowledgement from a community organization indicating your business was in operation in February 2020. The letter or email can be from any of the following:
• Chamber of commerce
• Main Street or Connect Communities organization
• Local business improvement district
• Neighborhood economic development association
• Local economic development organization
• County economic development organization
• Municipality, including tribal government
• County
• Local bank, credit union or community development financial institution
• Regional UW Small Business Development Center
• U.S. Export Assistance Center – Wisconsin
• Regional economic development organization
• Regional Planning Commission
• Trade association