Applications available for El Dorado County small business recovery funding

Since the beginning of March as the COVID-19 crisis was just beginning to feel like it could become a threat in our community, the El Dorado Community Foundation has granted out over $280,000 to individuals in need and nonprofits striving to continue providing their services through lost funding and canceled fundraisers.

The Foundation is beginning to shift focus from response to recovery as they see sectors of the community start to open back up. One component of that needed recovery will be in the form of financial support to the small business community.

To that end, the El Dorado Community Foundation has teamed up with the City of South Lake Tahoe and the El Dorado County and El Dorado Hills Chambers of Commerce to create a fund focused on helping small businesses through financial hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Separate funding has been allocated for both South Lake Tahoe small businesses and Western Slope small businesses. Applications for support can be submitted starting May 20 and ending at 7:00 p.m. on June 3.

Access the applications below:

South Lake Tahoe Businesses: https://eldoradocf.org/south-lake-tahoe-small-business-fund/
Western Slope Businesses: https://eldoradocf.org/el-dorado-county-western-slope-small-business-fund/

The Foundation is urging the small business community to take advantage of this opportunity for financial support in these uncertain times and they urge the rest of the community to donate because they are anticipating the need to be far greater than the available funding.

The community can contribute to the funds by donating here: https://ssl.charityweb.net/eldoradocf/SSBF.htm.