Congress has allocated another $20,000,000,000 in EIDL grants (advances) in the new stimulus bill. If the President signs the legislation, new EIDL grants will become available. It appears these grants are meant to fill a gap for businesses that may not have received the full $10,000 EIDL grants described in the CARES Act.
By way of background, the CARES Act that was passed March 27, 2020 included a grant (or advance) for those who applied for an EIDL loan, in the amount of up to $10,000. The SBA later determined that those grants would be made in an amount of $1000 per employee. Many business owners felt cheated. In addition, the funds available for grants were exhausted before all eligible businesses received them. This new legislation appears to fix these problems.
Please keep in mind this information is changing rapidly and is based on our current understanding of the programs. It can and likely will change. Although we will be monitoring and updating this as new information becomes available, please do not rely solely on this for your financial decisions. We encourage you to consult with your lawyers, CPAs and Financial Advisors. To review your real-time funding options with one of Nav’s lending experts, please contact us.
Worth noting: Businesses that applied for an EIDL— even earlier in 2020– and meet the qualifications may receive the full $10,000 grant (minus any amount already received) even if their EIDL applications were not approved.
How do I qualify for the new EIDL grant?
To qualify for the full $10,000 EIDL grant, a business must:
- Be located in a low-income community, and
- Have suffered an economic loss greater than 30%, and
- Employ not more than 300 employees
In addition, the business must qualify as an eligible entity as defined in the CARES Act:
- A small business, cooperative, ESOP Tribal concern, with fewer than 300 employees
- An individual who operates under as a sole proprietorship, with or without employees, or as an independent contractor; or
- A private non-profit or small agricultural cooperative.
- The business must have been in operation by January 31, 2020
- The business must be directly affected by COVID-19
Economic loss is defined as “the amount by which the gross receipts of the covered entity declined during an 8-week period between March 2, 2020, and December 17, 2021, relative to a comparable 8-week period immediately preceding March 2, 2020, or during 2019.” The SBA will come up with a formula for seasonal businesses.
A low income community is defined in Section 45D(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 7 1986 as follows:
“The term “low-income community” means any population census tract if the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20 percent, or in the case of a tract not located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of…