New grant for minority-owned businesses

A new grant for minority business owners opens for applications Monday.

HELPING MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES ISALSO THE FOCUS OF ANEW GRANT AVAILABLETODAY IN THE KANSASCITY AREA.BEGINNING AT NOON - THEKAUFFMAN FOUNDATIONWILL BEGIN ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS.IN A REBOUND KANSASCITY REPORT-- 41 ACTIONNEWS REPORTER CHARLIEKEEGAN JOINS US WITH ACLOSER LOOK AT THEGRANT.THE KAUFFMANFOUNDATION SET ASIDE100-THOUSAND DOLLARSTO GIVE TO 20 MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES LIKECAFE CORAZON FOREXAMPLE BEHIND ME.IT"S CALLED THEKANSAS CITY MINORITYBUSINESS RESILIENCYGRANT.HERE"S WHY THEKAUFFMAN FOUNDATIONAND UMKC INNOVATIONCENTER ARE OFFERINGTHIS GRANT TOMINORITIES.TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DATAOF THE PPP LOANS WHICHTHE FEDERALGOVERNMENT GAVE OUT.ONLY 2 PERCENT OF THELOANS THE KAUFFMANFOUNDATION HAS ALL THEINFO ON WENT TOMINORITY OWNEDBUSINESSES.HERE"S WHYORGANIZERS SAY IT"SIMPORTANT TO MAKE SURETHEY"RE SUPPORTED.Rebecca Gubbels // UMKCInnovation Center5:01-5:18"Minority entrepreneurs aremore likely to employ otherminority members of ourcommunity.

They are oftenmore likely to creategivebacks to the communitythat also serve all of us, butinparticular other members ofminority groups."THIS GRANT APPLICATIONPROCESS BEGINS ATNOON.ONLY THE FIRST 100APPLICATIONS WILL BEELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT -SO YOU NEED TO BEREADY TO GO RIGHT ATNOON.WE HAVE INFORMATIONON OUR WEBSITEKSHB.COM ON HOW TOPREPARE AND APPLY.REPORTING LIVE INKANSAS CITY CHARLIEKEEGAN 41 ACTION NEWS