We appreciate all of these links shared with us by Main Street Iowa. Many of the links will update as new information comes out.
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- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
- COVID-19 & Main Street: Organizational Health Check-Up
View the recording and check out related resources here.
- COVID-19 & Main Street: Supporting Local Safely
National Federation of Independent Businesses View the recording.
- Yes, you still need to file your 990 on time.
- Alcoholic Beverages Division COVID-19, 4-1-20 Update: https://abd.iowa.gov/covid-19-updates
- Joan Garry Podcast: Leadership in the Time of COVID-19
- CARES Act: Independent Sector How to Apply for Nonprofit Relief Funds
- Business Classifications: Essential Businesses
- MobileCause Resource: CoronaVirus Survival Kit for Nonprofits
- National Endowment for the Arts Relief funding for arts organizations can be used for general operating expenses, does not require matching funds
- Network for Good: The Importance of Digital Donor Communication During a Crisis. Here are the materials.
- Nonprofits, How You Can Use the New Federal Laws Dealing with COVID-19
- PPP: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
- SBA Federal Disaster Loan Assistance for Businesses, Private Non-profits, Homeowners & Renters (Estimated time for completing the entire application is two hours and ten minutes)
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
- Action Coach, Andy O’Brien, who has worked with Main Street Iowa has a free video recording, PLAN, DON’T Panic video
- CARES Act
- CARES Act: The Small Business Owner’s Guide/U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship
- CARES Act Webinar: Learn More About the Families First Coronavirus Response Act & Cares Act Webinar was held on March 31 so check to see when posted online.
- Delta Dental Grants to Support Dentists and Non-Profits Two Relief Programs
- Department of Labor: Guidance Department of Labor: Q & A
- National Federation of Independent Business COVID Resources: NFIB Resources National Federation of Independent Business COVID Small Business FAQs: Questions & Answers
- The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center: COVID-19 Nonprofit Resources
- 211 Iowa
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Coronavirus Impacting Your Nonprofit? Here’s What to Do
- Google: Grow with Google Helpful Site for Small Businesses
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA): See IRDA’s page dedicated to COVID-19: Iowa Business Recovery Assistance
- Iowa State University Center for Industrial Research and Service
- Iowa Utilities Board Emergency Extension
- Isolation Guidance for Iowans
- Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
- Main Street America Guidance for your Community
- SCORE How Small Businesses Can Prepare for the Coronavirus
- Small Business Administration (SBA): US Small Business Administration
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC): America’s SBDC Iowa
- Stop Germs Poster
- UNI Center of Business Growth and Innovation resources
- Unemployment…Workforce Development
- Unemployment…File a Claim for Unemployment Insurance Benefits Online
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Combating the Coronavirus
- Video Conferencing Options
- World Health Organization
- WhizBang!: Helpful tips for businesses…open WhizBang! Retail Training