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RESOURCES

Disaster Recovery Grants for Humanities Collections

Offered through the National Endowment for the Humanities. This page is an open call for applications from organizations affected by the Hurricane and Tropical Storm Helene and Hurricane Milton. No other applications will be considered.

Emergency response and recovery activities may include salvaging humanities collections such as rare books, documents, photographs, artwork, sculptures, historical objects, audiovisual media, and digital collections.

Western Women's Business Center

The Western Women's Business Center reduces barriers and serves as a catalyst to the success of women entrepreneurs in Western North Carolina.

Lake Lure & Chimney Rock Support Individual Businesses

A list of individual business recovery funds, verified and updated by local residents.

Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative

Was your small business harmed by Hurricane Helene? The Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative is here to help.

The initiative is partnering with local Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to provide relief grants up to $25,000 to very small businesses across the region that sustained physical damage from Hurricane Helene.

SBA - Economic Injury Disaster Loans

Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations located in a declared disaster area and which have suffered substantial economic injury may be eligible for an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL).

NC Small Business
Disaster Recovery Assistance Guide

This group of partners has assembled a series of steps to begin the process of recovery for
small businesses and their employees. We encourage you to utilize these resources to take
full advantage of all the state and federal support available.

Spruce Pine Disaster Recovery

Help Rebuild Downtown Spruce Pine - Tropical Storm Helene has devastated our beloved downtown, with many local businesses suffering significant damage. We are asking for your support to help us rebuild and restore our vibrant community. All donations will go directly to aid affected businesses, ensuring they can recover and thrive once again.

Small Business Hurricane Recovery Grant Program

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has launched the Small Business Hurricane Recovery grant program in partnership with American Express to support small businesses impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The program will provide $5 million in funding, distributing $5,000 grants to 1,000 eligible small businesses across the Southeast to support their recovery and help them build resilience against future disasters.

Eligible small businesses can apply now until Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 11:59pm ET.

Official Chimney Rock Village Disaster Relief Fund

The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding, landslides, and devastation in Chimney Rock Village, NC, resulting in major losses of the town's infrastructure. Your donations will go directly to provide additional assistance to citizens, residents, and businesses residing in or located within the Village at the time Helene hit and support rebuilding efforts. We appreciate your support now and in the upcoming months.

DisasterAssistance.Gov

We can help you apply for FEMA disaster assistance and guide you to other resources to help you recover.

WNC Strong: Helene Disaster Relief & Business Recovery Resources

The WNC Strong: Helene Business Recovery Fund helps small businesses close the gap between when the disaster strikes and when federal loans, insurance payouts, and other disaster relief funds are approved, or businesses have time to recover and get back to business.

WNC Strong

Provides links to several tools to help businesses rebuild

Love Hendo Business Recovery Fund

Through the LoveHendo Business Recovery Fund, we are creating a direct way for funds to be collected and distributed
to businesses in order to aid in the greater economic recovery
in Henderson County.

MS&RP NC Recovery Resources Page

The purpose of this page is to provide resources to disaster communities. We understand that each community's immediate needs are different. We will continue to update this page with information that will touch on different phases of the recovery process.

Dogwood Health Trust

Dogwood has invested more than $50 million in relief efforts so far across Western North Carolina, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

Uniting with leaders from across the region and state, we are committed to a sustained and coordinated response that upholds our equity commitments and ensures that resources reach the people, organizations and small businesses most affected by this disaster.

FEMA-SBA-USDA Federal Assistance Overview

There are many assistance programs available across the federal government designed to help you and your business. This guide will help you get started.

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