B2B Grants Available!

The program design is based on legislation establishing the Restaurant Employment and Stabilization Grant Program ($50 million), Hotel Jobs Recovery Grant Program ($75 million) and the Illinois Creative Recovery Grant program ($50 million). The funding is designed to offset losses and support job retention in the hardest-hit industries.
 
DCEO has enlisted a robust network of more than 100 community navigators to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance in the hardest hit communities. Community Navigators will be conducting outreach, hosting webinars, and supporting prospective applicants to prepare before the application opens on April 5, 2023. This is in addition to available small business support available through Illinois’ network of Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs).
 
In order to manage a high volume of applications in a timely manner, DCEO has enlisted a program administrator – the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Community Development Fund (NCRC CDF) – to support with application review, provide technical portal support for applicants, manage the development of the application portal and provide support in processing payments.
 
Eligibility, Application, and Awards
 
The B2B Restaurants (20 ILCS 605/605-1100), B2B Hotels (20 ILCS 605/605-1095) and B2B Arts (30 ILCS 709/40) programs were designed in accordance with state statute, which specified industries, buckets of funding, spending guidelines and more. A summary of the programs are included below:
In addition to webinars and outreach hosted by community navigators, DCEO will be hosting statewide information kick-off sessions on the dates below:
 
 
  B2B Restaurants B2B Hotels B2B Arts
Funding Available $50 million $75 million $50 million
Award Range $5,000-$50,000? Up to $1,500 per room $5,000-$250,000
Impact of Receiving Prior Award Ineligible if business received any prior state relief funding (B2B, BIG, RRF) or more than 10K in local funding.
 
Businesses who received federal funds, such as PPP are eligible.		 Amount of state or local grants received deducted from overall award amount. Grant based only on 2021 losses for businesses that received prior state relief funding (BIG or B2B).
Spending Guidelines Flexible spending to support losses 80% for payroll related costs; 20% flexible spending Flexible spending to support losses
Examples of Eligible Businesses (for the full eligibility list and guidelines please visit Illinois.gov/B2B) Restaurants
Taverns
Bars
Caterers
Breweries
Wineries
Food Trucks		 Hotels
Motels
Inns
Lodging sites		 Performing and presenting arts
Theaters
Museums
Cultural heritage organizations
 
 
 
Statewide DCEO English-Language Webinars
  • Friday, March 24, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
  • Subvenciones Back to Business (B2B por sus siglas en inglés) para restaurantes, hoteles, y empresas de artes creativas
  • Jueves, 30 de marzo de 11:00 a.m.
B2B Restaurants, B2B Hotels and B2B Arts builds on the success of the Business Interruption Grants (BIG) program and the first round of the Back to Business (B2B) Programs, launched by the Pritzker administration to provide more than 15,000 awards to businesses totaling $536 million, with 47 percent of grants awarded to minority-owned businesses - a testament to the work of the community navigators program designed to help reach more underserved businesses in minority and rural communities across the state.
 
Since the onset of the pandemic, DCEO has allocated nearly $1.5 billion in pandemic-related support for businesses, including $536 million through B2B & BIG, $899 million in Child Care Restoration Grants (administered in partnership with DHS), $18.5 million in local CURE funding specifically allocated to businesses, $14 million in Emergency Hospitality Grants, and $3.5 million 
Single Column- Chamber Newsletter - copy of March 31, 2023

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