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Find grants and free programs your business can actually use

It finds options like free mentoring, small grants and training, each with who qualifies, the deadline and a link.

About 10 minutes Just copy and paste

A sketch of what you'll get back.

Your prompt

Fill in your details. Skip any you like.

ChatGPT opens with your prompt already typed in. Perplexity and Gemini can't be filled in from a link, so those buttons copy your prompt: paste it into the new chat.

The prompt that gets copied

Search the web for grants, free training and support programs my business might qualify for.

My business: [YOUR BUSINESS, e.g. family-run hardware store]
Where it's based: [YOUR AREA, e.g. your county and state]
Size and age: [SIZE AND AGE, e.g. 4 staff, open 11 years]
What I'd use help for: [WHAT YOU NEED, e.g. new shelving, staff training]
Anything that might qualify me for special programs: [SPECIAL STATUS, e.g. veteran-owned, rural]

Find at least eight options across grants, free training, mentoring and local business programs.

For each one give: name, who runs it, what it offers, who qualifies, the deadline, a link and one example of how my business could use it.

Only include programs you found on real web pages, with links. Put the best fits first, and mark anything you couldn't confirm is still open.

Describe your business and roughly where it's based. AI searches the web for grants, free training, mentoring and local programs, and shows how each could help, with links to check.

Step by step

  1. Open a chat with web search turned on.
  2. Fill in the prompt with your details.
  3. Open each link and check eligibility and deadlines yourself.
  4. Apply to the best one or two first.

What you'll get

A ranked list of grants, training and mentoring programs with eligibility, deadlines, links and how you'd use each.

Needs a tool with web search. Always confirm details on the program's own website.

Made for
Small business owners
Works in
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude

Frequently Asked Questions.

Which AI tools does this work in?

It works in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. On this page, ChatGPT and Claude open with your prompt already typed in. Needs a tool with web search. Always confirm details on the program's own website.

How long does it take?

About 10 minutes. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above.

What do I need before I start?

Just your details for 5 blanks: your business, your area, size and age, what you need and special status. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

What will I get back?

A ranked list of grants, training and mentoring programs with eligibility, deadlines, links and how you'd use each.

Find more like this in Better decisions, For small business, Claude prompts and Gemini prompts.

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