Businesses
Government-funded
$500K
per applicant
Loan
Below-market financing
Rolling
No fixed cutoff
Rolling
Apply when you're ready
Moderate
Underwriting required
Grants and below-market loans for Montana businesses creating jobs or making capital investments, with priority for rural communities and traded-sector industries bringing new revenue into Montana.
Do I qualify?
Answer the questions below for a rules-based self-assessment of your fit for this program. This is informational — final determinations are made by the administering agency.
1.Business must be for-profit and headquartered or locating in Montana
2.Must create or retain at least 1 full-time job per $35,000 of loan
3.Loan amounts: $10,000–$500,000 at below-market interest rates
4.Eligible: manufacturing, processing, tourism, retail in underserved areas
5.Conventional financing must be insufficient alone (gap financing)
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