Hobart’s Run offers 2nd roundof COVID-19 grants

The program will award five $1,000 small business grants and two additional $500nonprofit grants.

POTTSTOWN » Hobart’s Run has announced a second round of COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants.

The grants are made possible in part by contributions offered by a second member of the Hobart’s Run Board of Directors (also a Hill School graduate and Hill Trustee, who wishes to give anonymously), in addition to gifts made by Hill faculty, staff, parents and friends.

Online applications will be received through April 24. Awards will be announced on April 27 and funds disbursed on May 1.

The program will award five $1,000 small business grants and two additional $500 non-profit grants for a total of $6,000 in new grants.

This round of business grants will be directed to established businesses in the Borough of Pottstown, with an emphasis on those businesses with a record of giving back to our community.

Here are the application links to the second round of Hobart’s Run grants:

Small Business — https://forms.gle/oohyToDYbYszY4e27

Eligibility: Applicant must be an established (before 2018), communityminded, small business (12 employees or less) operating in the Borough of Pottstown and experiencing significant financial distress due to temporary closure as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown.

The application must be submitted by an executive or designated employee with authorization to apply on behalf of the small business. The applicant must demonstrate how the business gives back to the Pottstown community and adequately describe the company’s current financial need. Grantor reserves the right to request additional information that may aid in selecting recipients.

Award amount: $1,000 one-time.

Purpose: To defray revenue losses incurred by the COVID-19 temporary shutdown.

Nonprofit — https:// forms.gle/jAV9f975KbRn1G5K9

Eligibility: Designated 501(c)3 nonprofits operating in the Borough of Pottstown that are experiencing significant financial distress due to events cancellation, membership loss, or program suspension.

Applicants must be the executive director or senior administrator of the organization and must adequately demonstrate how their nonprofit impacts the Pottstown community as well as their current financial need. Grantor reserves the right to request additional information that may aid in selecting recipients.

Award amount: $500 one-time.

Purpose: To defray revenue losses incurred by the COVID-19 temporary shutdown. Hobart’s Run will award five $1,000 small biz grants and two $500 non-profit grants.

In late March, the first round of grants provided 10 non-profits grants with $500 Community Impact Grants, and five recently opened small businesses with $1,000 grants.