Small BID Support Grant Program

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NYC Department of Small Business ServicesNYSmall Business

Funding: Up to $100,000grantfixedDeadline: Scope: citystate

Updated: Dec 3, 2025

Summary

NYC SBS’s Small BID Support Grant Program offers up to $100,000 to BIDs and similar organizations to fund corridor-strengthening initiatives—like cleaning, events, outreach, and small-business support—that help neighborhood small businesses thrive.

Benefits

Streetscape improvementsSanitation and cleaningMarketing and eventsTechnical assistance

Who Can Apply

NonprofitOther

Eligible Locations

Incorporated nonprofit organizations providing commercial revitalization services within the boundaries of eligible New York City Business Improvement Districts in the five boroughs that meet program assessment and neighborhood criteria.

Eligibility

Existing and in-formation New York City Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), or nonprofit organizations under contract with SBS to provide BID management or services, that propose projects to strengthen small-business corridors—such as supplemental sanitation, marketing, placemaking, technical assistance, or planning—and can meet reporting and contract requirements.

Full Description

The Small BID Support Grant Program page explains that New York City SBS uses these grants to stabilize and grow the BID ecosystem, especially in emerging or historically underserved commercial districts. Funding can support a range of activities: enhanced sidewalk cleaning and safety services, merchant outreach and one-on-one technical assistance, marketing campaigns and events promoting local businesses, placemaking projects (lighting, banners, art), and planning or feasibility studies for BID formation or expansion. Eligible applicants are either existing BIDs, organizations under contract with SBS to manage a BID or corridor, or nonprofits actively working with SBS to form a new BID. The page outlines general application requirements, evaluation criteria (equity impact, organizational capacity, sustainability), and deliverables such as quarterly reports and metrics on small-business impact. By channeling funds through BIDs and similar organizations, SBS leverages local management capacity to deploy high-touch support at street level for the city’s small merchants.

Verification & Details

Complexity: Moderate

Confidence: 88%

Status: closed

Source: nyc.gov

Based on NYC Department of Small Business Services program page and press releases describing FY26 Small BID Support Single District grants; applications for the current cycle are noted as closed but the program is recurring in nature.

Official source → nyc.gov

Apply on official siteUpdated Dec 3, 2025

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