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Thursday, November 6, 2025

People in the News

Thursday, November 6, 2025

City of McKinney and partners offering COVID-19 Small Business Grants

The City of McKinney, partnering with the McKinney Community Development Corporation (MCDC), established the McKinney Strong COVID-19 Small Business and Nonprofit Grant program, offering up to $1,500 grants to eligible McKinney-based small businesses and nonprofits enduring economic hardships due to the pandemic.
The grant is funded by up to $1 million dollars in unallocated MCDC promotional funds, as legislative parameters allow.
The McKinney Strong COVID-19 Small Business and Nonprofit Grant program applications dates run from May 1-10.
The online grant application portal went at the end of day on Friday, May 1.
To meet eligibility requirements, applicants must be a small business or nonprofit in the City of McKinney which employs 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees. It must also conduct business out of a commercial location in McKinney and demonstrate a financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grant qualifications, guidelines and application link can be found online at www.mckinneytexas.org/online.

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