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Business Eligibility
- At least 50% owned by a woman or ethnic minority group member.*
- Greater than 50% of the business is controlled by a woman or ethnic
minority group member.*
- Employs 25 or fewer full-time equivalent employees at time of application.
- Business, along with affiliates, subsidiaries and parent company,
has gross annual sales of $500,000 or less.
- Business is able to demonstrate a financial need for the subsidy.
- Will create or retain jobs.
- Located in Wisconsin.
Ineligible Businesses
*Minority Definitions
- American Indian:
A person who is enrolled as a member of a federally recognized American
Indian tribe or band or who can document at least one-fourth American
Indian ancestry or document tribal recognition as an American Indian.
- Asian Indian:
A person whose ancestors originated in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh.
- Asian Pacific:
A person of any race whose ancestors originated in Japan, China, Taiwan,
Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, the U.S.
Trust Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Marianas.
- African American (Black):
A person whose ancestors originated in any of the black racial groups
of Africa.
- Hispanic:
A person of any race whose ancestors originated in Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Cuba, Central America or South America or whose cultural origin is Spanish.
- Native Hawaiians; Eskimos; and Aleuts:
Not defined
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