The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has launched the Small Business Hurricane Recovery grant program in partnership with American Express to support small businesses impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The program will provide $5 million in funding, distributing $5,000 grants to 1,000 eligible small businesses across the Southeast to support their recovery and help them build resilience against future disasters.

Eligible small businesses can apply now until Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 11:59pm ET.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding, landslides, and devastation in Chimney Rock Village, NC, resulting in major losses of the town's infrastructure. Your donations will go directly to provide additional assistance to citizens, residents, and businesses residing in or located within the Village at the time Helene hit and support rebuilding efforts. We appreciate your support now and in the upcoming months.

We can help you apply for FEMA disaster assistance and guide you to other resources to help you recover.

The WNC Strong: Helene Business Recovery Fund helps small businesses close the gap between when the disaster strikes and when federal loans, insurance payouts, and other disaster relief funds are approved, or businesses have time to recover and get back to business.

Through the LoveHendo Business Recovery Fund, we are creating a direct way for funds to be collected and distributed
to businesses in order to aid in the greater economic recovery
in Henderson County.

The purpose of this page is to provide resources to disaster communities. We understand that each community's immediate needs are different. We will continue to update this page with information that will touch on different phases of the recovery process.

Dogwood has invested more than $50 million in relief efforts so far across Western North Carolina, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

Uniting with leaders from across the region and state, we are committed to a sustained and coordinated response that upholds our equity commitments and ensures that resources reach the people, organizations and small businesses most affected by this disaster.

There are many assistance programs available across the federal government designed to help you and your business. This guide will help you get started.

A list of individual business recovery funds, verified and updated by local residents.

Was your small business harmed by Hurricane Helene? The Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative is here to help.

The initiative is partnering with local Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to provide relief grants up to $25,000 to very small businesses across the region that sustained physical damage from Hurricane Helene.

Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations located in a declared disaster area and which have suffered substantial economic injury may be eligible for an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL).

This group of partners has assembled a series of steps to begin the process of recovery for
small businesses and their employees. We encourage you to utilize these resources to take
full advantage of all the state and federal support available.