New guidance on SBA loans means most startups are still excluded from $349 billion stimulus
Under new guidance issued by the Small Business Administration it seems non-profits and faith-based groups can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program loans designed to keep small business afloat during the COVID-19 epidemic, but most venture-backed companies are still not covered.
Late Friday night, the Treasury Department updated its rules regarding the “affiliation” of private entities to include religious organizations but keep in place the same rules that would deny most startups from receiving loans.
(b) If you are a faith-based organization, *no affiliation rules apply to you,because the SBA just said so. Out of nowhere. At like 10pm on a Friday night.
It doesn’t matter if you have a zillion employees; as long as any 1 entity has