Winter/Spring 2025 NVME Marketing Mini-grant Call for Applications

Marketing mini-grants are awarded annually through a competitive application process. The call for applications is open until 12:00 noon on Friday, February 28, 2025. 

Background

Our marketing mini-grant program supports the development of marketing tools, materials, and activities. NVME awards cash mini-grants (up to $1,000 per region) to small businesses for current marketing projects.

Eligibility

Applicants include individual microbusiness owners, business partners, or groups of business owners. Businesses apply for the region in which they are based.

Contest Criteria

• five or fewer full-time equivalent employees
• gross annual sales of no more than $150,000 in the previous calendar year
• sales within the last 12 months

Use of Funds

New Ventures Maine’s mini-grants support new or expanded business marketing and promotion.

Apply

The NVME Marketing Mini-Grant application is online. The application deadline is 12:00 noon on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Contacts

If you have questions, please contact the NVME staff person in your area:

Aroostook County
Destin DeCambre, 207-768-9468, destin.decambre@maine.edu

Kennebec & Somerset Counties
Alicia LaFosse, 207-621-7457, alicia.lafosse@maine.edu

Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox & Waldo Counties
Alicia LaFosse, 207-621-7457, alicia.lafosse@maine.edu

Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock & Washington Counties
Banjo Ogunlela, 207-262-7842, oyebanjo.ogunlela@maine.edu

Cumberland & York Counties
Martha Leonard, 207-245-3663, martha.leonard@maine.edu

Androscoggin, Oxford & Franklin Counties
Gina Platt, 207-753-6581, gina.platt@maine.edu