Business Disaster Relief Grants
Review the eligibility requirements and application guidelines below before submitting your request. The tabs below provide details on qualifying disasters and available business relief grants.
Qualifying Disaster Definition
- A qualifying disaster is a sudden, severe event that causes significant damage, loss or hardship to an eligible rental business and can be verified through a police, fire, government agency, insurance and/or news report.
- Qualifying disasters may include, but are not limited to severe storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, flash floods, wildfires, fires, earthquakes, winter storms, ice storms, straight-line winds, mudslides, landslides and other catastrophic events reviewed and approved by the ARA Foundation.
Business Disaster Relief Grants
Provides assistance to the owner of a rental business in the U.S. and Canada who has suffered a significant loss from a qualifying event that can be verified by a police, fire and/or news report.
- The business must have fewer than 100 employees on the disaster date and operate 50% or greater in rental business.
- The loss to the business must be a minimum of $10,000, an insurance claim must be filed
- The grant request must be submitted by the business owner within 1 year following the disaster.
- Grant awards range between $500 and $10,000 based on need, as determined by the Community Committee of the ARA Foundation Board of Trustees.
Business Submission Requirements
- Police, fire, government agency, insurance and/or news report documenting the qualifying disaster
- Supporting documentation such as repair estimates, replacement estimates, inventory loss records or insurance documentation
- Copy of Insurance claim
- Photos of damage (labeled with item, location, and brief description of damage shown)