Olean Business Development Funding Available!

Apply today to win up to $25,000 in funding

Visit the Springboard website and apply for the third round of funding anytime now through August 23, 2024. As a proud Springboard partner, OBDC encourages you to apply for these cash prizes that can help your organization grow!

If you help entrepreneurs, we want to help you.

Springboard is one of the most flexible funding programs in the region, open to businesses, non-profits, schools, and other organizations that support entrepreneurship and small businesses. If you have a product, service, initiative, or program that helps companies or entrepreneurs, Springboard is for you.

  • Bigger prizes than other competitions (at least $600,000 in total prizes, with multiple winners up to $25,000)
  • Cash prizes awarded quickly
  • Less red tape
  • For nearly any organization that helps grow the entrepreneurial landscape

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Take the leap today

Use our simple two-page form to apply now >

What to expect after you apply

If you’re selected as a finalist in Round Three, you’ll interview with our judges in September and tell them how you can help the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Finalists will be expected to attend our Southern Tier award ceremony on October 23, 2024, where we’ll announce up to 10 winners — and award each winner $5,000 to $25,000.

This is the last chance to enter in 2024, so make sure you submit your application!