Funding Assistance to Reduce, Reuse, Repair, and Recycle in the City of LA

Projects will be awarded funding (small projects up to $5K and large projects up to $30k) to help your business in the City of Los Angeles make a product from recycled or reused material. Eligible projects must create or expand the capacity of Californians to manufacture products from recycled or reused materials through testing feedstocks, building partnerships, or other capacity building measures. Successful projects may be eligible for further funding, including fixed-rate loans. Share your idea with RMDZ staff today by filling out this short application.

Applications will be reviewed in the order of their submission; so apply today. Applications will be selected based on the availability of funding at a rolling basis. A staff member will contact you within 2 weeks of your application submission date.

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1. Is your business located in the City of Los Angeles? (Only projects in the city of Los Angeles are eligible for this funding.) (Required.)

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2. Which project funding category are you applying to? (Required.)

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3. Please provide the full legal name of your business: (Required.)

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4. Please provide the common, publicly-identifiable name of your business: (Required.)

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5. Primary Contact - Name (Required.)

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6. Please provide the website of the business. (Required.)

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7. Please provide the address of the business. (Required.)

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8. Describe your company in 3-5 sentences. (Required.)

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9. Please fill out and submit the budget proposal on your specific project. Eligible expenses include feedstock materials, labor, and marketing materials such as fliers, ads, etc. Download the template HERE. (Required.)

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10. Describe how your project would be an innovative approach in recycling and/or reusing materials (3-5 sentences). (Required.)

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11. Describe how the project will help improve the recycling, composting and/or reuse of materials in the City of Los Angeles (3-5 sentences). (Required.)

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12. Describe how the project will support jobs in the City of Los Angeles. How many Los Angeles city jobs would be supported by this project? (Required.)

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13. Describe how you will measure the success of the project (1-3 sentences max). (Required.)

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14. Are you willing to submit a 1-2 page summary after project completion? A template will be provided. (Required.)

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15. The applicant attests the following:
  • "If my business is selected for funding, we will provide a business W9."
  • "My business has never received a notice of proposed debarment and does not have any debarment/suspensions or current delinquencies with any federal, state, or local government entity."
  • "In the past five years, my business has not been found by any government body to have violated any licensing-related law, regulation, or rule."
  • "I understand that if my project is selected for funding, all materials submitted in the project report will be available to the public."
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