Last updated 4/7/20
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
- NYC – Small Business Services NYC government official page – loans and grants and resources for small businesses
- NYC – NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives – Cooperative Sustainability Fund to cover costs of working with a consultant
- Multiple – Cooperative Fund of New England emergency loans for coops in New England and parts of NY
- Multiple – New Economy Coalition resource guide of emergency funding sources
- SBA LOANS AND GRANTS – CARES ACT and PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM (PPP)
- Small Business Administration Disaster Loans for Small Businesses
- Just Money – thorough visual explanation
- Wegner CPAs COVID-19 Resource Center
- ICA Group – detailed explanations of federal government supports for small businesses + orgs
- Arent Fox – explanation of new CARES act & paycheck protection program
- National – Small Business Relief Initiative – $1m from Intuit/ Gofundme/ others to small businesses who start a gofundme
- Link 1
- Article describing
- Actual fund page
- National – List of programs/ funding opportunities
RESOURCE GUIDES & LIBRARIES
- For Worker Cooperatives
- NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives Covid-19 resource page
- US Federation of Worker Cooperatives Covid-19 resource library
- General
- Wegner CPA Covid-19 Resource Center – great articles from excellent accountants describing everything from taxes, benefits to relief funding and beyond
- Paychex FAQs about Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
PLANNING RESOURCES
- CDC Business Pandemic Planning Checklist
- Intuit resources incl. guides, how-tos, fundraising
- How to make a continuity plan for your business and your supply chain
- How to create communication strategy
- We at A Bookkeeping Cooperative are providing solidarity rates for business consulting especially around Covid-19 planning and projections. See our services and fill out our intake form to learn more. Worker cooperatives in NYC can apply for a grant to cover the cost of our services from the NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NOWC) through their P6 program and their Cooperative Sustainability Fund.
TAXES
- AICPA compilation state by state
- Intuit page on taxes
- IRS coronavirus page
PAID SICK LEAVE/ FAMILY LEAVE
- Wegner CPAs – Covid-19 Co-op Update – details how the federal government is paying for paid sick and family leave
REMOTE WORK/ FACILITATION
- Training for Change is offering free online trainings and ebooks on online facilitation
- Free ebook about Leading Groups Online (also considering donating to scale up Spanish language resources!)
- People’s Hub – the Power of Online Spaces trainings on online facilitation – weekly – free or donation
- People’s Hub – page on Creating Transformative Online Spaces – how to center justice and access in this online world
- Toolbox for Education & Social Action tips on turning in-person meetings into virtual meetings
- Tips for adjusting to remote work time management
- Humanizing Online Teaching, By Drs. Mary Raygoza, Raina León, and Aaminah Norris (Saint Mary’s College of California)
- May First Movement Technology alternatives to live meetings
MORE
- Know Your Rights during Covid-19 from Vision Change Win & National Lawyers Guild
- Article about security for small businesses
- Uplift – how to talk about Covid-19 (tips on inclusive messaging)
- Asian American Feminist Antibodies & Bluestockings NYC Collab – Care in the time of the coronavirus (zine)
HISTORICAL CONTEXT/POLITICAL ECONOMY
Covid-19 and Circuits of Capital by Rob Wallace, Alex Liebman, Luis Fernando Chaves and Rodrick Wallace. Monthly Review.