Replication Data for: Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Measures - Small Business Assistance During the Pandemic

Survey data are sourced from the recipients of 10 emergency grant and loan initiatives offered by Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF) to qualifying small business owners across North Carolina between February 2020 and February 2022. This includes 1 loan and 1 grant program offered by CSBDF with its own funds as well as 4 loan and 4 grant programs administered via partnerships across the public and philanthropic sector. In total 1,304 unique firms received 1,410 grants and loan interventions during the study period. A total of 570 responses were received, inclusive of 487 full and 83 partially complete surveys. The survey includes grantees from the (1) State of North Carolina's Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Office ReToolNC Program, (2) the City of Raleigh COVID-19 Relief Fund, (3) the City of Durham and Durham County's Recovery Grant Program, (4) the NC IDEA Foundation's Northeastern Rural North Carolina Grant Initiative, and (5) CSBDF's Borrower Grant Program. Additionally, loan recipients were surveyed from the following emergency financing facilities: (1) Mecklenburg County's COVID-19 Fund and its subsequent iteration the (2) MeckLending Loan Program, (3) Golden LEAF's North Carolina Rapid Recovery Program, (4) the City of Durham's Recovery Loan Program, and (5) financing offered by CBSDF from its revolving loan capital during the study period.