8774726814

Chris,
As I requested over the phone, try providing actual client testimonials with ones that have received their grant money and don't use the client confidentiality excuse. Leave the grantor private if need be, but provide the client, get a release from the client to include their name for testimonial purposes.  If you are a truthful company, there shouldn't be a problem with this request.

By the way, the e-mail address was a direct connect no an info, and the e-mail isn't the only complaint.  Don't you know you never show all of your cards at once? I would lighten up if it were legitimate, why don't you prove to me that you are? I got one thing that I was looking for, and that was for one of you to respond to these allegations on this site.  It looks as though you are doing your homework as well.
Julie

so yes I am a believer of this company.. I dont care what you say.. I went and visited this company myself and I met the firm working on my grant. I have a door company. They were nice, the only employees unsure of themselves were new they said but still friendly just not informative. I recieved a check for 67,000 last week and still waiting on more. Not a bad invetment for me, do what you want. I'm sure there's scams out there.. then dont do it, or take a risk and see a pay off. whatever..
Stephanie

We were contacted by Bill Widener.  We flew to Meet him and visit their office and find out if they were legit, since my husband was leary.  They do have a legitimate business and a full saff of researchers.  The personnel we met were very professional.  I wrote them a check then and there.  With their help we have filed for a number of grants. I have been in touch with them about once a week. If Bill is not there he always returns my call.  I don't consider these guys a scam, but more of a venture.  My husband still thinks its was a gamble. We didn't really have that kind of money laying around, but if this works out it will be the best $2600 ever spent.

People people people...HELLO!!!!  As Julie the CFE, which for those of you who don't know what that is, is a Certified Fundraising Executive (may have the exact title wrong, but it's close).  A CFE is held to very high standards and generally knows what they are talking about.  As a non-profit professional and a small business woman I can tell you there is NO FREE LUNCH, not even for 2600.  If you look back through the posts you'll notice that Jim or Joe can't recall which, always chimes in that he got such and such an amount and it was a good investment.  You want a good investment, you want a grant?  That's what the Small Business Administration does.  Lots of paperwork, some risk if you fail collateral wise, but legitimate!  I find it interesting that Chris from this company pays such close attention to these posts...nothing to do Chris? No grants to write?  Yes, fundraisers can and do charge money to write grants, and there is nothing wrong with that.  However, it is generally not up front and is an agreeded upon percentage of what you receive.  Also, these grant writers almost always have a CFE with a long line of creditials and success rates to back up their expertise.  There are several professional grant writers advertising on the internet to do grant searches for you for a fee.  Some of them are actually legit CFE's and I'm sure some of them can actually get you some money. You know the guy with all the question marks on his coat, Matthew Lesko?  Well hey, he promises $35,000 to open a coffee shop...and guess what he's right...you can get it from the SBA!  Spend some time at your local library, most of them have a reference area specifically for researching grant opportunities.  Some even have grant professionals to help you through the process.  For those of you near a university or even a college, a quick call to their Foundation or Development office will get someone familiar with fundraising to talk with you about how you can go about finding grants for your small business.  Are they out there?  Sure they are?  Are they easy to get, no usually?  Will you pay up front, you might?  Can you get advice and help for free?  Absolutely it's the small business administration.  Before you give anyone any money check with them or with SCORE first for real, honest business advice.  Believe me, the money you spent on gas to go to their office will be the best money you've spent.  How do I know? Because I didn't go to them, and trusted people who didn't give me good advice, and I lost everything.  If any of the people on this list who have claimed to receive money from these folks will back up their praise with their website or business address/phone I'd be surprised.  Kathy the Door company owner...have a website? Willing to back up what you are saying with a testimonial on your website about the service you received.  If it sounds too good to be true......it's a scam, come on people...even at my most desperate I didn't fall for this type of thing.  And Chris, fair and honest people trying to make a living generaly don't have to defend themselves. I feel for those who do these kind of solicitation jobs, it must totally suck.  If you are legit you are tagged as being a scam because of all the scams,if you are a scam you tend to keep begging people to believe you.

I can't let this go...I just realized I had some punctuation errors in my previous post, but I just have to add one more thing...this is a paragraph directly from the SBFC website.

We work with over 80,000 private and federal funder's who have to give away grant money to secure there tax benefit for this year. So our program is designed to find a finding source based on your program, provide you with information on what their qualifications are and, if desired, submit letters of intent on your behalf. Our services include Research on what grants are available, qualifying your corporation or self to maximize your potential award and Writing the actual grant on your behalf.

How many spelling, grammer or capitalization mistakes can you find?  Trust me, funders are really picky about little things like that.  If the SBFC website has such sloppy editing and writing, they wouldn't make it past the first reading on a foundation desk.  Also, folks, take a look at the long list of money available and where it comes from. SBFC even mentions the Small Business Administration.  Go to the SBA office, they'll answer all your questions, point you in the right direction and honestly evaluate your chances of getting a grant.  It's true, there are companies out there who just have to give away money, but they sort of advertise that on their own through an RFP.  You respond to that RFP (Request for Proposal) with a grant request.  It costs you nothing but time, and if you are lucky you get a check.  Hey, SBFC need a someone to proof your web copy?  Here's a hint, call your local university of college and get an English major who needs some extra credit or work study money to help you out, it'll be the best money you've spent!

They helped me get 100k in funding in 9 months, it's real.

Gina,
Sorry could have been a mix-up when we changed offices. If you would like to call me or just post your fax number I will send you a profile and gladly sent a time for you to speak with a profile agent to help you fill it out.

Traci Burchett
Sr. Analyst
S.B.F.C
1-877-472-6814 ext 409

Dear Julie,We are not allowed to give out any client information;However all you have to do is go to yahoo or google type in S.B.F.C. and you can see clients that have received grants that range from $36,000.00 to well over $100,000.00.


Traci Burchett
Sr. Analyst
S.B.F.C
1-877-472-6814 ext 409

As I tell all clients it is a risk, simply becuse in all of life nothing is a real guarantee; However in worst case you spend $2,600.00 get a full tax write-off for the fee. Best case (being most case) you get funded with a grant.

Traci Burchett
Sr. Analyst
S.B.F.C.
1-877-471-6814 ext 409

Some of you people have no idea what you are talking about. As of 3yrs ago it is illegal to take any funding out of a grant! Chris and others don't write grants, you must be licensed to write grants. We have a team of licensed Grant writers and Paralegals assigned to each project.As for those who think only non-profits can get grant funding Yahoo was started by a seed grant........does anyone fenture to say Yahoo is a non-profit company?!?

FYI - Sales persons from this company have used my non-profit organization as a reference - claiming they raised 3.5 million on our behalf.

Nothing can be further from the truth as we have never had any dealings with this company ever.

I've been in the non-profit industry for 20 years+ and can assure you this is a scam.

If you are disinclined to take my word for it ask them for references (organizations they have successfully helped) - and contact these organziations directly, making sure they are legtimate (use charity navigator,etc to do so).

Brent said I was approved for 200000.00 but Iam not sure if it is real or not. I asked him and he said of course it ws real. He also said they do not get paid for geting you the grant but they want money up front. They also keep calling so I guess Iam just a little scared to give them money. Then on the othr hand if I can get more money why no give them the money. I just do not know what to do. He sent me a lot of info on the but I just do not know what to do. I hear of people geting the money for real. Need help to see if they are for real. small business funding company??

Ask Brent to give you the name of a reputable company/organization that has been succesful in receiving funding - and email/call that company directly.

This is a classic scam.

They are a legal scam, they do write grants, but they don't garantee anything besides that they will provide a service,
I mean they will wirte letters, they will write grant and they will send it out to the fundations, but they will never garantee that you will get a grant.
The truth is that to get a grant is not easy, in fact only non-profits have a chance to get it,
regular business or white male business owner have no chance to be funded, that's reality.
What about SBFC. well, they do simply telemarketing, they call to all businesses, no matter if you were interested in grants or not, computer choose your number and they record an ad. If you record your name and phone # in that moment you are screwed, they will keep calling and calling  unless you say aloud that you want to be removed from their databases.
Let's say you are interested in and you will give them your information.
You think they are gonna send your profile to research department, of course nothing like that happenes, they will call yo the same day or latest tomorrow and they will announce you that you got qualified for at least 100k.
Here is a trick, everyone gets qualified, no matter if you are female or male, black or white, everyone gets qualified not being even is the research dept.
why do they do it? Because they try to get 2600 from as many persons as possible, again why do they do that? because they are paid out of your 2600 fee. Here you've got your answer why sometimes you can't get rid of them on the phone, because you as a potential client, you are their chance to get higher payment.
Their commission is deducted out of your fee,

About their office, yes they are on N. Pecos in Henderson. About their "boiler room" yes, some of you heard very well, they are at another location, that's funny when you can hear spanish conversations in the background, everybody laughing, happy, joking, all that what you can here is in spanish...LOL. Their such a professional grant writing company doesnt have enough money to afford paying for workers in US?
Or they hide themselves in another country of Latin America because their business isn't really clear? Or maybe grant writers simply try to avoid paying taxes therefore they got an office in one country of central america.

Anyway telemarketers may call from all over the world,
their headquarters may be located in Nevada, but they may not garantee you that you will get a grant.

No one has ever been successful at getting a reference from them on a company that received a grant. I've asked several times as well as most everyone here who have doubts. If anyone has ever gotten a reference, please let us know!

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The company is called Small Business Funding Co., Inc. Nevada
311 N. Pecos Road. suite 200
Henderson, NV 89074
(877) 472-6814
(702) 543-1566
I am doing business with them.

that is not the correct website

talk to bbb the have been in business since 1977.  Aug 07 was the date of bbb report on their new location and new business name.

I FIGURED THIS OUT EVERYONE!!!!! The company keeps saying to check the BBB and see no unsatisfied customers....right? Well...they're actually listed under a NV corp in the name SBFC, Inc. Well here is your million dollar answer for everyone out there. This company was started in Aug, 07....that's only a few months old.  Everyone is "waiting" on their grant money to come in but NOBODY has actually received it. Just pay them money and they'll have the grant money out to you?! NOT TRUE! There's no complaints because they've only been around a few months and the customers are still hopeful the money is on the way. Every time you talk to them that's what they're telling you.....right? There's no history of satisfied customers! There's not 1 verifiable satisfied customer! Not 1! No references! They will take your money with false promises. DON'T DO IT! This is what will happen....let the list of people (who have paid) build up....and when all these people realize that no grant money is coming in, then the floodgates pour in with complaints...then your "funding" company will be long gone and under a different corporation name.....WITH YOUR MONEY IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT!!!  SCAM SCAM SCAM!!!!