From IDF to IDF-SBA.
It began simply as IDF.
IDF: Internet Development Fund
The U.S. New Biz Stimulus began in 2007 in partnership with IDF, the Internet Development Fund, then a brand of iGROWyourBiz.com and Networking City, LLC.
The original program allocated $5 million to help up to 1,000 small-business owners receive up to $5,000 each to establish a professional presence online.
At the beginning, the assistance was deliberately practical. The fund primarily provided website design and business cards to small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and less than $1 million in annual revenue.
The program gained national visibility when news releases appeared on major business and news websites.
A new logo, a larger commitment and the New Biz Stimulus identity.
In 2012, IDF introduced a new logo and new look. Another $50 million was allocated to help up to 10,000 new and existing businesses receive up to $5,000 each.
The broader project was now marketed as New Biz Stimulus and held as a marketing brand for IDF.
The 2012 identity also began pairing the Internet Development Fund with Small Business Assistance, foreshadowing the IDF-SBA name that would become more prominent later.
The program closed at the end of 2013 when Maurice Evans relocated from Florida to Kansas in January 2014.
IDF-SBA: International Development Fund for Small Business Assistance
In 2020, during another period of economic uncertainty, Maurice Evans revived the New Biz Stimulus Program under the IDF SBA FUND banner.
IDF SBA FUND formally used the name International Development Fund for Small Business Assistance.
The 2020 program allocated $500 million in private funding capacity to assist up to 10,000 business startups with access to as much as $50,000 each through its 0% business line-of-credit model.
The support model had also expanded far beyond the original website-and-business-card offering into professional technology, marketing, communications and business-development resources.
IDF-SBA becomes the International Development Fund for Social Benefit Assistance.
In 2026, the familiar IDF-SBA identity entered a new chapter.
Small Business Assistance became Social Benefit Assistance, reflecting a renewed focus on nonprofit organizations and the missions they serve.
The first YES Grant cycle opened to eligible U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations while IDF-SBA began developing a broader ecosystem of grants, funding-readiness support, technology, member resources, practical services and Corporate Community Funding Program guidance.
The current approach starts with what an organization can access now, helps create early wins and strengthens the credibility and capacity needed for larger opportunities over time.
IDF-SBA
IDF
Internet Development Fund
IDF
Internet Development Fund + Small Business Assistance
IDF-SBA
Small Business Assistance
IDF-SBA
Social Benefit Assistance
A consistent instinct.
Start with what can help now.
Today that means helping nonprofits pursue accessible support, earn early wins, become more funding-ready and steadily build the credibility and capacity larger funders expect.
IDF-SBA is an independent private organization and is not a government agency or government-sponsored program. Historical references to stimulus, allocations and financing describe private IDF or IDF-SBA programs from those periods. Program structures and terms have changed over time.