Engineered Tax Services leaders publish a fresh opportunity report and restate their case for grant equality – helping smaller operators enter rooms once reserved for companies with large funding teams
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Billions of dollars in grants, tax incentives, and government contracts are available. The problem, Julio Gonzalez and Charles “Duke” Tanner say, is that too many qualified businesses never hear about them.
Gonzalez, Founder and CEO of Engineered Tax Services, and Tanner, Vice President of Community Affairs & Outreach and National Ambassador, released a new opportunity report highlighting active pathways across technology, federal contracting, state innovation grants, women-owned business support, accelerators, and real-estate incentives. Their argument is direct: the money exists. The challenge is finding it, understanding it, and submitting a compliant application before the deadline.
“Smaller businesses and nonprofits miss billions not because they fail to qualify, but because they often do not know these opportunities exist or how to access them,” Gonzalez said. “Grant equality means giving them a real chance to get into the process.”
“Purpose needs resources,” Tanner said. “We can tell people to open businesses, hire, and serve their communities — but those goals require capital, not only encouragement.”
What Is on the Table Now
The current report includes:
- Up to $350 million for low-cost aerial intelligence technology
- An uncapped federal contracting vehicle for professional, financial, engineering, and facilities services
- California quantum-technology grants up to $500,000
- $10,000 grants for women-owned businesses
- A Houston AI accelerator and cash-pitch competition
- Real-estate and stormwater incentives for developers
These pathways can support manufacturers, contractors, technology companies, real-estate owners, professional-service firms, veterans, and women- and minority-owned entrepreneurs. None of them are automatic. Each requires identification, eligibility review, and a compliant submission on time.
Gonzalez founded ETS in 2001 so accounting firms and their clients could access specialized tax, incentive, and funding work that had long been concentrated among the largest companies. Tanner’s role is to carry that capability into communities and operators that traditional funding offices rarely reach. Businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations looking for help identifying grants, incentives, or contracting opportunities can text DUKE to 26786.
Grant Equality, Not a Guarantee
Both men are explicit about what they are not promising. Awards are competitive. Deadlines are real. Eligibility depends on the program and the facts of the business. What they are offering is navigation: a way for qualified operators without in-house grant or contracting teams to learn what exists and pursue a legitimate fit.
The report is one snapshot. The standard underneath it is the one ETS has put on the record for years. Sophisticated tools and public funding should not stay inside the institutions that already know how to find them. Grant equality means a smaller business, a woman-owned firm, a veteran operator, or a community organization gets a real chance to enter the process.
The money is posted. The question is who gets told, and who gets help filing before the window closes.
About Julio Gonzalez
Julio Gonzalez is Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Engineered Tax Services. He has built the firm’s public mission around tax equality and grant equality.
About Charles “Duke” Tanner
Charles “Duke” Tanner is Vice President of Community Affairs & Outreach and National Ambassador for Engineered Tax Services. He leads outreach connecting overlooked operators with grants, incentives, and economic opportunity.
About Engineered Tax Services
A national specialty tax, incentives, grants, and government-funding firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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