The total dollar amount invested in businesses with fewer than 500 employees per 50 businesses. Small business lending data to include FFIEC insured bank loans under $1 million to businesses made by large banks; venture capital investments; US Export-Import Bank loans; Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grants; government, philanthropic, and institutional grants supporting small businesses; Maryland Department of Commerce loans; State of Maryland Neighborhood BusinessWorks loans; Baltimore Development Corporation loans; and Small Business Administration 7a and 504 loans. Source: Johns Hopkins University, 21st Century Cities Initiative Years Available: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019