Lawmakers did set aside $30 billion for smaller lenders, in part with the aim of helping business owners of color — like Ugboajah.
But a new report from the Small Business Administration's inspector general found that businesses owned by people of color may not have received loans as intended under the Paycheck Protection Program.
Without that information for past loans, it will be hard to know how well the program served business owners of color.
Some businesses owned by one person — such as some sole proprietorships, like Ugboajah's Neka Creative — were only allowed to apply for funds one week after other businesses.
Ugboajah has six people on her team — and they're all contractors — making her business one of those one-person sole proprietorships.