Below are list of grants available. Have you applied for any of them? What has been your experience with the application process?
1. BOSS Network in partnership w/ Sage: Invest in Progress Grant Program
a. Eligibility: Black Women, Less than 5 years in business and must demonstrate a clear need for funding
b. Grant amount: $10K
c. Deadline: 02/25/2022
d. Apply here: https://app.helloalice.com/communities/alice/applications/the-boss-network-and sage-s-invest-in-progress-grant?modal=true
2. Capitol One Business Grant Program
a. Application opens in 02/2022
b. Grant amount: $10K
c. Please visit https://aeoworks.org/capitalone/ to submit the pre-application
3. Voodle Visionaries Grant Program [Pitch Competition]
a. Eligibility: Female, Non-binary, and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) b. Grant amount: $10K
c. Deadline: 02/25/2022
d. Apply here: https://voodle.com/voodle-visionaries-grant/
4. The Cru, Fearless Fund and The Tory Burch Foundation: Women of Color Grant Program a. Eligibility: Woman of Color, Be in business from 1-5 yrs and minimum annual revenue of $100K.
b. Grant amount: $10K-$20K
c. Deadline: 02/09/2022
d. Apply here: https://www.fearless.fund/tory-burch-foundation
5. Invoice2go Grant
a. Eligibility: Business must be at least 50% owned by women or BIPOC; less than 5 yrs in business, no more than 10 employees, revenue equal to or less than $1M
b. Grant amount: up to $15, 000
c. Deadline: ongoing
d. Apply here: https://invoice.2go.com/grow/
Bonus: I Am SoGal Start Up Grant
- Eligibility: self-identify as a Black woman or Black nonbinary entrepreneur (inclusive of multiracial Black women and multiracial Black nonbinary folks)
o have a legally registered business
o plan to seek investor financing in order to scale, now or in the future
o have a scalable, high-impact solution or idea with the ambition to be the next billion dollar business
- Grant amount: $5K - $10K
- Deadline: ongoing
- Apply here: https://www.iamsogal.com/black-founder-startup-grant/