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Business Grants Available!*
*Information Gathered from The Maryland Department of Labor 
General
  • Creatively Made - New program that supports rising, breakthrough talent on Creatively through mentorship, unique connections, and exclusive grants up to $5,000 to kickstart your creative projects. Apply by 3/2/2022. Learn more here.   
  • Fed Ex Small Business Grant Contest  - Opportunity to win $20,000-$50,000 as well as FedEx service credits. Note – you will need to create a FedEx account if you don’t already have one – which will require that you tie in a credit card. Apply by 2/28/22 Learn more here.
  • Fresh Start Business Grant thru Incfile - Entrepreneurs 20 years or older can apply to receive $2,500 to put toward business startup costs and will also receive free formation services from Incfile. Apply by 3/31/2022. Learn more here.
  • Inspired Women Community Grant - This grant is for entrepreneurial women in America who have annual business income below $50,000. There is a "pay it forward" aspect to the application. Grant is for $1,000. Apply by 3/1/2022. Learn more here.     
  • Services That Back Us Grant - More than 250 grants of $5,000 each will be awarded in four cycles over 12 months to small businesses located in older or historic commercial districts across the country, with priority given to businesses that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and preference given to businesses owned by underrepresented groups. Apply by 3/1/22. Learn more here.
  • Voodle Visionaries Grant Contest - Open to all female, non-binary, and/or BIPOC founders. To enter, submit a 60-second video about their company’s plans to change the future of work. Grant is for $10,000. Apply by 2/25/2022    Learn more here.                
General- Specifically For Women of Color
  • AT&T Black Future-Maker - Black Future Makers are dedicated individuals pursuing greater possibilities for the greater good. Grants for $10,000. Apply by 12/31/2022. Learn more here.
  • BOSS Impact Fund’s “Invest in Progress” grant - Organization will invest $10,000 grants for 25 Black female for-profit business owners. In addition. Apply by 2/25/2022. Learn more here.
  • Caress Dreams to Reality Fund - 60 women of color founders will be selected to receive grant money and access to resources that will set them up for success and reach their funding goals through crowdfunding campaigns. Grant for $5,000. Apply by 3/4/2022. Learn more here.
  • CCWC Women of Color Entrepreneur Grant - Corporate Counsel Women of Color will award 5 grants to Women of Color entrepreneurs. Grants are $5,000. Learn more here.
  • CitiTrends - Citi Trends wants to advance and further the businesses of Black entrepreneurs with a $5000 grant. Applications due 2/28/2022. Learn more here.
  • Fearless Strivers - Open to black women who are legal U.S. residents (including DC), 18+ and the principal owner of a U.S.-based small business.  Grants for $10,000. Apply by 12/31/2022. Learn more here.
  • HerRise Micro-Grant - Each month a $500 micro-grant will be awarded to a for-profit small business owned by women of color. Learn more here
  • Invoice2Go - The opportunity is open both to sole proprietors and businesses with employees. Grant for $10,000. Apply by 2/28/22. Learn more here. 
  • Silver & Riley Women Entrepreneurship Grant - Focusing on black women-owned businesses that have been in operation less than three years. Grant for $2,000. Apply by 2/28/2022. Learn more here.
Industry-Specific Funding Opportunities
  • Beauty
  • Aveeno Skin Health Startup Accelerator - Aveeno is looking for Black female entrepreneurs with a product, brand or technology that meets the skin or hair care needs of Black consumers. Create a 1-2 minute video introducing yourself, your business, and why you got started. Grant for $100,000. Apply by 4/30/2022. Learn more here.
  • Environmental Health and Justice
  • Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) Small Grants - CHEJ has a Small Grants Program for grassroots groups working on environmental health and justice issues. Grassroots communities of color, low wealth, rural and urban groups are encouraged to apply. Grants up to $20,000. Apply by 2/25/2022. Learn more here.                                                                                    
  • Food Service/Hospitality
  • 2022 New Voices "We Stan For Her" Grant with Barefoot Wine - Initiative will invest in Black women-owned food & beverage businesses via the 2022 New Voices + Barefoot #WeStanforHer Grants program, which will provide grants of $10,000 each to five entrepreneurs to support and celebrate their unique journeys as Black women-owned businesses. Apply by 2/25/2022. Learn more here.
  • Restaurant Education Scholarships and Grants - National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) will provide scholarships and grants available to individuals pursuing a secondary degree in the restaurant, food service, and hospitality industry. Grants are for $2500-$10000. Apply by 3/15/2022 Learn more here.
  • Non-Profits
  • Pollination Project - Grants to global non-profits. Annual budget for your group or organization must be less than $50,000. The total cost for the immediate project for which you are requesting funding must be less than $40,000. Learn more here.
  • Women’s Health
  • FemTech Accelerator - Tech4Eva - A Femtech community and a 9-month equity free Femtech start-up acceleration program for companies developing innovative solutions to improve technologies relating to women’s health. Apply by 3/1/2022. Learn more here.       


Free Website Development for Non-Profits
  • 48in48 - is hosting a “Women's Build” on April 8th-10th, 2022. The event is especially designed for women by women - to support and promote women in marketing and technology. They are gathering all-women teams to build websites for nonprofits led by or serving women. If you are interested in either being part of a team or are a nonprofit looking for free website development help, click here for more info.

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