SPN Business Accelerator Group

This program is open to food businesses that are at least 51% owned by someone who belongs to one of the following categories: Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQ+, military veterans, persons with disabilities or formerly incarcerated individuals. In addition to a financial grant, Restaurant Business Development Program participants receive six months of consulting services and educational training.

Founders First CDC offers a number of regional grant programs. Founders must identify as one of the following to apply for these local programs: Asian, Black or Latinx women; LGBTQ+; or military veterans. Texas-based businesses and Southern California businesses can pre-register now. Full grant applications for those businesses will open later 2024. The programs for Chicago-, Twin Cities- and Pennsylvania/NJ-based businesses will reopen in 2025.

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Fever Pitch Business Grant

Offered by BlackConnect, an organization dedicated to closing the wealth gap and correcting disparities in the business community based on race, this grant will be awarded to one entrepreneur with the best business pitch.

What: $10,000 one-time grant

Who: Business owners in the U.S. over 18 years old; their business must be predominantly Black-owned, have made less than $100,000 in revenue to date, and be up to five years old

Bold Beginnings

The founder of SmartSweets offers this opportunity to young female entrepreneurs that's part grant, part convention, and part competition. A handful of applicants will be selected to attend an in-person event with business leaders and entrepreneurs, and one will walk away with $25,000.

What: $25,000 gift to one winning candidate

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