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Volume 2, Issue 7

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Tax season is now in full swing, and with the tax laws and procedures constantly changing, the Runwei™ team is here to help keep you up to date.

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Black women are America’s fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs. The number of businesses owned by Black women grew 50% from 2014 to 2019, representing the highest growth rate of any female demographic. Black females accounted for 42% of all women who opened a new business during that time 2 and represented 36% of all Black employers 3. Moreover, Black female founders earn an average revenue of just $24,000, compared to $142,900 among all women-owned businesses. 6

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2/1/2024


Deadline: 2/1/2024 | $50,000 | Florida

CRA’s Special Event Grants Program

The CRA’s Special Event Grants Program supports diverse arts and cultural opportunities to encourage a variety of entertainment within the area. The purpose of this program is to support events t...

Deadline: 2/1/2024 | $15,000 | United States

VOA Futures Fund Community Health Incubator

Founders receive a $15,000 non-dilutive capacity grant for participating in the Incubator. An additional $10,000 may be accessed for implementation pilots with VOA Affiliates. Graduates are eligi...

2/2/2024


Deadline: 2/2/2024 | $10,000 | New York

Amber Grant Foundation

Each month, our judges review all the applications — then select 5 finalists. One of those finalists will be the monthly $10,000 Amber Grant winner. The other 4 finalists will each receive $1,000...

Deadline: 2/2/2024 | $59 | United States

Because Accelerator

Because Accelerator is a business accelerator program designed to help entrepreneurs take their innovative products to the next level.

Deadline: 2/2/2024 | $1,000 | United States

American Dream Award - Hello Alice

These prestigious awards are available to all for-profit businesses operating in the United States. If you become a recipient, you'll receive a package that comprises $1,000 in funding, access to...

Deadline: 2/2/2024 | $10,000 | United States

Black Girl Ventures - Pull Up and Pitch

It’s a fast-paced, highly entertaining two-round competition where Black & Brown founders, small business owners, and entrepreneurs shoot their shot with a 60-second elevator pitch to access up t...

2/6/2024


Deadline: 2/6/2024 | $10,000 | Illinois

Chicagoland Job Creators Grant

The $100,000 fund will make investments to 25 diverse-led businesses in Illinois.

2/9/2024


Deadline: 2/9/2024 | $50,000 | Canada

Total Mom Pitch

Whether you're looking for the right guidance to grow your business, looking for funding support, or trying to find a marketing miracle... the Pitch is here to help you get your business off the ...

2/11/2024


Deadline: 2/11/2024 | $100,000 | Washington DC

Builders + Backers

From pre-seed funding to seed and growth stage investments, we take highly promising ideas to their full global potential. We start with $5,000 in non-dilutive Pebble Funds to thousands of idea-s...

2/13/2024


Deadline: 2/13/2024 | $15,000 | United States

Veterans Business Battle

This year, the event includes seminars geared toward emerging entrepreneurs and a second round of pitches from the top five companies. The 16 semi-finalists selected come from across the country ...

Deadline: 2/13/2024 | $15,000 | United States

Veterans Business Battle

Event gives invited military veterans an opportunity to pitch business ideas to investors and lenders for a chance to raise capital. During the competition, finalists attend workshops geared towa...

2/15/2024


Deadline: 2/15/2024 | $25,000 | California

Venture Fellows Program

The Venture Fellows program is no cost to selected applicants. There are no fees or equity to pay. The program is funded by Wells Fargo.

Deadline: 2/15/2024 | $25,000 | Florida

Venture Fellows Program

The Venture Fellows program is no cost to selected applicants. There are no fees or equity to pay. The program is funded by Wells Fargo.

2/19/2024


Deadline: 2/19/2024 | $10,000 | United States

LOWES Hometowns Grant

Lowe’s is investing $100 million to restore and revitalize community spaces across the country through the Lowe’s Hometowns program.

2/23/2024


Deadline: 2/23/2024 | $10,000 | United States

BOSS Impact Fund - Invest in Progress Grant

The BOSS Impact Fund supports Black women-led businesses to build scalable, growth-aggressive companies.

2/28/2024


Deadline: 2/28/2024 | $10,000 | Connecticut

New Haven Small Business Grant

Must be for profit business located in New Haven County, CT

Deadline: 2/28/2024 | $1,000 | Global

Awesome Foundation

Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. At each fully autonomous chapter, the money is pooled together from the coffers of ten or so self-organi...

Deadline: 2/28/2024 | $10,000 | Georgia

Fearless Strivers Grant Contest

With Mastercard prizing, we’ll be awarding eleven lucky small businesses across the country $10,000 grants, digital tools to help them get and sustain their business online, and Priceless one-on-...

2/29/2024


Deadline: 2/29/2024 | $1,000,000 | Global

Hult Prize

Each year, Hult Prize empowers students all around the world to create innovative startups that can create real impact. Participants join an exclusive global community of student entrepreneurs, m...

3/1/2024


Deadline: 3/1/2024 | $100,000 | United States

Rocket Fund

It offers non-equity grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 for cleantech and sustainability startups.

3/3/2024


Deadline: 3/3/2024 | $25,000 | United States

Truist NonProfit Grant

The Truist Foundation supports nonprofits with grants that target leadership development, economic mobility, thriving communities and educational equity.

3/6/2024


Deadline: 3/6/2024 | $20,000 | Colorado

Techstars Accelerator

Whether you're an aspiring founder or an early-stage entrepreneur, Techstars can scale your vision into a thriving business using a proven model that’s helped build thousands of successful compan...

3/7/2024


Deadline: 3/7/2024 | $24,000 | Canada

Commercial Space Rehabilitation Grant Program

The program is only available to properties within the city of Toronto that are used for commercial purposes at street level or have a direct access to a street from another floor. A minimum of t...

3/29/2024


Deadline: 3/29/2024 | $10,000 | Florida

Mayor's Matching Grant

The Mayor’s Matching Grant Program was implemented in 1994 to partner with neighborhood associations, schools and non-profit organizations to fund projects which address neighborhood needs, impro...

3/31/2024


Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $20,000 | Florida

The Business Assistance Program (BAP)

BAP provides matching funds to new and expanding businesses in the city to assist in offsetting development fees, including sewer and transportation impact fees, building permit fees, and all ele...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $6,000 | Florida

Downtown Events and Meetings Program

The Downtown Development Board’s (DDB) Downtown Events and Meetings Program is designed to support lodging establishments located within the Downtown Development Area and make them more competiti...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $120,000 | Florida

DTO Façade Program

The purpose of the DTO Façade Program is to encourage building owners, businesses, and owners of certain residential properties to invest in properties by financially assisting with renovations t...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $150,000 | Florida

Downtown Retail Stimulus Program

The intent of the DTO Retail Program, is to activate spaces within the downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Area and establish the Area within Downtown Orlando as a retail destination, to att...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $40,000 | Florida

The Minority/Women Entrepreneur Business Assistance (MEBA) Program

The Minority/Women Entrepreneur Business Assistance (MEBA) Program is a small business assistance program that was established to retain existing minority-owned businesses located within the Targ...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $5,000 | Florida

The Sidewalk Café Incentive (S.C.I.) Program

The Sidewalk Café Incentive (S.C.I.) Program offers financial assistance to qualified property owners or tenants seeking to make outdoor sidewalk café improvements. Sidewalk cafés bring a vibranc...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $20,000 | Florida

Transportation Impact Fee Waiver

The program provides up to $20,000 reimbursement to offset change of use transportation impact fees for qualifying businesses expanding or relocating in the city.

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $50,000 | Florida

The Small Business Façade, Site Improvement and Adaptive Reuse Program (FSARP)

The goal of the FSARP is to preserve our history, contribute to our economic vitality by promoting small business and to cultivate vibrant neighborhood business corridors. The FSARP is designed a...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $350,000 | Wisconsin

Black Business Boost

The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), in collaboration with the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), is pleased to announce the launch of the Black Business...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $10,000 | Texas

DivInc’s Social Justice Innovation Accelerator

DivInc’s Social Justice Innovation Accelerator supports startups addressing racial inequities in healthcare, education, housing, mobility, criminal justice, or voting. This issue-specific program...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $500 | New York

HerRise Micro-Grant

The HerRise Micro-Grant provides financial support to women of color who are often unable to secure funding for their small business. Each month a $500 micro-grant will be awarded to a small busi...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $500,000 | Massachusetts

MassVentures SBIR START Grants

MassVentures offers grants and guidance to startups wanting to convert their research into businesses and commercialize their technologies. 17 grants are awarded each year, ranging from $100,000-...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $5,000 | California

San Francisco Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund

The San Francisco Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund is a joint project of MEDA in collaboration with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) of the mayor’s office. The Fund provides m...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $99 | Virginia

Emergent Ventures Grant/Fellowship

Projects will either be fellowships or grants: fellowships involve time in residence at the Mercatus Center in Northern Virginia; grants are one-time or slightly staggered payments to support a p...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $15,000 | United States

The Catalyst Fund

The Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges.

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $59 | Canada

Black Innovation Launchpad

he DMZ Black Innovation Launchpad is for you. This platform is jam-packed with expert curated content sourced from Black founders and industry professionals to assist you in acquiring the skills ...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $15,000 | Canada

Boost Your Business Technology Grant

Looking to increase productivity? Need to consolidate your back office software? Need better cybersecurity tools? With a plan tailored to your business, we can help with your digital transformation.

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $2,400 | Canada

Grow Your Business Online Grant

Grow Your Business Online grant gives you up to $2,400 to setup e-commerce. Access to a network of more than 11,000 e-commerce advisors

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $1,000 | Canada

IMPACT Grants

Primary goal of grant is to fuel the endeavors of businesses and nonprofits that are actively making a significant IMPACT within their communities and beyond. Open to US and Canada-based organiza...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $59 | United States

Juntos Crecemos Hispanic Digital & Delivery Program

PepsiCo is inviting Latina entrepreneurs who work in food service to apply for eight weeks of personalized expert consultation, including best practices across operations, technology, marketing a...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $2,000 | United States

Military Entrepreneur Challenge

The Military Entrepreneur Challenge is a nationwide grant program that gives veteran, military spouse, and Gold Star Family entrepreneurs the opportunity to network, learn, and compete for capita...

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $20,000 | United States

Warrior Rising Grant

Warrior Rising strives to accept and assist veterans at any point in the process of starting their own business, whether it is only a concept or if they have actual operations.

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $2,750 | United States

Galaxy Grants

Deadline to enter is March 31st, 2024 and the winner(s) will be announced the following week!

Deadline: 3/31/2024 | $300 | United States

APACC Small Business Membership Grant

With the support of General Motors, APACC will be able to provide a one-year membership at the Bronze (Individual - $200) or the Silver (Entrepreneur - $300) level.

4/5/2024


Deadline: 4/5/2024 | $30,000,000 | California

California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program

This is a competitive grant solicitation. The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $30 million in grant funds for projects that ...

4/12/2024


Deadline: 4/12/2024 | $80,000 | United States

SOLVE IT Prize Competition

The Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize competition, initiated by the U.S. The Department of Energy, is now open for participants interested in strat...

4/30/2024


Deadline: 4/30/2024 | $500 | Massachusetts

Giving Joy Microgrant

Giving Joy is a 501(c)(3) Massachusetts-based nonprofit that strengthens and inspires women’s entrepreneurship worldwide. Through its micro-grants and mentorship program, Giving Joy helps women e...

5/1/2024


Deadline: 5/1/2024 | $7,500 | United States

The Halstead Grant

The Halstead Grant is an annual award for emerging silver jewelry artists. Applicants submit answers to 15 business questions in addition to their design portfolios. The experience is designed to...

6/30/2024


Deadline: 6/30/2024 | $5,000 | Florida

Dear God, Are We There Yet?

Dear God, Are We There Yet? is a 501(c)(3) organization that is a non-monetary volunteer community and offers a social service dashboard, a place where in-person and virtual volunteer opportuniti...

12/31/2024


Deadline: 12/31/2024 | $25,000 | New York

Annual Amber Grant

Each month, our judges review all the applications — then select 5 finalists. One of those finalists will be the monthly $10,000 Amber Grant winner. The other 4 finalists will each receive $1,000...

Deadline: 12/31/2024 | $15,000 | Global

Roddenberry Catalyst Fund

The Catalyst Fund makes grants between $2,500–$15,000 to anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea or project that addresses pressing global challenges.