Growing your Small Business

Steps to Starting your Business

1. Creating Brand Identity (Mission, Objectives)

2. Legal Register your business

3. Get your Employer Tax ID Number

4. Create your Landing Page

5. Create Marketing Materials (ex. logos, flyers, etc.)

6. Set up Marketing

7. Apply for micro-loans or grants

Grants To Apply to

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• Rev Up Women's Iniatitive

• A&T Black Future Maker - $10k

• Ashley Lashley Foundation Global

• Antares Reach Grant - $25k

• Small Business Growth Fund

• Outschool

• GoFundMe Small Business Relief Fund - $500

• 500 Global Flagship Accelerator Program - $150,000

• Small Business Digital Readiness Program - $10,000

• Small Business Readiness for Resiliency Program

• Amazon's Black Business Accelerator Program

• Amber Grant Foundation - $10,000 - $25,000

• America's Seed Fund - up to $2 million

• AWS Imae Grant - nonprofit - $150k

• Binc Foundation Emergency Financial Assistance

• Casper Accelerate Grant Progrma for blockchain - $25 million

• Dream Big Awards - $25k

• Etsy Emergency Relief Fund - $2,500 

• Fast Break for Small Business - $10k

• Fearles Fund Strides - black women 0 $10k

• Foundation for a Just Society Grants

• Go. Be. Elevate Fund. - $4,4000

• Dream Big Award - $25k

• Fed Ex Grant - Small business - $50k

Rolling Deadlines

• Awesome Foundations Grant - $1,000 

• Atomic Grants - woman - $1500 - Quarterly applications

• EnrichHER Grant - $5,000 - $37 application fee 

Monthly Deadlines

• The Halstead Grant - $7,500 - May 1

• Famous Amos - black owned - $50k - June 26th

• Carter Women's Iniative Look - women - June 30th

• I Fund Women Forward award - June 30th

• Verizon Small Business Grant - 2 online courses - $10k - June 30th

• Accelerate (HER) Fund - building breakthough technology - August 5th

• Shape your Business Small Business Award - $25,000 - August 14th

• Pepper Start Up Grant - $5,000 - August 28th

• The Transform Grant - $1,000 - August 20

• Amber Grant - $25,000 - August 31

• Empower Women and Girls Aura Grant - $30,000 - $100,000 - August 31

• Female Founder Collective - September 12th

• Fearless Fund - September 12th

• Big We Foundation - September 1th

• Small Business Big Grams - September 15th

• Wells Fargo/Dennis Foundation - September 15th

• Atomic Grants - September 22nd

• Catalyze Grant - September 22nd

• Kinetic Black Business Grants - September 25th

• Equity Match Grants - September 27

• Door Dash Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund - $10,000 - September 29th

• High Five Grant for Moms - $10,000 - September 30th

• Fresh Start Busienss Grant - $2,500 - September 30

• The FedEx Entrepreneur Fund - October 6th

• Creciendo con TikTok Grant for Lantinx small business owners - $5,000 - October 23

• Small Business Growth Fund - October 27th

• HAven Foundation Grant - for artists/producers/directors/audiobooks/books/movies - November 4

Grant Search opportunities

1. NAV - https://www.nav.com/business-grant-contest/ 

2. Grantify - https://grantify.io/us/ 

3. Fundid - https://www.getfundid.com/ 

4. Let's Roam - https://www.letsroam.com/about_us/foundation 

5. Hello Allice - https://helloalice.com/ 

6. Instrumentl - https://www.instrumentl.com/ 

7. Grants for Us - https://grantsforus.io/ 

8. Grants.gov - https://www.grants.gov/ 

9. Grant Watch - https://www.grantwatch.com/ 

10. USgrants.org - https://www.usgrants.org/ 

11. USA Gove Grants - https://www.usa.gov/government-grants-and-loans 

Loans and Credit Building Opportunity

• SBA MicroLoan - cannot use to purchase real estate, can use for inventory, supplies, furniture - $50k

• Fundbox

• Clearbanc

• Kabbage