Legal Zoom Fast Break For Small Business

June 28, 2022Posted inGeneral/Foundation Grants
Together with the NBA, WNBA, and NBA G League, this program supports small businesses with $6 million in grants and services. When applications reopen, they'll be accepting them from small business owners across the country for $10,000 grants and free LegalZoom services.* Applications will reopen during the 2022-23 NBA season. Their community partner, Accion Opportunity Fund, will be managing the application process for Fast Break for Small Business. If you applied for a grant by May 27, 2022, you'll hear back from them by early July 2022.

Operation Hope

June 20, 2022Posted inMinority/Women Owned
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS: Operation HOPE’s team of dedicated Small Business Coaches are here to help you identify and address the issues you may face in starting or growing your business and can assist you in developing a plan to help you achieve your business goals.   Our dedicated team of coaches can help entrepreneurs and new or existing small business owners identify their key needs and then provide the education, coaching and connections needed to improve their businesses.  By offering small business group education sessions, small group coaching, and individual/personalized coaching, we can help you master business basics, create and maintain…

Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Awards

June 14, 2022Posted inMinority/Women Owned
Each year, First Peoples Fund honors and celebrates exceptional Native artists and culture bearers across the country through the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Awards. These artists embody their People's cultural assets in their creations and their way of life. The Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award recognizes artists who: Demonstrate an artistic practice that passes on the traditions and the lifeways of the people.Show a commitment to building the strength of Native communities by sharing their skills and talents with others in their respective communities;Are deeply rooted and maintain direct ties to their tribal community.  Bringing spirit to the community is…

Barstool Fund

June 9, 2022Posted inGeneral/Foundation Grants, Industry-Specific Grants
The Barstool Fund is a non-profit 30-day monetary fund to help small businesses such as bars, restaurants and dry cleaners, survive shutdown orders caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was launched in December of 2020 by Dave Portnoy, internet celebrity and founder of the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports. Portnoy contributed $500,000 of his own money to get the fund started. He has since raised more than $41 million to help over 420 local businesses survive Government-enforced restrictions. Among the 260,000 other contributors to the fund are many successful business people as well as celebrities. One of the…