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The Black Founder Startup Grant is a grant from SoGal Foundation that funds Black women and nonbinary entrepreneurs to accelerate early-stage startups with high-impact, scalable ideas. The program addresses systemic barriers Black women face in accessing venture capital and aims to provide not only financial support but also strategic guidance for navigating the investor funding environment.
Awardees receive cash grants and lifetime access to SoGal Foundation and SoGal Ventures teams for mentorship and support. Eligible applicants must self-identify as a Black woman or Black nonbinary entrepreneur, have a legally registered business, plan to seek investor financing, and have a scalable, high-impact idea. Awards are ,000 or ,000; the program runs on a periodic cycle with no fixed deadline.
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SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant Black women founders are the fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs out of any throughout history. These founders are best equipped to solve some of the world’s largest unmet needs, and have a legacy of reinvesting in their communities and creating intergenerational wealth. However, Black women entrepreneurs are met with the greatest barriers to accessing capital.
This perpetual systemic discrimination, the unwillingness & inability of Silicon Valley and venture capitalists to effectively diversify their investments, the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on entrepreneurs of color, and generations of inequities against Black people are absolutely inexcusable.
SoGal Foundation has teamed up with Winky Lux, bluemercury, twelveNYC, Twilio, and other sponsors to make a small step towards progress by providing several $10K and $5K cash grants to Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs. Awardees will also receive tactical help navigating the fundraising environment at large so that they will have a more equitable opportunity at scaling the next billion dollar idea.
They will also receive lifetime “ask-me-anything” access to the SoGal Foundation and SoGal Ventures teams. We know this is a small start, and we are hopeful that it will grow. We believe in a brighter future where the next world changing business does not go unrealized because of systemic discrimination.
– self-identify as a Black woman or Black nonbinary entrepreneur (inclusive of multiracial Black women and multiracial Black nonbinary folks) – have a legally registered business – plan to seek investor financing in order to scale, now or in the future – have a scalable, high-impact solution or idea with the ambition to be the next billion dollar business.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs with a legally registered business who plan to seek investor financing and have a scalable, high-impact idea. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II is sponsored by Administration for Community Living. Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II is a forecasted funding opportunity on Grants.gov from Administration for Community Living. Fiscal Year: 2026. Assistance Listing Number(s): 93.433. <p>The purpose of the Federal SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Federal research or research and development (R/R&D) needs, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the nation. The specific purpose of NIDILRR's SBIR program is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through R/R&D products generated by small businesses, and to ...
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is a grant from The J.M. Kaplan Fund recognizing early-stage social entrepreneurs working on environmental, heritage, and social justice challenges. The prize rewards individuals and organizations demonstrating innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to enduring problems. Applications for the 2025 prize were accepted February 11 through April 25, 2025 via an online portal. Spanish-language applications are welcomed, and a Spanish application form is available for download. The prize is biennial and open to a broad range of applicants across the United States working on forward-thinking solutions at the intersection of environment, community, and cultural heritage.