Grants & Funding Opportunities
Updated 12/2/2025
Deadline Specific Grants
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Grant
Grant amount: $10,000 | Deadline: December 10th 2025
Verizon’s Small Business Digital Ready grant program offers fifty $10,000 grants (totaling $500,000) to small businesses that are U.S.-based.
Verizon has a commitment to equip one million small businesses with digital tools and resources.
Eligibility:
- To qualify, business owners must register for a free Digital Ready account and complete two eligible courses or virtual events before December 10, 2025.
- Owners of for-profit small businesses based in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or US Virgin Islands. Nonprofits are not eligible.
- Applicants may apply for one business only and must be over the age of 18.
- Complete any combination of two eligible courses or events by December 10, 2025 to unlock the application.
- Submit the application by 11:59 PM (PST) on December 10, 2025.
CORE Grant
Grant Amount: Varies | Deadline: December 14th 2025
CORE: Children of Restaurant Employees is a national nonprofit providing financial grants to food & beverage service employees with children when the employee, their child, or their spouse/partner faces a life-altering medical crisis, death, injury, or natural disaster. CORE is here to give a hand-up to qualifying families during their time of need!
Eligibility:
- Must be currently working in the food and beverage service industry and have worked in the food and beverage service industry for the past 90 days or on a documented leave of absence due to qualifying circumstance.
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Must have a legally dependent child under the age of 18 or a medically dependent child with documentation living within your home.
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Must have a qualifying circumstance within the last 90 days. Please note: Support from CORE is limited to one lifetime grant per family.
Hey Helen Grant $5K Grant
Grant amount: $5,000 | Deadline: December 30th 2025
The Hey Helen Grant is a privately funded initiative by Visionaries that invests in women entrepreneurs building impact-driven, for-profit businesses in the U.S. Each grant cycle, one founder will receive a $5,000 unrestricted cash award — designed to fuel whatever moves your business forward, whether that’s operations, growth, marketing, hiring, or infrastructure. If more than 1,000 qualified applications are received, an additional $1,000 award may be unlocked.
Eligibility:
- Identify as women and own 100% of the applicant business
- Are actively operating a for-profit business generating between $25,000 and $1 million in annual revenue
AMEX Shop Small Grants Program
Grant amount: $20,000 | Deadline: January 16, 2026
To help small businesses grow, innovate, and support their local communities, American Express is teaming up with Main Street America this Small Business Saturday® to launch the Amex Shop Small Grants Program. The Program will provide an initial $5 million to fund 250 grants of $20,000 each to eligible small business owners across the U.S. Plus, every time an American Express Card Member shops with their eligible Card at a qualifying U.S. small business on November 29, 2025, American Express will donate an additional $1 to fund additional grants.
Eligibility:
- 18 years of age or older
- Owner of an eligible small business since on or before January 1, 2025.
- Eligible small businesses are those businesses that are a for-profit, independently owned business, that have a start date on or before January 1, 2024, that operate out of a physical “brick-and-mortar” location, is located in one of the 50 U.S. states or Washington D.C., is a permanent structure, is solely used by that same business operating within it, which has operated out of that physical location on or before January 1, 2025, that employ 20 or fewer Full Time Equivalent employees (including the owner), and that meet all federal, state, and local requirements to legally operate.
Grants With No Specified or Ongoing Deadlines
Amber Grant
Grant Amount: $10,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
In 1998, WomensNet founded the Amber Grant. One of the very first online organizations to give women-owned business grants, the Amber Grant was set up to honor the memory of Amber Wigdahl. She was a special young woman who died at just 19 years old, before realizing her business dreams.
We’ve carried on that tradition by giving away three $10,000 Amber Grants every month to three woman entrepreneurs… And by giving away three additional annual $25,000 Amber Grants to a trio of the preceding 36 monthly Amber Grant winners.
This means women business owners can get up to $35,000 in Amber Grant money from WomensNet.
Eligibility:
- Must be a woman who is 18 years or older
- Your business must be 50% women-owned
- Your business must be owned and operated in the United States or Canada
Build-To-Scale Grant
Venture Challenge and Capital Challenge. Learn more about the FY23 funding opportunity (NOFO) (PDF). Apply here. EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) leads the Build to Scale (B2S) program, which is authorized under Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. § 3722). Under the B2S program, EDA awards and manages a portfolio of grants designed to increase regional capacity to strengthen ecosystems that equitably and inclusively support diverse technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups. These regions are growing technology-driven businesses, creating high-skill, high-wage jobs, and building the industries of the future.
California Paid Family Leave Small Business Grant
Grant Amount: $1,000-2,000 per employee | Deadline: Ongoing
California Paid Family Leave (PFL) is part of the California State Disability Insurance program providing benefits to eligible California workers who need time off work to care for a seriously ill or injured family member, to bond with a new child, or to participate in a qualifying military event. PFL pays up to 8 weeks of benefits in 12 months. Although PFL does not provide job protection, various federal and state laws provide protected leave for up to 12 weeks.
Coca Cola Foundation
Our mission is to make a difference in communities around the world by investing in transformative ideas and institutions that address some of our most pressing global challenges.
As the primary philanthropic arm of The Coca‑Cola Company, we have an equal hand in supporting the local and global changemakers leaving a measurable and lasting impact in areas around the world where the Company operates and where our employees live and work.
Eligibility:
- Must be a 501(c)3 to apply
DanPaul Foundation
Funding Avalability: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
The DanPaul Foundation provides grants to 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organizations as defined by the IRS. The Foundation is interested in providing funding to programs that directly serve the health, education, development, and welfare of the world’s youth.
Eligibility:
- Must be a 501(c)3 to apply.
Google Ad Grants
Funding Avalability: $10,000 monthly in Google search ads for qualifying non-profits | Deadline: Ongoing
Google Ad Grants shows your message to people searching for nonprofits like yours. Each qualifying nonprofit has access to up to $10,000 per month in search ads shown on Google.com. Additional Google Ads may be purchased in a separate account.
Eligibility:
- Must be a 501(c)3 to apply.
Hivers & Strivers Investment Program
As an angel investment group, Hivers and Strivers works to provide capital to qualifying businesses. Specifically, the investment group funds projects submitted by veteran-owned and veteran-led businesses. Those who are eligible can apply for funding for a business idea on a rolling basis (Businesses reliant on government contracts are not eligible to apply).
Eligibility:
- Must be a military veteran to seek funding with Hivers & Strivers Capital.
Humboldt Area Foundation/Wild Rivers Community Foundation Grants Portal
HAF+WRCF grant funding supports charitable programs and projects in our region and surrounding area (Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties in California, and Curry County, Oregon). These grants are made possible by the generosity of donors, fund holders, affiliates, and funding partners. Humboldt Area Foundation and Wild Rivers Community Foundation’s strategic goals of racial equity, just economic development, healthy ecosystems and environments, and thriving youth and families drive our funding priorities and resource allocation. Our grants aim to minimize vulnerability and increase equity to strengthen institutions, providers, and leaders across our rural and native lands.
IFundWomen Universal Grant Portal
This is a resource for female entrepreneurs seeking grants. Through partnerships with brands like Visa, Caress, and COMCAST, IFundWomen has deployed over $170 million in grants to entrepreneurs. Applicants gain priority access to funding opportunities and resources within the IFundWomen community.
Incfile Entreprenuer Grant
Grant Amount: $2,500 | Deadline: TBA
Incfile is offering two grants to support aspiring entrepreneurs and students. The “Young Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant” provides $2,500 to a high school senior, undergraduate, graduate, or trade school student in the U.S. with a GPA of 3.0 or higher and an interest in starting a business. The “Fresh Start Business Grant” offers $2,500 and Incfile’s Gold plan for free to adult entrepreneurs (21 years or older) in the U.S. planning to start a new business or significantly grow an existing one.
More application dates for 2025 are expected to go live soon, so keep an eye out!
SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant
Funding Avalability: $10,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
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. 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.
Eligibility:
- 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.
Small Business Readiness for Resiliency Program
Funding Avalability: $5,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s goal is to support small businesses in becoming more resilient and prepared for disasters. Times of crisis can be devastating for communities, and they are dedicated to sharing knowledge and resources and promoting collaboration to ensure a speedy recovery.
Start.Pivot.Grow Micro Grant
Funding Avalability: $2,500 | Deadline: Applications accepted quarterly
Our $2,500 quarterly micro grants provide non-dilutive funding, meaning you don’t have to give away a portion of your business to get the financial support you need. These grants can be a lifeline, helping you cover essential expenses (rent/utilities), invest in growth opportunities, and ultimately achieve stability and success. Companies must be active U.S.-based businesses.
Eligibility:
- In business for at least two years
- Annual revenue of $50,000 or more (validation of income will be requested)
- 1-2 employees, including the owner
The Awesome Foundation
Funding Avalability: $1,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Created in the long hot summer days of 2009 in Boston, the 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-organizing “micro-trustees” and given upfront in cash, check, or gold doubloons.
Wish Local Empowerment Program
Funding Avalability: $500- $2,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
Wish is dedicating $2M to give roughly 4,000 Black-owned stores $500-$2,000 to help promote equality and diversity in American business. Wish Local is a series of programs that allows small businesses to partner with Wish. Stores select which programs to participate in. They can sell their inventory on Wish, act as neighborhood Wish pickup locations, source wholesale items, and more. Wish is a mobile-shopping app that has over 500 million shoppers around the world. When you partner with Wish you gain access to Wish’s huge consumer base.
Eligibility:
- You have a Black-owned Business
- You are 18+ years of age
- Your store has 20 or fewer employees
- Your store is a brick and mortar shop within the United States
- Your store earns and average annual revenue under $1M
- If selected for the program, you must join Wish Local
