Type of Fund: Grant
Builders + Backers
From pre-seed funding to seed and growth stage investments, we take highly promising ideas to their full global potential.
Oakland Black Business Fund
Oakland Black Business Fund is a Black-led grantmaking program, providing capital, technical assistance, and growth strategy to Black businesses in Oakland, California.
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 is 100% focused on finding and equipping the most innovative startup companies that are addressing inequities and disparities caused by institutionalized bias and racism.
Elevate Together
Elevate Together is a nonprofit initiative designed to address systemic discrimination and historical racial disparities in business growth and profitability in Black and Hispanic communities.
Amber Monthly 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 grant winner. The other 4 finalists will each receive $1,000.
Annual Amber Grant
One $25,000 year-end grant winner is selected from the 12 monthly $10,000 Amber Grant winners.
IFundWomen Universal Grant Application
When IFundWomen brokers a grant with a partner, we match the partner’s grant criteria to those businesses who have applied through our Universal Grant Application.
San Francisco Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund
SFWEF is a joint project of MEDA in collaboration with the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development. The Fund provides mini-grants of up to $5,000 to San Francisco women-owned small businesses for projects and upgrades that will have a transformative impact on the businesses’ ability to grow.
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.
Founders First Capital Partners
Founders First provides revenue-based funding, term loans, advisory services, and accelerator programs to small businesses led by women, people of color, LGBTQ+, military veterans, diverse teams, or businesses located in low- to moderate-income areas.
