Jan 2025 Grant Round Up

🌟 New Year, New Opportunities! Whether you're looking to expand, innovate, or just get started, we've researched and curated these funding opportunities to help turn your resolutions into reality.

2025 ANNOUNCEMENT: You’re Invite to join our G.A.N.G.
(Grants Accelerator Network Guild)

Apply to Join transform the hustle’s year-long grants accountability group.

What’s in it for you?

• 📅 Quarterly virtual check-ins with like-minded entrepreneurs, artists, and creators

• 🔑 Early access to monthly curated grant opportunities + customized granT application reminders

• 🧠 Group think tank for application feedback and tailored chat GPT grant tips for your industry

• 🤝 Opportunities to connect IRL in the NYC/NJ tri-state area

Applications Due: Jan, 30, 2025
Application Link: helloskip.com/cohort/transform30

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Weekly Skip Grants —$1,000 | Jan 3, 7, 14, 21, & 28

• Must be a US-based entrepreneur 18 or over

• Must watch live to win on Jan 3, 7, 14, 21, & 28 at 3pm ET on Skip's YouTube

• Must download the Skip App to see your entry number and PIN code. If your entry number is announced during the live, enter your PIN code during the live in the comments

PeopleFund’s BIPOC Small Business Accelerator—$3,000-$5,000 | Jan 3 (Deadline)

PeopleFund’s BIPOC Small Business Accelerator provides underserved entrepreneurs in Texas with the capital, education, and resources needed to support healthy business growth.

Those who successfully meet all program requirements, close on their loan, and graduate may receive a grant between $3,000-$5,000 that can be used for equity injection or other legal business purposes.

BGV 2025 Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program—$5,000 | Jan 4 (Deadline)

The Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program is a fully unique 12-week leadership intensive development program created specifically to expand the capacity of early to mid-stage entrepreneurs. In this program, rising leaders will be developed to champions creating access to community, capital, and capacity building in their own markets.

Through the leadership of Omi Bell, Black Girl Ventures Foundation (BGV) has funded over 300 women of color, held over 50 BGV Pitch Programs across 20+ cities and served over 3,000+ participants. BGV pitch participants are collectively generating over $10M+ in revenue and supporting 3,000+ jobs. In current times, we are sitting at the crux of a progressive focus on increased funding for underrepresented founders in the entrepreneurial space, and economic advancement for communities of color in social justice spaces. At this important juncture, more women are rising to lead economic advancement within their businesses and communities through entrepreneurship.

To meet this demand, Black Girl Ventures has shifted the Change Agent Fellowship Program to the Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program.

Heart of Innovation HBCU Challenge—$10,000 | Jan 6 (Deadline)

The American Heart Association and Matter Health are seeking solutions that improve social drivers of health, improve cardiovascular health or promote healthy environments.

This four-week, cohort-based accelerator will provide participants with access to exclusive resources and interactive curricula from subject matter experts to build their solutions and refine their value propositions. The accelerator will be facilitated virtually. One winning solution will receive a $10,000 grant.

Greentown Labs ACCEL—$25,000 | Jan 7 (Deadline)

Greentown Labs and BGS (Browning the Green Space) recognize that the climatetech industry must change the status quo to put BIPOC founders in the position to lead technology-driven companies that address climate change, support the development of diverse workforces, and fiercely advocate for the deployment of clean technologies in underserved communities.

The ACCEL program is working to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive climatetech industry by empowering people from marginalized communities—that often disproportionately suffer from the effects of climate change—to become leaders in this growing, opportunity-rich ecosystem.

NewSchools 2025 Funding Opportunity—$150,000-$250,000 | Jan 8 (Deadline)

NewSchools’s 2025 funding opportunity is now open, offering you the chance to bring your vision to life and join a national community of innovators.

If you're developing bold new visions for innovative public schools, creating math or literacy learning solutions, reimagining educator roles, or empowering students with learning differences, they want to hear from you.

Sony World Photography Professional Competition—$25,000 | Jan 10 (Deadline)

Sony is rewarding the best photo series worldwide! Entry is free and you could win $25,000, a solo show, a range of Sony digital imaging equipment plus more!

The Professional competition is judged on a body of work. Photographers must submit a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of ten (10) images and all submissions must be accompanied by a series description.

Focal Point Impact Grant—up to $150,000 | Jan 17 (Deadline)

The Focal Point Impact Grant exists to accelerate high-potential, innovative ideas by investing in the nonprofit leaders who can bring those ideas to life. The unrestricted grant(s) will support a trail-blazing leader(s) affiliated with a qualified 501(3)(c) seeking new ways to solve difficult problems and improve people’s lives.

The grant is open to nonprofits working in a variety of fields, including public health, medical services, education, and conservation.

Proposed ideas must fall into one of the following categories:

• Health, Healthcare, Medical Service

• Human Services, e.g. Food/Housing Insecurity

• Conservation/Environmental Services

• Education

• Workforce Development

Santander's Cultivate Small Business Program—$2,500 | Jan 30 (Deadline)

Santander’s Cultivate Small Business helps early-stage entrepreneurs build and sustain businesses in the food industry, with a focus on woman-, immigrant-, and BIPOC-owned businesses in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods.

The program is completely free for eligible entrepreneurs and provides a 12 week food-focused curriculum, mentorship, and capital grants.

The Spring cohort supports businesses in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island with classes running from March through June.

Stan’s Dare To Dream Creators Challenge—$10,000-$120,000 | Jan 31 (Deadline)

The Dare to Dream Challenge by Stan offers creators and entrepreneurs the chance to pursue their passions without financial barriers. One grand prize winner will receive a year’s salary and living expenses—equivalent to $120,000 cash—alongside a lifetime subscription to Stan Pro and exclusive mentorship sessions with top Stan Creators.

Four runner-up prizes include $10,000 cash, a one-year Stan Pro subscription, and mentorship opportunities. This challenge encourages participants to share their inspiring personal stories through Instagram videos, demonstrating how this opportunity would empower their journey and impact their community.

2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition—$75,000-$150,000 | Jan 31 (Deadline)

The Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) was designed to support Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) that help innovation-driven business owners and entrepreneurs in underserved regions, industries, and communities launch, grow, and scale.

Join their webinar on Jan 9th to learn more about how the competition strengthens ESO capacity, builds connections, and fosters collaboration, expanding access to the innovation economy and boosting entrepreneurial activity across the country.

Athene Black & Brown Business Summit Pitch Competition—up to $20,000 | Jan 31 (Deadline)

The Athene Black & Brown Business Summit was created by national stakeholders to elevate ethnic minorities and bring BIPOC businesses together to assist with connection building, programming, promotion, training, and to provide resources to help businesses grow and prosper.

The Summit includes a pitch competition, breakout sessions led by top experts, Mel Essex Award Entrepreneur of the Year Award, inspirational keynote speakers and more. their goal is to help advance the minority business community across the country and position Iowa as the best place in the nation to start and lead a minority business.

Pitch Perfect Grant—$5,000 | Dec 31 (Deadline)

Pink Print and Ellie Talks Money have teamed up with Skip to offer a $5k grant to entrepreneurs!

Their aim is to empower women in business by demystifying the complex grant process and providing the tools to succeed.

M&F Bank Empowering Growth Small Business Grant—$10,000 | Jan 31 (Deadline)

Small businesses empower local communities, and a thriving small business sector means a thriving community. M&F Bank is selecting one deserving small business in each of their five markets to win a $10,000 grant.

All applications are market-specific and will only be considered during their respective application periods.

AMAKA Grants—$500 (Subscription + Creator Credits) | Ongoing (No Deadline)

AMAKA Grants is open to qualified Brands, Business Owners and Creative Entrepreneurs who are looking to take their business to the next level. Whether you're a graphic designer seeking to upgrade your toolkit, a content creator looking to streamline your workflow, or a small business owner aiming to enhance your digital presence, AMAKA Grants can provide the boost you need.

Wish Local Empowerment Program—$500-$2,000 | Ongoing (No Deadline)

Wish is dedicating a $2M dollar fund to give roughly 4,000 Wish Local small business partners financial support.

The selected recipients will receive amounts between $500 - $2000. This program will only be open to Black-owned stores, to help promote equality and diversity in American business.