July 2024 Grant Round Up
Ready to take your business to new heights this summer? Dive into our curated list of July grants perfect for small business, creators and non-profits.
GRANT TIP OF THE MONTH: Understand the Funder's Vision
Before you start writing your grant application, spend time researching the grantor's history and mission. Understanding what truly matters to them can help you align your project more closely with their vision. Highlight specific elements of your project that directly contribute to their goals or address issues they are passionate about.
TL;DR - Tailor your application to echo the funder’s mission and core values.
She’s Connected by AT&T —$50,000 | July 10 (Deadline)
Elevate your business with She’s Connected by AT&T! The platform is searching for the next breakout talent to highlight.
Small business owners are invited to share their stories for a chance to win $50,000, a year of AT&T service with a new device, and Involvement in feature episode of #ShesConnected.
Grants for Arts Projects (GAP)—$10,000 - $100,000 | July 11 (Deadline)
Grants for Arts Projects provides expansive funding opportunities to strengthen the nation’s arts and cultural ecosystem. Grants are available for arts projects in a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Each discipline has identified the types of projects that are of greatest interest within this program as well as the characteristics of competitive applications.
Center for Cultural Innovation Zoo Labs: FUND—$5,000-$50,000 | July 10 (Deadline)
Zoo Labs empowers Black, Indigenous, and people of color to own and amplify their music business through entrepreneurial training, resource exchange, focused mentorship, and community building. In 2024, Zoo Labs: FUND will make available $225,000 in unrestricted grants to Bay Area BIPOC and BIPOC-led artist teams with a music business.
To address both the marked lack of capital for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) artists, as well as the lack of practical and affordable business education that cultural innovators need in order to begin and scale their creative businesses, Zoo Labs evolved its West Oakland-based, in-person programming to reach a broader audience in the Bay Area and beyond
Google’s Creator Labs x Aperture - 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund—$6,000 | July 15 (Deadline)
Google’s Creator Labs and Aperture are pleased to launch the 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund—an initiative providing financial support to encourage artists at formative moments in their careers.
BaddieCon Pitch Competition—$10,000 | July 15 (Deadline)
Get ready to take the stage and pitch your venture to investors for the chance to win up to $10,000 in non-dilutive capital!
They are calling all Founder Baddies to participate in BaddieCon's inaugural pitch competition! On August 15th, this transformative event will unfold as part of BaddieCon, the second annual conference, presenting women of color with an unparalleled opportunity to share their revolutionary business, vie for a cash infusion, build game-changing connections and supercharge your startup's growth.
Honeybook The Breakthrough Grant—$18,000 | July 15 (Deadline)
The Breakthrough Grant is an independent business grant that provides early-stage marketing and creative consultants with $25,000 in tools, resources, and training to break through barriers and accelerate their growth.
There are two rounds of the program in 2024 with 10 winners in each round.
The Breakthrough Grant is powered by HoneyBook, the leading clientflow management platform trusted by over 100,000 independent businesses in the U.S. and Canada.
The Champion Creator’s Program—$5,000 | July 17 (Deadline)
The Champion Creator’s Program celebrates the power, expression, and purpose of creators from various backgrounds by awarding prize money and/or product to deserving creators that demonstrate innovation, community impact, scale, and creativity.
LIFT Beauty Accelerator—$10,000 | July 18 (Deadline)
LIFT Beauty Accelerator is an incubation program designed to support innovative and inspirational beauty brand founders, with a focus on founders from underrepresented communities. Through comprehensive training, resources, and mentorship, the program equips participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to build and sustain successful businesses.
This support includes a 1-Year membership in the B.B.C. and practical mentoring from each of the partners. Moreover, winners will gain the invaluable opportunity to present their brands directly to leading national retailer JCPenney for potential distribution.
NAACP x Bacardi Backing The Bar Grant—$10,000 | July 30 (Deadline)
The NAACP x BACARDI are working together to provide dedicated support under-represented minorities in the beverage alcohol service, sales and hospitality industries. Backing the B.A.R. is an NAACP initiative that is awarding over $100,000 in acceleration grants, education, support and entrepreneurship solutions for minority-owned bars, restaurants, nightclubs, lounges, liquor stores and small businesses in the process of applying for a liquor license.