New York City Business Preparedness and Resiliency Program
The New York City Department of Small Business Services just announced a new grant program to support small businesses in flood zones. The Business Preparedness and Resiliency Program offers grants of $5,000 to businesses that may be vulnerable to flooding to help with various projects that may help them prepare or shore up operations. The department is also collaborating with the NYC Emergency Management and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection to teach business owners what to do in the event of a flood. Businesses must first schedule a free assessment with the city to qualify. The department estimates that the program should help about 480 small businesses throughout the city.
Women of Color Grant
The Tory Burch Foundation also partners with the Fearless Fund to offer 75 annual Women of Color Grants. Grant amounts range from $10,000 to $20,000; winners can also access a learning portal and small-group networking opportunities.
Who qualifies? At least 51% of your business must be women-of-color-owned. Your business must be for-profit, and the committee prefers that you’ve been in business for one to five years and have a minimum annual revenue of at least $100,000.
How can I apply? Submit an online application by the deadline. In the past, the application was available throughout April. For more information on this funding opportunity, please visit: Women of Color Grants
Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grants for Kid Entrepreneurs
B2B resource Merchant Maverick recently unveiled its Opportunity Grants for Kid Entrepreneurs. The program will award $2,000 grants to young entrepreneurs between the ages of 10 and 18. The program originally launched back in 2021 and has since awarded 17 grants to young small business owners that can have limited access to traditional business financing. To qualify, businesses must have a business address located within the United States, have at least six months in business, and be majority-run by someone in the target age group. The application period is now open and will close on May 31, 2024.
Comcast RISE
Comcast is launching a new round of funding through its Comcast RISE grant program. This round includes a total of $500,000 in grants, along with technology upgrades, marketing support, media opportunities, coaching, and educational resources. As with past funding rounds, the program focuses on businesses in a few metropolitan areas, including Houston, Atlanta, Southern Colorado, Jacksonville, and Richmond. The program will award 500 total grants, with 100 earmarked for each city or geographic area. Comcast RISE is currently in its fourth year and has already awarded 13,500 grants to small businesses, including a total of $125 million in funds and resources. The application period for this round will run from May 1 through May 31.
Chicago Allstate Main Street Grant Program
Allstate is sponsoring a new grant program for small businesses and nonprofits on the city’s South and West sides. Allstate’s Main Street Grant Program will award at least ten grants of between $5,000 and $25,000 to eligible companies and organizations. To qualify, applicants must be able to demonstrate a positive community impact, like job creation or making essential services more accessible. Businesses and nonprofits can apply for the program now through April 30.
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Established in 1983 as a fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation by the Hall Family Foundation, the Black Community Fund (BCF) has been investing in the African American community in Missouri’s Greater Kansas City region for more than 30 years.
Through BCF, grants generally ranging from $500 to $15,000 will be awarded in support of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations focused on enhancing the socio-economic aspects of the African American community in the Greater Kansas City area. Preference will be given to Black-led, Black-serving organizations. For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation website.
VIA Art Fund
VIA Art Fund invites applications for the fall 2024 cycle of its Artistic Production Grant program. Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions between $25,000 and $100,000. Often exhibited beyond museum walls in public spaces, these projects feature high levels of thought leadership, artistic production, and public engagement. Individual artists or producing organizations seeking production funding must have a confirmed exhibition venue or presenting partner.
Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, art production platforms, and biennials or festivals working in contemporary art in the United States and internationally.
Letters of inquiry are due May 16, 2024, and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application, due July 18, 2024.
Andy Warhol Foundation
A program of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Arts Writers Grant Program supports emerging and established writers writing about contemporary visual art. Published authors who identify as art historians, artists, critics, curators, journalists, or writers in an outside field engaged in contemporary visual arts are invited to apply for grants ranging between $15,000 and $50,000.
Grants will be awarded in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—in support of projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. The program also supports art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods or experiments with literary styles. The program defines “contemporary visual art” as visual art made since World War II. Projects focused on post-WWII work in related fields—architecture, dance, film, media, music, performance, sound, etc.—will only be considered if the project directly and significantly engages the discourses and concerns of contemporary visual art. To be eligible, applicants must be at least 25 years old, a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or an individual with an O-I visa. For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Arts Writers Grants website.
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