Progressive Insurance is opening another application period for its Driving Business Forward grant program. The company is partnering with Hello Alice to facilitate the program. During this round, 10 small business owners will receive a $25,000 grant, which can be used to purchase commercial vehicles. This year’s program will focus specifically on Black-owned businesses, while the 2022 funding round awarded grants to Hispanic entrepreneurs. Applications are now open on the Hello Alice online platform and will be accepted until June 2.
Comcast is launching another round of its Comcast RISE small business grant and entrepreneurship program. The program originally launched in 2020 to help businesses that were negatively affected by the pandemic. And each funding round focuses on businesses in specific metropolitan areas. This year, the cities include Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Philadelphia, and Portland, Oregon. Winning businesses receive grants of $5,000, business consultancy services, a 30-second TV commercial, media placement, and new technology upgrades from Comcast. Comcast plans to award 500 grants during this round, with 100 allocated to each metropolitan area. Applications will be accepted from June 1 to June 30.
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Boston-based Resist redistributes resources to frontline communities at the forefront of change while amplifying their stories of building a better world. General Support: Grants of up to $4,000 will be awarded to support groups building movements for justice and liberation and resisting systemic oppression through grassroots/cultural organizing, artmaking, and resilience building. Accessibility: Grants of up to $4,000 will be awarded to fund the additional costs of making projects or events more accessible to community members with specific accessibility needs. Applicants must have an organizational budget under $150,000 per year, be based in the United States, be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) according to the Internal Revenue Code, or be a federally recognized American Indian tribal government or agency or be sponsored by a previously listed entity. Please visit: Resist
This foundation sponsors an annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The purpose of the program is to strengthen the U.S. community of scholars and researchers conducting policy analysis in these fields. The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to enable the recipients to research and write a book. Within the academic community, this program supports junior or adjunct faculty, research associates, and post-docs who are engaged in policy-relevant research and writing. Within the think tank community, the program supports members of the rising generation of policy thinkers who are focused on U.S. strategic and foreign policy issues.
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