Grants + Technical Assistance

The BBEC publicizes grants that we believe will be of benefit to Black entrepreneurs and Black businesses. Grants marked with the BBEC logo have been reviewed by our organization.

Global Impact Cash Grant Program

The Global Impact Cash Grant Program funds nonprofit organizations worldwide that address critical social challenges in education, economic empowerment, and crisis response. Provided by Cisco, these grants support scalable, technology-driven solutions that create measurable and lasting impact in communities. Eligible projects must demonstrate sustainability, strong partnerships, and the potential for replication.

With no fixed deadline, organizations have the flexibility to apply year-round for funding to advance innovative programs that align with Cisco’s social investment priorities. This program is ideal for nonprofits ready to take their technology-based initiatives to the next level.

Deadline to apply: Year-round (no fixed deadline)

Visit Cisco to apply and learn more details, or view the program PDF.

Truist Foundation Grant

The Truist Foundation Grant is designed to fund organizations committed to building better lives for underserved communities. Provided by Truist Foundation, this grant supports nonprofits focused on economic mobility, workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and access to basic needs. It’s an opportunity to secure large-scale funding for transformative, community-driven projects.

With two remaining cycles for the year, this grant is ideal for mission-aligned nonprofits aiming for systemic change through bold ideas and strategic initiatives.

Deadline to apply: July 31, 2025 (2nd Cycle) and November 30, 2025 (3rd Cycle)

Visit Truist Foundation to apply and learn more details.

Cyber Resilient Massachusetts Grant Program

This grant provides funding to support cybersecurity efforts through Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. Open to municipalities, nonprofits, and critical infrastructure organizations across Massachusetts.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for MDR-related projects aimed at building a more cyber-resilient Massachusetts.

For details and updates, visit the Cyber Resilient MA Grant page.

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Grants

MBDA funds third-party organizations that provide services in support of the Agency’s mission to promote the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises (MBEs). We often publish funding opportunity announcements to invite applications for grants, cooperative agreements, and other funding sources. Read on to learn about federal grants currently available.

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Hustler’s MicroGrant

Are you a passionate entrepreneur with big dreams and a small business in need of support? What would you do with a $1,000 business grant?

Deja Vu Parker of WBLS, in collaboration with HerSuiteSpot, proudly presents the Hustler’s MicroGrant – a remarkable opportunity for small business owners like you to receive the boost you deserve.

Our mission is simple: to provide grants and invaluable resources to promising small businesses across the United States. With applications open each month, the process is straightforward and dynamic.

Ready to take your business to the next level? Apply today for the Hustler’s MicroGrant and let’s make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality.

Monthly application and awarding.

2025 Emergency Grants

Created in 1993 to further FCA’s mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists and poets who:

  • Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
  • Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates

Emergency Grants is a year-round, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.

Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 15-20 grants in the range of $500 to $3,000 each. Applicants may request any amount in that range and, if granted, may receive full or partial funding. The average grant is currently $1,900.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until December 3rd, 2025.

SoGal Black Founder StartUp Grant

Black women founders are the fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs out of any throughout history. These founders are best equipped to solve some of the world’s largest unmet needs, and have a legacy of reinvesting in their communities and creating intergenerational wealth. However, Black women entrepreneurs are met with the greatest barriers to accessing capital.

This perpetual systemic discrimination, the unwillingness & inability of Silicon Valley and venture capitalists to effectively diversify their investments, the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on entrepreneurs of color, and generations of inequities against Black people are absolutely inexcusable.

SoGal Foundation has teamed up with Winky Lux, bluemercury, twelveNYC, Twilio, and other sponsors to make a small step towards progress by providing several $10K and $5K cash grants to Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs.

Awardees will also receive tactical help navigating the fundraising environment at large so that they will have a more equitable opportunity at scaling the next billion dollar idea. They will also receive lifetime “ask-me-anything” access to the SoGal Foundation and SoGal Ventures teams. We know this is a small start, and we are hopeful that it will grow. We believe in a brighter future where the next world changing business does not go unrealized because of systemic discrimination.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Freed Fellowship Grant

Every month, we select a business owner in the US as a Freed Fellow. Each Fellow receives a $500 grant to invest in their existing business. No strings attached. No equity required. 

Every submission to become a Freed Fellow gets feedback in the form of their overall Freed score and recommendations to grow their business based on our review.

Everyone who submits a feedback request also receive two months of free mentoring in our virtual community, the Freed Studio. The Studio is a safe and supportive space that brings together ambitious business owners to identify and implement the practices, processes, and systems needed for sustainable growth to help them get to their first (or next) $1 million in revenue.

Freed Fellows are also eligible to receive an additional end-of-year grant of $2,500.

Applications and awards are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Wish Local Empowerment Grant 

We recognize that as a large e-commerce company we have the responsibility to help uplift others. Black-owned small businesses have long faced hardship due to systemic racism. But small businesses like yours are integral to the makeup of America. So we are 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.

How to Apply: Tell us about your store and why you qualify for this program, then submit your application below. If you are selected as a recipient, you will be asked to join Wish Local.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses.

The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will review expenditures relating to an artist’s professional work and personal expenses and amounts range up to $50,000. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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