Welcome to Dixon’s Chamber of Commerce Grant Opportunities.
Find funding options for your business or non-profit.
The Heinz Black Kitchen Initiative
Funding Availability: $25,000 | Deadline: September 15th, 2024
The Heinz Black Kitchen Initiative is back for Year 4 of empowering, supporting, and pouring into Black-owned restaurants. In partnership with The Lee Initiative and Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice (SRRJ), Heinz will provide more than $1m in grants and other business resources to Black food businesses in communities nationwide.
Female Founder World Grant
Funding Availability: $15,000 | Deadline: September 17th, 2024
Female Founder World connects a rising generation of small business owners with the people and resources you need to build your dreams. Now, thanks to their partners at VistaPrint, they are offering a one-time $15,000 cash grant to one business in our ecosystem to help fuel your growth PLUS marketing support from VistaPrint.
100K Imagination Fund
Funding Availability: Ranging from $1,000 – $10,000 | Deadline: September 20th, 2024
Playbook’s mission is simple: to help creative people be more creative. With the $100K Imagination Fund, they want to give back to the Playbook community by financing bold ideas you haven’t had the opportunity — or funding — to build yet.
Enthuse Foundation Pitch Competition
Funding Availability: $15,000 | Deadline: September 23rd, 2024
Since 2019, women entrepreneurs have applied for the Enthuse Foundation Pitch Competition. In addition to competing for a chance to win cash and prizes, finalists are forever linked with four other entrepreneurs.
PepsiCo Juntos Crecemos
Funding Availability: $10,000 | Deadline: September 27th, 2024
In partnership with Hello Alice, PepsiCo’s Juntos Crecemos program is a component of PepsiCo’s broader $50 million comprehensive support for small businesses in the food and beverage industry over five years. Through PepsiCo’s Juntos Crecemos Grant Program, twenty (20) grants of $10,000 each will be awarded to small business owners in the food and beverage industry.
Galaxy Grants
Funding Availability: $4,250 | Deadline: September 30, 2024
Galaxy of Stars and Hidden Star, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, aims to help minority and women entrepreneurs succeed. They have teamed up to award a women-owned business $4,250.
Secretsos Small Business Grant
Funding Availability: $2,500 | Deadline: September 30, 2024
Secretsos is not just about teaching business skills, they actively support your growth. That’s why they offer the Secretsos™ Small Business Grant – a financial boost to help you leap over obstacles and accelerate your success.
Veteran Shark Tank
Funding Availability: $50,000 | Deadline: October 6, 2024
The Veteran Shark Tank was created in 2012 to promote and assist Veterans who are starting or growing their businesses. The five (5) finalists pitch their business idea to a panel of “sharks” in front of a live sold-out audience (over 200 people). The winner receives a $50,000 cash prize!
Spark Good Local Grants
Funding Availability: $5,000 (to nonprofit organizations) | Deadline (Submission 2/3): October 15, 2024
Walmart believes that strengthening local communities creates value for business as well as society. Each year, Walmart U.S. stores, Sam’s Clubs, and Distribution Centers award local cash grants ranging from $250 to $5000. These local grants are designed to address the unique needs of the communities where we operate.
Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program
Deadline: November 21, 2024
The Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program by the EPA has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for around $2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds. These grants aim to support environmental and climate justice activities benefiting disadvantaged communities by reducing pollution, enhancing community climate resilience, and building capacity to address environmental challenges. Emphasizing community-driven initiatives, these investments seek to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments on vulnerable communities.
2024 ZenBusiness $5k Grant Program
Funding Availability: $5,000 | Deadline: December 31, 2024
ZenBusiness will award over 40 grants to small businesses this year. Grantees receive $5,000 to help grow your business, Growth Center access for 30 days (including live coaching and website tools), ZenBusiness Money Pro access for 30 days (providing tools to manage your clients, cashflow, and taxes all in one place), and ZenBusiness Banking free for the first month (so you can separate your business and personal finances).
Small Business Transition Grant
Deadline: January 5, 2025, and April 5, 2025, September 5, 2025
The Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) aim to support career development and the conduct of research and development under a new entrepreneur’s direction. Optimal Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) for this award are early-career scientists and professionals with research, technology development, and/or healthcare delivery skills and experience, but limited entrepreneurial and independent (non-mentored) research leadership experience.
California Paid Family Leave Grant
Deadline: Rolling until May 2026
Small businesses in California with 1-100 employees with at least one (1) employee utilizing California’s Paid Family Leave program (on or after June 1, 2024) are eligible to apply for grants up to $2,000 per employee on PFL to offset the increased costs associated with the employee out on leave.
The Amplifier Grant
Funding Availability: $5,000 | Deadline: Ongoing – Funds awarded seasonally (ie. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall).
Since 2016, we’ve amplified the individuals, businesses & organizations who are boots on the ground every day trying to make the world a better place. We’re proud to launch The Amplifier Grant as the next extension of that work, awarding at least $5,000 on a seasonal basis.
Thiel Fellowship Grant
$100,000 is available | Deadline: Ongoing
Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation’s network of founders, investors, and scientists.
National Association for the Self-Employed Grant
Grant amount: $4,000 | Deadline: Accepts applications quarterly (Completed applications received in July, August, and September will be reviewed in October).
NASE has a business development grant worth up to $4,000 to use toward marketing, advertising, hiring employees, expanding facilities, and other specific business needs. Since 2006, the NASE has awarded nearly $1,000,000 to members like you through the Growth Grants program by providing small business grants.
The Saucony Run For Good Grant
Funding Availability: Up to $10,000. Deadline: There are two rounds of grants per year. Applications are to be submitted by December 15 and June 15, annually. Any application coming through after those dates will be considered for the next grant round.
The Saucony Run For Good Foundation is now accepting grant applications to help run down the childhood obesity epidemic. The grants are open to community nonprofit organizations that initiate and support running programs for kids.
Core Grant
Funding Availability: Amount Varies | Deadline: Must Submit Application within 6-Month Timeframe of Incident
If a family qualifies for CORE support, they receive a financial grant that is a gift. Each grant is unique and based on the applicant’s specific qualifying event and financial need. The following expenses are costs that may be covered by a CORE grant: rent/mortgage, utilities, medical supplies, medical or therapy equipment, therapies, prescriptions, over the counter medicine, travel costs, costs associated with a funeral, groceries, clothing, other essentials a family might need to navigate their specific circumstance. We work with each family to curate the most impactful grant for their family. All information provided to CORE is kept confidential. Documentation is required.
Wish Local Empowerment Program
Funding Availability: $500 – $2,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
Wish is dedicating $2M to give roughly 4,000 Black-owned stores $500-$2,000 to help promote equality and diversity in American business.
Employ Ability Business Grant
Funding Availability: $20,000-$200,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
Grow your business, upgrade your hiring, and create job opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Warrior Rising Grant
Funding Availability: Up to $20,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
Warrior Rising strives to accept and assist veterans at any point in the process of starting their own business, whether it is only a concept or if they have actual operations. They offer up to $20k in funding and other training supports.
Sales Tax Exclusion (STE) Program
Deadline: Ongoing
CAEATFA supports California’s mission to provide financial incentives to cutting-edge companies by offering a sales and use tax exclusion to manufacturers purchasing equipment to promote alternative energy, advanced transportation and recycling, as well as advanced manufacturing. These manufacturers create tens of thousands of high-paying, permanent jobs that bolster the state’s economy.
California Paid Family Leave Small Business Grant
Grant amount: $1,000 – $2,000 per employee | Deadline: Ongoing
California Paid Family Leave (PFL) is part of the California State Disability Insurance program providing benefits to eligible California workers who need time off work to care for a seriously ill or injured family member, to bond with a new child, or to participate in a qualifying military event. PFL pays up to 8 weeks of benefits in 12 months. Although PFL does not provide job protection, various federal and state laws provide protected leave for up to 12 weeks.
Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
This grant supports programs to improve the quality of life for residents in skilled nursing facilities. Projects may include training, culture change, and direct improvements to the quality of life, direct improvements to quality of care, and other applicable goals.
Examples of projects include, but are not limited to, developing and implementing methods to increase Person-Centered Care, Infection Control Training, implementing technology to prevent resident falls, and more.
Civil Money Penalty Communicative Technology Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
This grant allows Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and associations on behalf of facilities to apply for funding for tablets and tablet-related accessories. The tablets will be used for virtual telehealth and family visits for SNF residents. Applicants may generally request up to $3,000.00 per facility, however requests beyond $3,000.00 per facility will be accepted and will require CDPH and CMS review.
Amber Grant
$10,000 monthly grants and a chance at a $25,000 annual grant is available.
WomensNet founded the “Amber Grant” in 1998. The grant was set up with one goal in mind: to honor the memory of a very special young woman, Amber Wigdahl, who died at just 19 years old — before realizing her business dreams.
Today, WomensNet carries on that tradition, proudly giving away at least $30,000 every month in Amber Grant money. In recognition of the diversity of businesses owned by women, we’ve also expanded our grant-giving to include “Marketing Grants,” “Business Category Grants,” as well as two “$25,000 Year End Grants.”
IFundWomen Universal Grant Application
Deadline: Ongoing
This is a resource for female entrepreneurs seeking grants. Through partnerships with brands like Visa, Caress, and COMCAST, IFundWomen has deployed over $170 million in grants to entrepreneurs. Applicants gain priority access to funding opportunities and resources within the IFundWomen community.
Hivers and Strivers Investment Program
Deadline: Ongoing
As an angel investment group, Hivers and Strivers works to provide capital to qualifying businesses. Specifically, the investment group funds projects submitted by veteran-owned and veteran-led businesses. Those who are eligible can apply for funding for a business idea on a rolling basis. (Businesses reliant on government contracts are not eligible to apply.)
DanPaul Foundation
Funding Availability: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
The DanPaul Foundation provides grants to 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organizations as defined by the IRS. The Foundation is interested in providing funding to programs that directly serve the health, education, development, and welfare of the world’s youth.
Freed Fellowship Grant
Funding Availability: $500 (monthly) | Deadline: Ongoing
The Freed Fellowship helps small business owners get the resources, mentorship, and community they need to build successful companies that make an impact. All Freed Fellows will be considered for an additional $2,500 grant at the end of the year.
Hersuitespot
Funding Availability: Amount varies | Deadline: Ongoing
The HerRise MicroGrant provides financial assistance to Women of Color who are creating innovative solutions that impact their community and who are often unable to secure funding for their small businesses.
Peanut StartHER Grant
Funding Availability: $50,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
StartHER challenges the biases in venture capital and provides access to the elusive ‘friends and family’ round. For many founders, raising money from friends and family isn’t an option because their existing networks don’t have resources to offer such funds. StartHER aims to give everyone a fair chance by re-shaping funding dynamics, providing access to professional networks and ultimately, becoming home to the new faces of entrepreneurship.
Small Business Readiness for Resiliency Program
Funding Availability: $5,000 | Deadline: Ongoing.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s goal is to support small businesses in becoming more resilient and prepared for disasters. Times of crisis can be devastating for communities, and they are dedicated to sharing knowledge and resources and promoting collaboration to ensure a speedy recovery.
The Awesome Foundation
Funding Availability: $1,000 | Deadline: Ongoing
The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Created in the long hot summer days of 2009 in Boston, the Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. At each fully autonomous chapter, the money is pooled together from the coffers of ten or so self-organizing “micro-trustees” and given upfront in cash, check, or gold doubloons.
Incfile Entrepeneur Grant
Funding Availability: $2,500 | Deadline: Ongoing
Incfile is offering two grants to support aspiring entrepreneurs and students. The “Young Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant” provides $2,500 to a high school senior, undergraduate, graduate, or trade school student in the U.S. with a GPA of 3.0 or higher and an interest in starting a business. The “Fresh Start Business Grant” offers $2,500 and Incfile’s Gold plan for free to adult entrepreneurs (21 years or older) in the U.S. planning to start a new business or significantly grow an existing one. More application dates for 2024 are expected to go live soon, so keep an eye out!
Hustler’s MicroGrant
Funding Availability: $1,000 ($10 application fee) | Deadline: Ongoing
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. Each month they will select a $1,000 grant winner.
Tory Burch
Funding Availability: $5,000 business education grant, plus access to 0% interest loans via Kiva | Deadline: Ongoing
Each year, they select 50 women entrepreneurs for a yearlong program designed to grow their businesses through workshops, coaching sessions, network-building, and financial resources. The program ends with a company presentation and a trip to New York City.
The Ford Foundation
Funding Availability: Amount Varies (1,500 grants are awarded yearly for a variety of categories) | Deadline: Ongoing
Every year, they award grants to institutions with transformative ideas and scalable solutions to achieve the greatest impact.
Build-To-Scale Grant
Venture Challenge and Capital Challenge. Learn more about the FY23 funding opportunity (NOFO) (PDF). Apply here. EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) leads the Build to Scale (B2S) program, which is authorized under Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. § 3722). Under the B2S program, EDA awards and manages a portfolio of grants designed to increase regional capacity to strengthen ecosystems that equitably and inclusively support diverse technology innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups. These regions are growing technology-driven businesses, creating high-skill, high-wage jobs, and building the industries of the future.
Wells Fargo Community Grant
Wells Fargo is committed to building an inclusive, sustainable future for all through a focus on opening pathways to economic advancement, championing quality, affordable homes, empowering small businesses to thrive, and driving an equity-focused transition to a low-carbon economy.
Coca Cola Foundation Grant
Our mission is to make a difference in communities around the world by investing in transformative ideas and institutions that address some of our most pressing global challenges.
As the primary philanthropic arm of The Coca‑Cola Company, we have an equal hand in supporting the local and global changemakers leaving a measurable and lasting impact in areas around the world where the Company operates and where our employees live and work.
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