January 2025 Small Business Grants
Kickstart your business growth with our January 2025 list of Small Business Grants! We've compiled a valuable resource for businesses seeking funding. To ensure you never miss out on a potential opportunity, we'll be updating this list every month with fresh grants specifically for digital initiatives. Don't forget to visit our Instagram page regularly for the latest updates and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here to receive timely notifications and stay ahead of the curve.
Black Girl Ventures 2025 Emerging Leaders
The Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program is a fully unique 12-week leadership intensive development program created specifically to expand the capacity of early to mid-stage entrepreneurs. In this program, rising leaders will be developed to champions creating access to community, capital, and capacity building in their own markets.
AMOUNT $5,000
blackgirlventures.submittable.com/submit
Due January 3, 2025
PeopleFund’s BIPOC Texas Small Business
PeopleFund’s BIPOC Small Business Accelerator provides underserved entrepreneurs in Texas with the capital, education, and resources needed to support healthy business growth. Those who successfully meet all program requirements, close on their loan, and graduate may receive a grant between that can be used for equity injection or other legal business purposes. AMOUNT: $3,000 to $5,000
peoplefund.org/bipoc-business-accelerator/
Due January 3, 2025
Greentown Labs Accelerator
Greentown and BGS aim to transform the climatetech industry by empowering BIPOC founders to lead companies addressing climate change and promoting clean technologies in underserved communities. The ACCEL program focuses on creating a diverse and inclusive climatetech industry by supporting individuals from marginalized communities affected by climate change. Priority will be given to applicants who are based in or near Boston, MA or Houston, TX, where Greentown’s incubators are located.
Amount: $25,000
Due January 7, 2025
Santander Bank Cultivate Small Business
Santander’s Cultivate Small Business program is designed to support the growth of early-stage food businesses in emerging neighborhoods with a focus on woman-, BIPOC-, and immigrant-owned businesses. The 12-week, fully virtual program is completely free to entrepreneurs, and provides you with industry-specific education, networks, and mentoring, along with capital grants for your business.
Amount: $2,500
www.santanderus.com/cultivate-small-business/
Due January 30, 2025
Athene Black & Brown Pitch
The Athene Black & Brown Business Summit was created by national stakeholders to elevate ethnic minorities and bring BIPOC businesses together to assist with connection building, programming, promotion, training, and to provide resources to help businesses grow and prosper. The Summit includes a pitch competition, breakout sessions led by top experts, Mel Essex Award Entrepreneur of the Year Award, inspirational keynote speakers and more.
AMOUNT $20,000
wdmchamber.org/bbbs-pitch-competition-info
Due January 31, 2025
M&F Bank Empowering Growth Small Business Grant
Small businesses empower local communities, and a thriving small business sector means a thriving community. M&F Bank is selecting one deserving small business in each of their five markets to win a $10,000 grant. All applications are market-specific and will only be considered during their respective application periods. Located in the Raleigh Markets.
Amount: $10,000
www.mfbonline.com/small-business-grant-2024/
Due January 31, 2025
Growth Accelerator Fund
The Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) was designed to support entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) that help innovation-driven business owners and entrepreneurs in underserved regions, industries, and communities launch, grow, and scale.
Join their webinar to learn more about how the competition strengthens ESO capacity, builds connections, and fosters collaboration, expanding access to the innovation economy and boosting entrepreneurial activity across the country
Amount: $75,000 to $150,000
https://sba.app.box.com/v/GAFC2025Guidelines
Due January 31, 2025
Fruit Guys Community Fund
The FruitGuys Community Fund provides grants of up to to small farms and agricultural nonprofits in the United States. The grants are used to support projects that promote sustainable practices and community impact. The FruitGuys Community Fund also has a preference for funding projects in states where they have not yet funded a project including Nevada, Idaho, Utah, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Delaware.
Amount: $5,000
fruitguyscommunityfund.org/apply/
Due January 31, 2025
Cadence Cash Thrive Grant
Empowering entrepreneurs–not just with funding, but also with the knowledge, tools, and resources to build a solid and sustainable financial foundation is our mission at Cadence Cash. Beyond monetary contributions; we are committed to delivering expert guidance, advanced technology, and robust community connections.
Amount: $5,000
Due January 31, 2025
Accepting applications February 2025
National Black Business Pitch
The National Black Business Pitch (NBBP) is a competition designed to connect Black-owned businesses to corporations who seek to expand and diversify their supply chain with new products and services.
Amount: $10,000
nationalblackbusinesspitch.com
Due June 9, 2025
Accepting applications February 2025