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Grant Recipient

isupportHER® Grants are awarded at the sole discretion of the isupportHER® Inc. Unfortunately, not everyone who applies will receive a grant. isupportHER® Inc. has the sole discretion to make no grant, or present a higher or lower amount than requested. isupportHER® Inc. in its sole discretion may award less than the totals indicated to be potentially available. isupportHER® Inc. are solely, for black women members in the ISH community. Decisions of the selection committee are final and are not subject to appeal. No application feedback will be given.

You can apply for grants up to $10,000 that you can use to kickstart your business or entrepreneurship journey. This grant also covers the expenses made in the purchase of computers, printers, and other equipment you may need in your business day to day running.

Additionally, this grant covers the expenses incurred throughout the hiring process of part-time help or contractors, and other marketing materials, inventory, software, equipment or other items you may require to run your business successfully. This is a great program for both beginners who are looking to start their business and those who are trying to expand their business ventures.

To be eligible for an issupportHER grant, applicants must:

Be a member in good standing
Demonstrate a business need that could be fulfilled by the grant
Provide a detailed explanation of how you will use the grant proceeds
Show how the grant will improve your business growth and success
Offer supporting documentation such as a marketing plan and business plan
Businesses must not currently exceed $1 million in revenue

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Grant applications are reviewed monthly, and awarded quarterly based on the following schedule:

Completed applications received in January, and February will be reviewed in March.
Completed applications received in April, May will be reviewed in June.
And so on…
Grants are awarded in March, June, September, December.

Criteria used in evaluating applications and awarding grants include:

Review of identifiable business need
Detailed use of the proceeds of the grant
The potential of the grant to satisfy the identified business need
The potential impact of the grant on overall business growth and success

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To be eligible for an issupportHER grant, applicants must:

The use of funds must be consistent with written statement of grant use.
Recipients must maintain records showing use of the money.
The funds may not be used to pay debt or rent/mortgage payments.
Recipients agree that issupportHER® has the right to publicize names, business name, amount awarded and photographs of the recipients.
The issupportHER® requests that the recipient places the issupportHER® Recipient Badge on the recipient's website for one year after the grant check is received.
isupportHER® Badges will be sent after award issued.
Grants will be funded within 30 days after all signed usage and required regulatory documents are received by issupportHER® Inc.