Amber Grant for Women-Owned Businesses

About

WomensNet awards monthly $15,000 grants to women-owned businesses based in the United States or Canada, with additional $75,000 year-end awards for selected monthly winners.

Benefits

• 💵Monthly Amber Grant
  One $15,000 award is made each month to an eligible women-owned business, subject to selection.
• 🚀Monthly Startup Grant
  One $15,000 award each month is reserved for businesses still in the idea phase or with under $10,000 in gross sales, subject to selection.
• 🏷️ Business Category Grant
  One $15,000 award each month goes to a business in that month's category, subject to selection; a single application remains eligible for up to 11 additional months for any category grant for which the business qualifies.
• 🏆Year-End Grant
  Three monthly winners receive an additional $75,000 each at year-end, subject to selection.
• 📄Single application
  One application qualifies a business for all Amber grants for which it is eligible.
• 💸Fee waiver
  A $15 application fee waiver may be requested before applying by emailing info@ambergrantsforwomen.com if the fee creates a financial hardship; the limit is one waiver per person every two years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to women aged 18 or older.
• The business must be at least 50% women-owned.
• The business must be based in the United States or Canada.
• Eligible businesses include pre-revenue ventures, idea-stage startups, and revenue-generating nonprofit organizations.
• Nonprofits whose primary activity is charitable giving are not eligible.
• For nonprofit applicants, at least 50% of top leadership must be women and the Board President or CEO must be a woman.

Participation Commitments

• Complete the official online application.
• Pay a non-refundable $15 application fee.
• Request a fee waiver before applying by emailing info@ambergrantsforwomen.com if the fee creates a financial hardship; the limit is one waiver per person every two years.
• Each monthly grant round runs from the first day of the calendar month until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the last day of the same month.
• A Monthly Amber Grant or Monthly Startup Grant application expires at the end of the month in which it is submitted.
• A single application remains eligible for up to 11 additional months for any rotating Business Category Grant for which the business qualifies.
• Winners are announced by the 21st of the following month.

Target Sector

Agriculture & Food, Education, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Retail & Consumer, Sports & Fitness, Other

Target Location

The business must be based in the United States or Canada.