II. Economy
Diversity in Business | Support the small and minority-owned business community
2022 Cycle 2 (Fall): Grants awarded in this category totaled $3,000.
Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV)
Coastal Region (New Bern | Morehead City | Newport News | Norfolk | Williamsburg)
Create a young entrepreneurial program that develops a entrepreneurial mindset through teaching, coaching, and learning-through-doing experiences.
2022 Cycle 1 (Spring/Summer): Grants awarded in this category totaled $8,500.
Rockville Economic Development, Inc.
Northern Region (Baltimore | Fairfax | Rockville)
The Maryland Women’s Business Center will provide training, individual counseling, facilitated peer group support, as well as access to specialized resources and capital to women navigating the path to sustainable business ownership.
StartWheel Corp.
Coastal Region (New Bern | Morehead City | Newport News | Norfolk | Williamsburg)
Create a researchable database of the early stage startups and small to medium businesses in the Hampton Roads area to address the true business footprint in the region.
Serve Our Willing Warriors
Central Region (Fredericksburg | Harrisonburg | Richmond | Warrenton)
Serve our wounded, ill, and injured service members and disabled Veterans by providing peer counseling services and financial literacy training as well as career mentorship and training to female survivors of sexual assault.