$5,000 grants to cover MBE/WBE/DOBE certification costs for consulting or food-service businesses owned by people of color, women or people with disabilities (or HUBZone firms) in AZ, CA, FL, GA or TX. No open window is listed.
Leslie's and the NAACP award one-time $5,000 grants to help small businesses pay for business certifications such as MBE, WBE and DOBE. It is for businesses led by people of color, women or people with disabilities (or qualifying HUBZone businesses) in the consulting or food services industries and headquartered in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia or Texas. The page gives no current application window, and NAACP's grants page says all grant applications are closed for this season.
At least 51% owned and controlled by one or more African-American individuals or other persons of color, OR by one or more women, OR by one or more persons with a disability, OR a qualifying HUBZone business
Operates in the consulting and/or food services industries
Headquartered in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia or Texas
Funds may be used for state and/or federal certification application costs, including legal/consulting fees (not personal use, debt, marketing, payroll or fixed assets)
Topics
Money can be used for
Set-asides
Open opportunities funding similar work, from the same funder or in the same place.
All legal entities (businesses, nonprofits, governments, tribes, universities, individuals) may apply. Funds projects implementing the Quagga/Zebra Mussel Action Plan in Western U.S. waters: prevention, monitoring,…
Local businesses open 1+ year in Spectrum Reach markets can apply by Dec 31, 2026 for up to $15,000 in free TV/streaming ads, a 30-second commercial and marketing support. In-kind, not cash. About 250 grants;…
Open to nearly all US entity types including small businesses, for-profits, governments, tribes, and universities. Funds development and delivery of miner health and safety training in 20 Western states, including…
Funds organizations to screen and educate people exposed to radiation from uranium mining and U.S. nuclear weapons testing. Open to nonprofits, small businesses, other for-profits, state/local/tribal governments, school…
Funds watershed group development, restoration planning, and watershed management project planning/design. Applicants must be existing watershed groups (incorporated nonprofits) or sponsors of new watershed…
501(c)(3)s in Albertsons, Safeway and sister-store communities with a brand-new idea to end hunger for good can apply any time for flexible grants of up to $3 million over up to 4 years. Use invitation code…