The Heritage of Pride Small Business Grant Program, brought to you by Mastercard and NYC Pride, provides LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs access to resources that bring their business dreams to life and empower their communities.
Donor Name: NYC Pride
State: New York
Boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/16/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $10,000
Details:
NYC Pride’s Pride Gives Back grant program is focused on financially assisting non-profit and community organizations within the local New York metro area looking to create programs/events in the 2023-24 Pride season.
Categories
- Goods/Products
- Health/Beauty Services
- Business Services
- IT & Internet
- Food and Hospitality
- Manual Labor Services
Prize Information
Three (3) Grand Prize winners will each receive:
- A $10,000 grant which may be used toward business growth
- Enhanced access to Mastercard small business tools to help them grow their business; and
- 30-minute one-on-one virtual mentorship session with a Mastercard Small Business Mentor.
Eligibility Criteria
Program is open only to individuals who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Non-Binary, and all of the gender and sexual orientations that letters and words cannot yet fully describe) who are at the time and date of entry:
- Physically located and legal U.S. resident (including D.C.)
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older (or the age of majority in their state of residence, whichever is older)
- A principal owner of a U.S.-based small business with its primary office located within a 50-mile radius of New York City (which is inclusive of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island)
- An annual business revenue of three million dollars ($3,000,000) or less in calendar year 2022
- Business is incorporated or otherwise considered a valid legal entity in good standing in its state of formation.
Entry Requirements
All Entries must meet the following criteria (“Entry Requirements”), as determined within Sponsor’s final sole discretion:
- Entries that contain or otherwise infringe on any third-party names, trademarks, music, identities, copyrighted or patented material, and/or other material subject to third party rights are prohibited;
- Entries that include any reference to any patents and/or trade secrets of Sponsor or Released Parties and/or its competitors are prohibited;
- Entries that are obscene, offensive, contain any profanities, endorse any form of hate or hate group, or any language or images communicating messages inconsistent with the positive images to which Sponsor and/or Released Parties wishes to associate will be void;
- Entries cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity;
- Entries cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
- Entries cannot contain disparaging remarks, defame, misrepresent, invade the publicity, third party rights and/or the privacy rights of Sponsor, Released Parties, their products or any trademarks or other intellectual property they own, other products or companies, or any person, living or deceased;
- Entries cannot contain trademarks owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, or contain any personal identifiable information, such as personal names, email addresses, etc.;
- Entries cannot communicate messages inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Released Parties associate; and Entries cannot be in violation of any law, rule, statute, regulation, or ordinance.
For more information, visit Small Business Grant.