The six-week National EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator is an intensive training and grant program to help you scale your health impact-focused business within a condensed timeframe.
Donor Name: American Heart Association
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Training or Mentorship
Deadline: 06/28/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator is looking for a diverse pool of entrepreneurs, companies and organizations who are driving change and health equity in their communities. Applications will be accepted from social and digital health tech entrepreneurs, non-profits and for-profits making a health impact and addressing a social determinant of health (SDOH).
Interested founders should have a business that focuses on health equity and social determinants of health in one of the following areas:
- Education
- Healthcare access
- Food security
- Neighborhood conditions
- Transportation
- Environmental quality
- Employment/economic stability
- Housing
- Health innovation/technology
Five phases during the six-week training
- Discover Your Health Impact Moonshot
- Business Model Design and Analysis
- Customer Experience (CX) Design
- Value Mapping and Design
- Brand Storytelling
Accelerator Benefits
- 1st place: $50,000
- 2nd place: $12,000
- Fan favorite: $5,000
- Non-grant recipients: $1,000 stipend
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. citizens 18 years or older.
- Founders of nonprofit or Pre-seed, Seed or Series A startups.
- Must be a health impact-focused business and address one or more categories of the social determinants of health in the U.S.
- Innovation must apply to improving health equity.
- Must be the founder or CEO.
For more information, visit American Heart Association.