Small Business Grants You Can Apply For in September 2024

2. IMG Leave Your Mark

• For: Social good companies and solo-entrepreneurs
• Grantor: IMG
• Amount: $1,000 to $3,500

The International Medical Group (IMG), a global insurance benefits and assistance services company, is currently accepting applications for its eighth annual ‘Leave Your Mark’ grant competition. Bursary packages range from $1,000 to $3,500, and the scheme is open to mission or social good organizations and for the first time, individual applicants too.

After seeing how all of last year’s winners were able to use their winnings for a wide range of social good causes around the world, we are incredibly excited to be extending the grant opportunity to organizations and individuals again this year.” – Amanda Winkle, IMG Chief Operating Officer

If you’re interested in applying, you’ll have to submit a 500-word essay or three minute video essay that describes why your mission or service trip is important, how you’re working to overcome current obticles facing the world, and how this grant will help support your global outreach efforts.

• Deadline: September 13, 2024

4. Black Kitchen Initiative

• For: Black-owned restaurants
• Grantor: Heinz, The Lee Initiative, and the SRRJ Coalition
• Amount: Unspecified

With its inaugural grant program taking place in 2020 Heinz’s Black Kitchen Initiative is back for the fourth year running with an exciting funding opportunity that aims to support and empower US-based Black-owned restaurants.

The partnership between Heinz, The Lee Initiative, and the Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice (SRRJ) doesn’t specify the size of the grant packages. However, with $1 million in grants available each year to around 60 successful applications, the payout is likely to be quite significant.

If you’re a food and service-based business, like a restaurant, cafe, or pop-up, and you’re majority Black-owned, you’re able to apply by filling out an application on the grantor’s homepage.

• Deadline: September 15, 2024

5. Enthuse Foundation Pitch Competition

• For: Female-owned food and beverage businesses
• Grantor: Enthuse Foundation
• Amount: $2,500 to $15,000

The Enthuse Foundation is back with its biggest Pitch Competition yet. The grant initiative, which was designed to support and celebrate women who are making their mark on the food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries, is once again inviting female entrepreneurs to pitch their businesses in front of a panel of experts in New York City.

The successful business will win $15,000 of cash – no strings attached – alongside access to services worth $34,000+ including 20 hours of in-kind business services from Enthuse Marketing, access to Hummingbirds’ user-generated content platform, and a social media package from SeeFood Media. Runner-ups are also entitled to cash injections ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.

To be eligible for the jackpot, your business needs to be women-owned, food, beverage, or CGP-focused, take in minimum annual sales of $10,000, and have been created on or after January 1, 2020.

• Deadline: September 23, 2024