Project Grant SGH10020GR0041

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...

The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...

The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. to provide training and counseling services to small businesses owned and controlled by women. Specifically, the organization will assist women entrepreneurs in Cleveland, Georgia through removing...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $107,880 to Kustawi Africa LIMITED through a Cooperative Agreement under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The award will support the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs 2022, Cohort 4 initiative from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program provides assistance awards by U.S....

The Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc. to deliver training and counseling services from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2025 to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women. Specifically, the organization will work to remove...

The Greater Houston Women's Foundation (GWHF) received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance (WBOA) program. The WBOA program aims to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women through training and counseling to remove discriminatory barriers to accessing capital and support services. Under this Continuation Option Year 2 award, GWHF will provide training and...

The Houston Women's Business Council, Inc. (doing business as Women's Business Enterprise Alliance) has been awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043). The grant, effective from September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2024, will enable the non-profit organization to provide entrepreneurship education, training, counseling, and resource services to...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award provides $150,000 in funding to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc., a non-profit Community Development Corporation and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), to support its Women's Business Ownership Assistance program. This program is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under CFDA 59.043. The grant enables Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs to deliver a range of entrepreneurial development services to...

This federal Project Grant award of $150,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043) is provided to Access To Capital For Entrepreneurs, Inc., a non-profit community development organization. The funding will support the delivery of training, counseling, and technical assistance services to help women-owned small businesses, with a focus on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs, across 68 counties...

The Greater Houston Women's Foundation (GHWF) received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 59.043). The grant will fund GHWF's continuation of services through September 2026 to assist small businesses owned and controlled by women. Specifically, GHWF will provide training and counseling to remove discriminatory barriers these women...