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Overview

Ready for Business Fund

Overview: Grant program supporting small business owners, particularly LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and those from underrepresented communities.

Geographic Scope: Washington State (Seattle area), focus on local LGBTQ+-owned and allied businesses

Focus Areas:

  • Supporting transgender, gender-diverse, and QTBIPOC (queer and/or trans Black and Indigenous people and People of Color) entrepreneurs

  • Small business development and growth

  • Economic equity for marginalized entrepreneurs
  • What They Fund:

  • Business development and technical support

  • Visibility and networking opportunities

  • Business resources and consulting

  • Support for businesses creating affirming workplaces for LGBTQ+ employees
  • Eligibility:

  • LGBTQ+-owned businesses

  • Trans and gender-diverse entrepreneurs

  • QTBIPOC entrepreneurs

  • Small business owners
  • Support Services:

  • Networking opportunities within GSBA community

  • Business technical support

  • Visibility and marketing assistance

  • Connection to additional business resources
  • Contact Information:

  • GSBA

  • 400 E Pine St Ste 322

  • Seattle, WA 98122

  • 206.363.9188

  • Office@theGSBA.org

  • Website: thegsba.org
  • Background: The Ready for Business Fund is part of GSBA's comprehensive business support ecosystem helping LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses with access to resources, capital, and safe spaces often unavailable to LGBTQ+ people and entrepreneurs of color.

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    lgbtq-businessessmall-businessesminority-businesses

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