Ready for Business Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
A grant program providing financial support to LGBTQ+ and allied small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Geographic Scope: Washington State, Seattle area
Focus Areas:
- Supporting LGBTQ+-owned small businesses
- Trans and gender-diverse entrepreneurs
- QTBIPOC (queer and/or trans Black and Indigenous people and People of Color) entrepreneurs
- Business development and expansion
Background:
The fund is part of GSBA's comprehensive support for business owners from marginalized communities. Recipients receive grants to support business growth and development.
Contact Information:
- GSBA
- 400 E Pine St Ste 322
- Seattle, WA 98122
- Phone: 206.363.9188
- Email: Office@theGSBA.org
- Website: thegsba.org
How to Apply
Application Process
Specific application procedures are not detailed in the provided content.
Contact GSBA for more information:
- Phone: 206.363.9188
- Email: Office@theGSBA.org
- Website: thegsba.org
What Greater Seattle Business Assn Scholarship Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 2
- Total given
- $53K
- Median grant
- $26K
- Range
- $5,875–$47K
- By dollars: Washington 100%. Top recipient cities: Seattle, WA.
Example grants
Greater Seattle Business Assn · Seattle, WA
Ready for Business Recovery Grants
$47K
The GSBA Foundation · Seattle, WA
Ready for Business Recovery Grants
$5,875
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- LGBTQ businesses
- Small businesses
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