 EnrichHER Announces Recipients of March 2022 Small Business GrantThese women-led companies are serving their communities through dance, recreation, wellness, scriptwriting, beauty innovation, footwear, job placement and financial literacy.
By: EnrichHER, Inc. 
5K Grant Recipient Courtney Pettway
These businesses were chosen out of hundreds of entries and evaluated based on need, their business idea and pitch. Kidvestors is the winner of the $5,000 grant with seven runner-ups receiving $500 and a scholarship to EnrichHER's Business Financing Accelerator, a five-week program that trains diverse founders to connect to over $100,000 in funding through grants, loans, venture capitalists, pitch competitions, and other untapped sources of capital. Since 2019, EnrichHER has helped over 200 companies in 47 states connect to $14M in funding as part of a mission to make capital affordable and accessible to New Majority founders. To enroll in the next cohort of the Business Financing Accelerator, click here. To learn about how you can support the work of EnrichHER and their "Ownership Reimagined" vision, visit enrichher.com/ Read more about the grant recipients below: Courtney Pettway - KidVestors KidVestors™ (https://www.thekidvestors.com/) Az Yeamen - Bridge 17 Scriptwriter's Studio Bridge 17 Scriptwriters' Studio was created by AZ Yeamen, Executive Director and Founder of the Content Creators of Atlanta Awards, the only independent screenwriting awards show in Atlanta, GA, Bridge 17 is a community created for writers to learn, collaborate, and network with producers and writers offering Writer's Room style classes, Scriptwriter for Hire Services, Producer Story Creation, Story Prep, and Co-Work Space dedicated to writers. Tiffany Kirk - Project Restart Project Restart is a 501c3 that aims to reduce recidivism among formerly incarcerated individuals by exposing them to education and training program opportunities, employment opportunities and teaching them the key fundamentals of entrepreneurship. In addition, participants are matched with mentors and pitch for capital for their next steps. Dawn Myers - THE MOST Dawn Myers, founder and CEO, has been cooking natural hair solutions in the kitchen since way, way back. Most recently, she has channeled that creative energy in the tech space to build THE MOST, a marketplace and hub for natural hair enthusiasts looking for the latest and greatest in Afro Tech. "I started THE MOST because for Black women, basic hair hygiene and grooming is excessively complicated and cumbersome. Embracing my natural hair has given me a sense of self worth in ways too profound to describe, but the world doesn't accommodate my hair type. We're changing that by making hardware that major industry players lack the cultural insight to develop." Brianna Hairlson - Bri's Dance Place Located in the Northwest Indiana community since 2012, Bri's Dance Place is a studio that offers dance instruction for ALL ages, stages, and abilities. From the Tots N' Tutu's class for 2-3 year old's to the nationally recognized Bump N' Dance class for expectant moms, and the Creative Dance Therapy for students who have experienced trauma or have special needs, Bri's Dance Place offers the joy of dance to all! The idea for this program was birthed while founder Brianna Hairlson attended Howard University as a Dance Minor. The company's mission is to positively impact the lives of individuals through dance by building community, providing discipline, character development, and confidence through age appropriate choreography, music, and costuming from the best instructors in the industry and exposure to international arts related and performance opportunities. Christine Roman - Community Does It Founded in April of 2021, Community Does It is a 501(c)3, nonprofit organization that uses a combination of Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR), grassroots organizing and traditional public health to employ a new approach to public health: for the community by the community. Through the application of CBPAR methods, this initiative was conceived from the gathering of community members from the 75217 zip code to understand a common interest in improving the public health of their community. During this process, we learned that community members had long desired a mental health center for their children and teens. They agreed that the center should not only provide counseling services, but also educational support, emotional support and a network of resources for them as parents to feel equipped in helping their children. Brianna Hawkins - Two Chicks and a Picnic We are a luxury event-planning service that specializes in bohemian-style picnics, intimate events, and tailored experiences. We specialize in creating events that require little to no effort from the client by completely managing the planning, setup, and clean-up. While we started our business primarily hosting intimate picnics, we are slowly expanding into the multilayer event sector of our business through setting up for baby showers, birthday parties, holiday events, photo setups, anniversaries, proposals, and more by also including more elaborate features such as balloon arches, grass walls, floral walls, floral arrangements, backdrops, etc. We also provide client consultations for their own do-it-yourself (diy) set-ups and interior design planning. Premise Martin - Pedilicious Footwear Practical and stylish, the six-time patented/IP- ### ABOUT ENRICHHER EnrichHER is a financial technology platform that matches revenue-generating companies led by women and founders of color to individual and institutional sources of funding. A Certified B Corporation™ SOCIAL IG: @ienrichher, @roshawnnanovellus TW: @ienrichher, @drroshawnna LinkedIn: EnrichHER, Roshawnna Facebook: @iEnrichHER Photo: https://www.prlog.org/ End
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