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Grants

Amex Shop Small Grants Program

Status

Status not published

Rounds are administered by Main Street America alongside the Backing Small Businesses programme

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Amount
$10,000

US$5m programme announced by American Express in November 2025, distributing grants (base award reported at US$10,000) to small merchants. Confirm the current round's award value.

Funder

American Express / Main Street America

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Rounds are administered by Main Street America alongside the Backing Small Businesses programme

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

US brick-and-mortar small businesses that accept American Express

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://mainstreet.org/about/partner-collaborations/backing-small-businesses · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: mainstreet.org

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