Comcast RISE
Usually opens in May
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
Grant package worth around US$5,000 in cash plus a technology makeover, creative production, a media schedule, business consultation and educational resources. Recent cycles awarded 500 recipients across five named metro areas.
Comcast Corporation
private · national
Deadline: annual_call — Applications have run in a one-month window (recent years: 1-31 May) restricted to a small rotating set of named cities each cycle
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Up to 100 employees
- small enterprises
- Stage: growth
- Locally registered entity required
Owner must hold at least 51% of the equity. Business must be independently owned (not a franchise location), operating at least three years, revenue-generating for the prior 12 months, and located in an eligible Comcast market. Owner must be 18+ with no felony, tax or child-support convictions.
Source. https://risegrants.ey.com/RISE/ — checked 2026-08-14
""actively operating for at least three (3) years"; "no more than one hundred (100) employees"; "at least 51% of the equity""