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Fearless Foundation Strivers Grant Contest

Fearless Fund Strivers Grant Contest

Status

Closed for now

Permanently closed in its original form. Recorded here because the case reshaped US race-conscious grantmaking: several US funders restructured or paused demographic-restricted grant programmes in its wake, so founders should expect similar programmes to use broader eligibility language.

Closed
Amount
$20,000

Awarded USD 20,000 grants to businesses owned by Black women, alongside mentorship and digital tools.

Funder

Fearless Foundation

private · national

Deadline: Closed — The contest was permanently discontinued in September 2024 as part of the settlement of the American Alliance for Equal Rights lawsuit challenging its Black-women-only eligibility criterion.

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

Originally restricted to businesses at least 51% owned by Black women; this restriction was the subject of the litigation that ended the programme.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://americanallianceforequalrights.org/american-alliance-for-equal-rights-concludes-lawsuit-against-the-fearless-funds-black-only-strivers-grant-contest/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: americanallianceforequalrights.org

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