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Founders First CDC Job Creators Quest Grant

Status

Status not published

Periodic grant rounds announced on the Founders First site

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Amount
$10,000

Grants historically US$5,000-10,000 to diverse-led small businesses that create quality jobs

Funder

Founders First Community Development Corporation

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Periodic grant rounds announced on the Founders First site

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 service-based businesses led by women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ or military veteran founders, with 2-20 employees and revenue between roughly US$100,000 and US$5m

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

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Source. https://foundersfirstcdc.org/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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