Today, we’re delighted to reveal 5 finalists for our May Amber Grant ($1,000). One recipient will be eligible for our year-end Amber Grant ($10,000).
Keep an eye out for an email and a blog post announcing the winner next week. We’ll also share the news on our Facebook page.
Until then… congratulations to the finalists, and best of luck.
TipGenie is a mobile payments and social impact startup based in Mountain View, California.
WNS Events is a boutique event planning agency that specializes in curating corporate, charity and social events in Sports and Entertainment.
Upcycled Stone takes excess stone that would otherwise be tossed into the trash and upcycles it into products including fire pits and pavers.
Lara’s studio space is created specifically for local creatives and wellness professionals to learn from each other and grow their businesses.
Influenced by the Sandy Hook tragedy, Stacy’s goal is to improve school/building security and safety.
Front Forty
Lauren Condell
Website
Front Forty is a grab n’ go concept providing personalized, healthy, farm-to-table meals at the touch of a button — made possible with a network of next-generation kiosks.
Hope Adoptions & Consulting
Amber Van Dyke
Website
Hope Adoptions and Consulting is a licensed adoption agency offering home study and post placement services to families across Northern Wyoming.
Re-Nuble
Tinia Pina
Website
Re-Nuble uses a proprietary process enabled by technology to offer effective, environmentally friendly, bio-based products to the agricultural industry.
WiGo Trips
Jaqui McCarthy
Website
Vital Step Physical Therapy & Fitness
Lyndsay Brown
Website
Vital Step provides clients with the steps necessary to reach a level of maximal recovery and independence in a supportive, compassionate environment.
Spirited Grape
Brenda Audino
Website
Spirited Grape’s approach to wine education is not simply learning about wine, but fostering an understanding of the industry. Spirited Grape will offer industry recognized wine certification programs which have been developed by internationally recognized organizations including: Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET), The Society of Wine Educators (SWE) and others.
Accents, School of Foreign Language
Brenda Beaudette-Kaim
Website
Brenda’s mission is simple: to provide fun, interactive immersion foreign language classes to children and adults ages four and up. She creates a comfortable and friendly learning environment so everyone can thrive. She wants students to have an enjoyable and positive experience! ASoFL focuses on speaking where students are actively engaged through word/image association, conversation, fun physical and artistic activities, music, and even theatre.
Sleep N Feed
Victoria Goodwin
Website
The Sleep N Feed is a multifunctional co-sleeper/nursing pillow/traveling bassinet system that transforms for different feeding positions and accommodates babies from birth to one year of age. Drawing on personal experience, Victoria’s goal with the Sleep N Feed is to provide babies a safe sleeping space and to make breastfeeding easier and more comfortable.
Omiga™
Karen Cohen
Website
Omiga’s patented technology detects physiological signs that first appear at the point where physical and cognitive ability is considered legally impaired. These signs are scientifically analyzed and recorded, and the results are reported. Omiga’s communications capabilities can transmit customized results to designated recipients, simply record the testing results for future processing, or even disable a vehicle’s ignition.
BLOOM
Bri Alexander
Website
BLOOM was inspired by idea that language and culture should be accessible to the communities and descendants it belongs to. By working in conjunction with tribal and ethnic nations and their existing language initiatives, BLOOM makes learning one’s language easier and more accessible than ever before.
Congratulations to the finalists — we will announce the winner shortly!
Pepper
Jaclyn Fu
Website
Jaclyn and co-founder Lia Winograd started a company that makes better fitting clothes for small-chested women, starting with bras. The goal for Pepper is to help women redefine their own body standards and celebrate the body they’ve got.
Jamie Lee Photography
Jamie Lee Martinez
Website
Jamie’s portrait photography business is located in San Antonio, Texas, and specializes in newborn and child photography. A life-long lover of photography, Jamie beautifully captures precious moments from the early years of life.
Hey Paddle
Rebecca Tongsinoon
Website
Hey Paddle brings indoor workout studios to the outdoors on paddle boards, giving you a unique experience. Austin, Texas provides the perfect backdrop for this emerging business that’s rooted in self-growth and overcoming challenges.
Connect2Nicu
Shante Nixon
Website
Connect2nicu is developing web and mobile apps to help health care providers and parents who have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They are a team of world-class health professionals, developers, testers, analysts and creative thinkers who collectively address NICU issues with technical solutions.
Lactation Link
Lindsey Shipley
Website
Lactation Link offers online breastfeeding classes, e-Consults, in-person breastfeeding classes and in-person breastfeeding consultations. Drawing on personal experience, Lindsey aims to educate the many mothers looking for guidance during this critical time.
*Thanks for reading. Note that we’ll announce the July winner by Friday the 11th.
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“You have to be in it to win it...seize the opportunity and apply.”
“Every month, WomensNet awards three $10,000 Amber Grants to women-owned businesses. At the end of each year, monthly grant winners are eligible to receive one of three $25,000 annual grants.”
“Launched 20 years ago this grant honors the memory of a young woman who wanted to be an entrepreneur but died at age 19 before she could achieve her goal.”
“The Amber Grant offers three $10,000 grants to women-owned businesses each month. Then, at the end of each year, WomensNet gives an additional $25,000 to three grant winners from that year.”
“This organization offers monthly grants of up to $10,000 to support female entrepreneurs starting businesses. Those who qualify for these grants are also in the running for a yearly $25,000 grant.”
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