Small Business Grants for Women in Kentucky
Here’s how to get small business grants for women in Kentucky.
A Google search will bring up a long list of sites offering business grants to women. But most of those sites either look like scams or convoluted government (Small Business Administration) sites that are going to want a lot of personal and financial information about you.
Not to worry: WomensNet.net can help you find real grants, loans, and other funding for your business venture. Yes, you’re still going to have to put in some hard work and time. But if you’re serious about getting your business to the next level, you’ll find our site a big help.
The perfect place to begin? Our Amber Grant for Women. Businesswomen from Kentucky (and all around America) are eligible to apply for this monthly $10,000 Amber Grant — so today would be the perfect time to apply. And if you are awarded the $10,000 grant, you’re automatically eligible for our year-end $25,000 Amber Grant. That’s right: You could earn $35,000 in total grant money this year.
After you’ve applied for our grant, please take a bit of time to check out the resources below. There are folks in Kentucky waiting to help women business owners just like you.
Resources for businesswomen in Kentucky:
Lexington SCORE
389 Waller AvenueSuite 130, Lexington, KY 40504
Ph: (859) 231-9902
Louisville SCORE
600 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Place, Federal Office Building, Room 188
Louisville, KY 40202
Ph: (502) 582-5976
Purchase Area SCORE
301 BroadwaySuite B36, Paducah, KY 42001
Ph: (270) 442-5685
Email: Paducah@score-kentucky.org
Kentucky Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Email: bpw-ky@insightbb.com
Small Business Development Center
One Quality Street Suite 635, Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: 859-257-7668
What is an Amber Grant?
WomensNet launched the Amber Grant in 1998 to honor the memory of an ambitious young woman who died at the age of 19, before she could realize her entrepreneurial aspirations. Today, these grants help women like you fulfill the dreams that Amber could not.
How Does It Work?
Every month, WomensNet judges award one or more Amber Grants of $10,000 each. Then, at the end of the year, one of those grant recipients is selected to receive the $25,000 Amber Grant.
How Do I Apply?
By telling us your story. There are no lengthy, complicated documents to complete; just answer a few questions about your business. But hurry—applications are due by the end of the month for the next $10,000 Amber Grant.
Watch videos from our Past Grant Winners
Not Sure Where to Start?
You’re in luck. We’ve done hours of research and compiled a list of the 16 best small business grants available for women today—and we’d love to share it with you!
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“16 Terrific Grants for Women Business Owners.”
Six steps you should take when looking for a business grant:
- Problem or need you want to address
- Audience that will benefit from your product or service
- Kind and amount of support you need
- Resources and commitment your group brings to the project
- Potential and prospective partners in the community
- Corporate foundations
- Civic foundations
- Private foundations
- Are able and likely to fund projects in your geographic area
- Share a similar core mission or goals
- Have already supported similar ventures or projects
- By Geographic Location (city, state, region)
- By field of interest or program subject
- In your state
- Your type of organization
- Your subject
- The type of support you need
- Your size project
- Contact them directly to request annual reports and other publications
- Search print and online media to identify projects that received grants in the past
- Ask former grant recipients for advice and why they felt they were successful over other applicants
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