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Funders to approach for Business Education Fund

North Bethesda, Maryland$700k revenue25 funders on file

Business Education Fund supports its flagship project, main street alliance, to: ensure authentic small business owners themselves are part of defining the problem and informing policy solutions so that the needs of even the smallest and least connected businesses are heard; recruit and support small business owners to share powerful stories to highlight the real needs of small business; and shift the narrative - in the media, with decision-makers, and within more mainstream business groups - about priorities for main street small business…

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a funder to approach

Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$68k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$3k$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$57k–$550kover two years, from 2–5 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$140kfrom 4 new funders

Half the value is in your top 16 funders, of 163

$0$270k$550khalf from the top 16likely range1st10thAll 163
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationGives in Washington, D.C. (331 of 580)Similar grantees: Education Forward DC ($210k/yr), College Summit Inc ($44k/yr)1 in 27$24k
  2. 2The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSimilar grantees: Small Business Majority Foundation Inc ($35k/yr), The Actors' Fund of America ($500/yr), East Bay Community Foundation ($530k/yr)1 in 15$7k
  3. 3Annie E Casey Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Small Business Majority Foundation Inc ($33k/yr), Grantmakers for Education ($10k/yr), Redf ($420k/yr)1 in 29$14k

160 more funders on the list for Business Education Fund

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