WBDC Ignite Grant Program Helps Women-owned Businesses - Applications OPEN!

The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is excited to announce the next round of their Ignite Grant Program, which opened on August 12th, 2024! The deadline to apply is September 24th, 2024.

The Ignite Grant Program is designed to help women-owned businesses grow. The program offers grants of up to $10,000 to women-owned businesses in the state of Connecticut who have been in business for 2 or more years and have revenues between $25K and $2 million. Since the start of the program, WBDC has distributed 328 grants of over $3 million to women-owned businesses in Connecticut. For additional information and more details on the program, please visit their website. 

 Starting August 14th, they will hold one-hour informational webinars each week throughout August and September to assist prospective applicants with their applications before submitting. There will be 6 sessions in English and 2 sessions in Spanish. Interested applicants can register for a live information session on their website under the drop down link for "Register for Information Session".

Eligibility Businesses must: be at least 51% woman-owned, have been established for at least two years, have a record of annual sales/revenue in the last 12 months greater than $25,000 and less than $2,000,000, be headquartered in CT, registered in the state of CT, and owned by a CT resident, be owned by a woman at least 18 years old be in good standing with the CT Department of Revenue Services (DRS), have an established business checking account utilize a formal, digital bookkeeping/ financial system (e.g., QuickBooks), be a for-profit business, have invested at least $2,500 into the business in the last 12 months (unless business is located in a distressed municipality). Childcare businesses are not eligible.