HerRISE MICRO-GRANT FOR WOMEN OF COLOR
APRIL 2021 GRANT RECIPIENT
Malika Jacobs
Kingmakers offers interactive, online board game experiences designed to bring teams and groups together with laughter and play. We harness the power and joy of board games to facilitate events that build lasting bonds. From 2014 to 2020, Kingmakers operated two board game parlour locations, one in Columbus and one in Indianapolis.
MARCH 2021 GRANT RECIPIENT
Shannan Clarke
Queen & Baby offers curated breastfeeding support products, in-depth guidance from experts, and exclusive access to a growing community of peers and professionals, to assist Black moms in breastfeeding, postpartum, and returning to work. We are solving for the health disparities among Black mothers and babies due to the lack of support needed to sustain breastfeeding.
PAST RECIPIENTS
Malika Jacobs
Kingmakers
Shannan Clarke
Queen & Baby Box
Nadine Fonseca
Mighty Kind
Teneka Steed
Willene Agency
Stephanie Moody
Terre & Botanique
Gretchen Campbell
Grow, Encourage, Empower
Nicole Fenner
Sister Girl Publishing LLC
Jennifer Pierre Thomas
Jenteel Nature LLC
Pi-Isis Ankhra
P.S. 314
Azra Khalfan
Shirin & Aunali Khalfan Group, LLC
Aderemi Fagbamila
Royal Beauty Supply
Agnes Dural
A. Dural Staging & Design
Carly Diaz
Carly Diaz Photography LLC
Ilka McElveen
Kidz N Motion Child Care Center
Shernell Prescott
KP Customized Kreationz Inc
Teszra Cody
One On One Tax and Financial Group
Vanessa Lawson
Sproutland Learning Center
Sundrae Miller
Adara Spa Incorporated
Dr. Shelley Cooper
Diversity Telehealth
Sheena Parker
4SYT Industries
Fatou Jabbie
USL Technology Inc
Michelle Van Der Water
Rockin Cushions
Liana Robinson
Your Own Uniqueness (Y.O.U)
Juliana Rivera
Madefresh Organic
Erika Tate
Bluknowledge LLC
Thank You To Our Donors and Sponsors
Previous Year's Grant Recipients
Krystle Javier
Winning my first small business grant completely changed the dynamic of my business! I was able to invest in my website development, marketing materials, and some business equipment. I was able to triple my clientele in the last three years.
Portia Ingram
I’m thankful for the Grant because it has allowed me to afford to maintain my developer platform as my team and I expand the app’s capabilities. Thank you and I am forever grateful!
Sheri-Ann Best, LCSW-R
The Women on the Rise Grant helped Broadhollow Psychotherapy launch our Yoga for Emotional Health program. This awesome gift allowed us to expand our services and help women heal in new and innovative ways.
Mellany Paynter
The Women On The Rise grant was my first small business grant, which was impactful in helping me acquire software that was necessary to grow my service business. The competition allowed me to gain a high-impact awareness of my service idea, and taught me how to hone my message.
Clinnesha D. Sibley
Women on the Rise saw us, a small non-profit in Mississippi fighting to overcome the resource gap, and they invested. Because of the Women on the Rise Grant, we were able to produce a marketing video for our website and social platforms. As a result more people are aware of the work we’re doing in Southwest Mississippi.
Chef YaYa
Marsha is a great business mentor and can take your business to the next level. I received a grant when I took part in her business pitch competition the best decision of my life. My business has been going in the upward direction ever since that fateful day.
Miatheresa Alexander
A small business like the Parenting Cove often plants seeds of hope and faith believing that the seeds will take root and than bloom. But this process is often long, lonely for the owner, and challenging amid small budgets. Women on the Rise providing grants allow small businesses like the Parenting Cove to remain mission focused and worry a little least about funding.
Shaquille Riston
Thank you for seeing my vision in spreading Financial Literacy through my @finance_4fun program! Greatness is in store for Finance 4 Fun.
Pia Hicks-Flowers
Winning the grant helped me improve my shipping and packaging process as well as marketing efforts. As a result I’ve seen an increase revenue.