business grants

Man standing in dry cleaning store (© Deaudrea 'Sha' Aguado/Bridging Virginia)

Investing in small, diverse businesses is good for the economy

What is a social impact investment fund? Learn how firms support small businesses owned by people of color and women.
Mutale Kapekele sitting, speaking into microphone (Courtesy of WEAC/U.S. Embassy Zambia)

Zambian women build sustainable businesses

Zambian women are expanding businesses with support from U.S. programs, providing energy, food and education to their communities.
Mike Pompeo speaking at lectern with GES logo in background © Phil Nijhuis/AP Images)

Pompeo praises risk-takers and visionaries

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins business and political leaders at the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague.
Young man in traditional Philippine garb (USAID)

Youth in the Philippines stand up for their futures

Meet a young man in the Philippines who was able to restart his T-shirt company with the help of USAID after ISIS militants tried to take over his city.
Tomatoes on the vine (Hung Vo/USAID)

Greenhouses of hope

Learn how an Albanian farmer got a second chance after the fall of communism through a USAID grant that helped him and other farmers increase production.
Woman sitting in dimly lit shanty room sewing (© AP Images)

A solar sales network helps rural India [video]

Work and study stop in rural Indian villages at sunset or must be done by risky kerosene lamps. Frontier Markets delivers solar power instead.
Bike wheels (Detroit Bikes)

U.S. and Israeli companies join to build a better bike

An innovative binational foundation offers grants for joint research-and-development projects combining companies in the U.S. and Israel.
Array of pumpkins on ground (Shutterstock)

From pumpkins to profits  —  a Ugandan success story

Since getting a solar dryer using a U.S. grant, Fatuma Namatosi has produced 1.5 million kilograms of pumpkin products and taught farmers to grow pumpkins.
Man taking photo of huge, white wind turbine blade (© AP Images)

Recycling old wind turbine blades could be the next business opportunity

Many in the renewable energy industry are looking to turn a potential landfill problem into a profitable recycling opportunity.