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Strivers Grant Contest

The Fearless Fund, co-founded by Ayana Parsons, left, and Arian Simone, had offered $20,000 grants to businesses that are at least majority owned by Black women through its Strivers Grant Contest program. (Associated Press file)
Sep 13, 2024

Settlement ends grant program for Black businesswomen

NEW YORK — A venture capital firm has closed grant contest for Black female business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a […]

Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, co-founders and CEOs of the Fearless Fund, speak to journalists Jan. 31 outside federal court in Miami (Associated Press file)
Jun 5, 2024

11th Circuit: Grant program is discriminatory

NEW YORK — A federal Court of Appeals panel suspended a venture capital firm’s grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail […]


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