Strive Community Innovation Fund
Big ideas for small businesses
$1m in grants available!
Applications are currently closed. The next open application period will be announced on our social media.
Selection
We will use 4 simple criteria to select proposals:
1. Significance & impact
- Does the project address at least one of Strive Community’s three pillars for supporting small business: digitizing operations, using financial services and participating in digital markets?
- What impact could be achieved if the project is successful?
- Is there alignment with Strive Community focus areas of supporting businesses with fewer than 10 employees with digital and data first solutions?
2. Applicability & transferability
- Will the project inspire others to similarly innovate on supporting small business?
- Can other organizations benefit from the learnings and insights generated in this project?
- Can the solution or insights be applied, adapted, or transferred broadly?
3. Feasibility & sustainability
- Does the articulated plan seem suitable for reaching the desired outcome?
- Does the requested budget seem reasonable for the project proposed?
- Does the project center on a solution that has financial viability at scale?
4. Additionality
- Would the innovative solution or insights be realized without this funding?
- Would the project be implemented in an improved way with this grant?
- Is Strive Community inspiring something truly innovative by de-risking it for the awardee?