2018 Grant Program

BEACON is a community-led
campaign to make Washington, DC
the most influential and supportive
city for women entrepreneurs in the
United States.

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Building Inclusive Ecosystems with Intentionality: A Strategy to Enhance Support for DC's Women Founders

Becoming Beacon

Our goal is to make Washington, DC a model city to demonstrate how investors, companies, mentors and government can work together to ensure women entrepreneurs have an equal opportunity to succeed.

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Help Us Build DC's Most Complete Directory of

Women-Owned Businesses

Vanessa Ferragut

Greenease is a mobile app that connects consumers with restaurants, cafes and grocers that buy from local and/or sustainable farms.

Just Rock Enterprises

Just Rock offers music, dance and pe instruction via private, group and workshop experiences throughout the DMV.

Founder, Owner, Designer

Meaning “smile/laughter” in Swahili, Kicheko Goods is a socially conscious company that designs distinctive pieces which invest in education. Founded in 2014, Kicheko is an emerging brand made in DC. Concepts for the brand’s small batch collections are inspired by geometry, nature, and travel. Kicheko's aesthetic shares an unrefined boldness, sophisticated earthiness and playful simplicity..

Krystin Hargrove

Empowomant is a for-profit social impact organization, empowering women to live with intention. We explore 3 core areas: self, family, and career applying our 3 step method of vision, work, and follow through to support women seeking personal and professional alignment. Through collaboration, we work to empower women around the world.

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Resources

Young African Professionals Network (YAP)

The Young African Professionals (YAP DC) Network is the premier conveners of events and opportunities for young African diaspora professionals ages 21-40. We provide timely and relevant resources, we facilitate innovative professional development experiences, we foster inspirational networking, and we encourage impactful community building.

Advancement Strategist

Halcyon is a creativity incubator for both social entrepreneurs and socially-conscious artists. Halcyon Incubator, our flagship program, is a competitive, 13-month fellowship program, which includes a 5-month residency, to support the most promising early-stage social entrepreneurs in the world. Incubator accepts 2 cohorts of 8 social enterprises each year and has worked more than 60 ventures.

Alexandra Suchman

Owner and Problem Solver

AIS Collaborations

I help people who do good work be able to work even better. I work with small businesses and small non-profits to overcome the day to day operating challenges that can eat up way too much time, money, and energy and interfere with focus on the mission. I help identify very simple, customized solutions that specifically address the challenged faces by leadership and their teams.

Founder and CEO

The Spectrum Circle

The Spectrum Circle is a platform, a community and a movement. A panel series of women innovators who connect and share professional and personal experiences through honest conversations to educate and inform about their life journey.

Women featured at The Spectrum Circle series are innovators, leaders, creative, drivers, makers and influencers in all aspects of business and industry

Events

For Women, By Women, We All Belong Here

1 Million Cups Washington, D.C. Feb 20, 2019

WeWork Metropolitan Square

We are proud to bring 1 Million Cups to Washington, D.C. bi-weekly. Be part of a global movement to caffeinate our ecosystem and make a profound impact on a monthly basis, on the second and last Wednesday morning 8:30am-10:00am at WeWork Metropolitan Square D.C.

Please register to ensure proper beverage count.

Brews and Brackets

Le DeSales Restaurant

It's time to fill out your March Madness bracket! How do you pick your winner?

Do you rely on the best mascot? Bank on your Alma Mater? We have a better way.

Join us for a night of beer and stats, and learn how to leverage data to pick a better bracket.

Free RSVP at: http://bit.ly/BrewsMarchMad19

Love Travels: Entrepreneurship and Military Spouses

We know military families face constant challenges. However, military spouses have found a way to integrate themselves to the work force.

Join us to hear their inspiring stories about entrepreneurship. Get your free ticket at: http://bit.ly/MilitarySpousesFeb19

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