2018 Grant Program

Beacon
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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Check out BEACON's latest report:
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

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Shelita White
President
Just Rock Enterprises
Just Rock offers music, dance and pe instruction via private, group and workshop experiences throughout the DMV.
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Krystin Hargrove
Founder
Empowomant
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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Sarah Bayot
Founder, Owner, Designer
Kicheko Goods
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..
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Resources

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Aisha Saaka
Co-Founder
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.
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Elaine Pinson
Advancement Strategist
Halycon
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.
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Frank Ball
Founding Partner
New Dominion Angels
New Dominion Angels was formed with the intention to make group angel investing accessible, fun and intellectually stimulating. We strive to offer a friendly, collegial environment and at our core believe that investing as a collaborative group fundamentally improves the likelihood of making better investment decisions.
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Events

For Women, By Women, We All Belong Here

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Thru
7
Feb 2019
iFundWomen 4-Week Crowdfunding Boot Camp
Hera Hub DC

Want to do a crowdfunding campaign, but overwhelmed by what needs to be done to be successful? Want to learn from someone who had a successful and professional campaign?
Join IFundWomen Certified Coach, Deborah Owens, at Hera Hub DC for a 4-week boot camp to help you build your campaign, produce your video and so much more! Seating is limited since it is very hands-on, so register early.

Sat
19
Jan
The Confident Woman 1-Day Intensive

An intimate, intensive experience for any woman who wants to learn to be herself, in any room, authentically, confidently leading from her heart to boldly create the life of her dreams.

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