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.

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

Vanessa Ferragut

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

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.

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..

Find the support for your women-owned business

Resources

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.

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.

President and Founder

We make technology simple! TechMoxie provides patient, step-by-step coaching and support on all things tech. We specialize in working with the tech-adverse to take the frustration out of the equation. Need to learn to Tweet? Looking to up your Excel skills? Not sure how to use your new website? Need to master Google Drive or get more proficient with a smartphone? We are your people!

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.

Events

For Women, By Women, We All Belong Here

John Maxwell's Everyone Communicates Few Connect Training

To be a successful leader, you need to learn to communicate in a way that connects with others. Increase your influence by participating in this 90 minute 5 week John Maxwell training course, Everyone Communicates Few Connect. The cost of the training is $145 that can be transferred to another person.

The Woman Behind The Business Retreat

British Colonial Hilton

The Woman Behind The Business Retreat is designed to merge exploratory professional development with tranquility. You’ll encounter fun outdoor activities, coupled with engaging workshops to provide you with Strength | Strategy | Success: Your Toolkit to Sustainability!

Motivation and Engagement | Designing Strategies for Small Business Owners

Join us for a strategy workshop to develop approaches to foster motivation and engagement, not only for the business owner but also for those who work for you.

This session is specially designed for small business owners, CEOs, and women entrepreneurs who want to scale their business. This is not recommended for startup companies.

Community