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

Just Rock Enterprises

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

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.

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.

Margaret Kamara

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.

Managing Director

At MindFarm, we connect the best, most experienced independent consultants in their fields with the non-profit organizations that need them, quickly and cost effectively. MindFarm sources senior talent capable of making an immediate impact on businesses by engaging consultants for interim executive positions, project-based assignments, and professional part-time engagements.

Managing Partner

Conscient Strategies

Conscient Strategies works with organizations to make change sustainable. We are committed to empowering organizations and innovative leaders to develop internal cultures that embrace change, that not only withstand disruption but thrive in it today, tomorrow and into the future.

Events

For Women, By Women, We All Belong Here

A Daring Leader Social Hour: Conversations & Connections

Cobec Consulting, Inc.

A different type of happy hour and networking event for those looking for connection and conversation.

Empowomant Huddle Series

Are you ready to live your best life? Looking to change the direction of your life, but don't know where to start? Is it time to take that leap of faith into purpose? Looking for career, small business, or entrepreneurship community? If you've answered YES to these questions, Empowomant is the right community for you! Join us for a weekend of intention setting.

Art All Night at Congress Heights Arts + Culture Cente

Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center,

Art All Night: Made in DC is Washington, DC’s free overnight arts festival, taking place in six DC Main Streets neighborhoods, bringing visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including businesses.

Community