AAPISTRONG has given over $8M in Grants to AAPI-owned Businesses
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2024 AAPISTRONG Restaurant Fund
Grubhub and National ACE announced that 170 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)-owned restaurants were awarded grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 made possible with a grant from the Grubhub Community Fund.
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2023 AAPISTRONG Restaurant Fund
Grubhub and National ACE announced that 70 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)-owned restaurants were awarded grants of $15,000, made possible with a grant from the Grubhub Community Fund.
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2023 Wells Fargo Grant
With support from Wells Fargo, National ACE distributed $75,000 in grants to businesses in 5 cities - San Francisco, Minneapolis, Atlanta, New York City, and Houston.
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2022 AAPI Cohort
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready offered 10 grants to AAPI entrepreneurs of $10,000 each to strengthen their marketing plan and process.
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2022 AAPISTRONG Small Business Grants
National ACE and Reimagine Main Street awarded 102 grants to AAPI-owned business across the country thanks to support from Meta. Grant awards ranged from $10,000 to $50,000.
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2022 AAPISTRONG Restaurant Fund
In 2022, National ACE was able to offer the Restaurant Fund to 73 AAPI-owned restaurants across the country., thanks to funding from the Grubhub Community Fund.
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2022 Proudly Unstoppable Fund Winners
We continued our AAPISTRONG Proudly Unstoppable fund supported by UPS in 2022, providing 27 grants of $5,000 each to AAPI-owned businesses throughout the United States.
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AAPISTRONG 2022 Inclusive Backing Winners
Inclusive Backing is a $1.65M year-round grant program aimed at backing underrepresented small business owners as they navigate the pandemic and plan for long-term success. American Express funded 55 AAPI-owned businesses with $5,000 grants each in 2022.
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AAPISTRONG 2021 Proudly Unstoppable Fund Winners
In 2021, National ACE’s AAPISTRONG Proudly Unstoppable Fund, supported by UPS, provided 27 $5,000 grants to AAPI-owned businesses throughout the United States.
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AAPISTRONG 2021 Restaurant Fund Winners
The 2021 grant was supported by a $2 million donation from Grubhub’s “Donate the Change” program, where customers were asked at check out to round up their bill to support AAPI Restaurants throughout the month of May. 196 AAPI-owned restaurants received grants ranging from $8,000 - $10,000.
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