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2024 Elevate Together Application portal closed July 5, 2024 Awardee's will be announced the last week of July. |
ELEVATE TOGETHER™ Cash Grants is designed to address systemic discrimination and historical racial disparities in business growth and profitability in Black and Hispanic communities. Through a partnership with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the initiative helps support Hispanic small businesses with five or less employees. The ODP Corporation (parent company to Office Depot) is the initiative’s founding partner. 2024 Small Business Grant applications opens June 17th - July 5th. Small business eligibility requirements for cash grants:
Typical grant amount ranges up to $5,000 per business. Application closed July 5, 2024 |
Timeline: June 17 - July 5, 2024 Call for applications July 8 - July 26, 2024 Committee will review applications Week of July 29, 2024 Cash grant recipients notified by the LA Latino Chamber Week of August 5, 2024 Cash grant recipients receive congratulatory letter from Elevate Together and next steps for completing mentoring with SCORE. August 10th Recipients will be highlighted at the LA Latino signature program " A Night in Havana" September - October 2024 Recognition events hosted in Office Depot stores; grantees receive OD gift cards November 1, 2024 Deadline for cash grant recipient to complete three mentoring sessions with SCORE. The Elevate Together committee will review applications. Qualifying applicants will be interviewed by the committee. Awardees of the grants will be notified during the week of August 5, 2024 and be recognized at the LA Chamber signature "A Night in Havana" on August 10, 2024. Grants will be distributed December 7th at the Annual Fiesta Navidad event in San Dimas. For questions about this program, please contact our LALCC staff at (213) 422-9019 or Olivia E Rios, Director of Operations, at Olivia@corekineticspt.com. |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
How does a business participate in the Elevate Together initiative?Hispanic small business owners interested in participating in the initiative must contact the Los Angeles Latino Chamber of Commerce during standard business hours Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm PST. Why should a business participate in the Elevate Together initiative?Hispanic small business owners that are part of the Elevate Together initiative will receive short and/or long term-term education and training, mentoring and advisory services delivered by local community partners. Some businesses may also be eligible to receive a cash grant or in-kind products and services from the initiative. In how many locations will the Elevate Together initiative be launched?Elevate Together will launch in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and South Florida. The initiative will eventually be expanded to additional geographic locations in the United States. For more information visit ElevateTogether.org. |