Comcast RISE to Award $1 Million in Grants to Small Businesses Owned by Women and People of Color in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck

Application process for Comcast RISE Investment Fund grants open to eligible small businesses June 1-14

DETROIT – May 12, 2022 – Comcast today announced it will award $1 million in grants to 100 Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American owners, among others. Detroit was one of five cities, including Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Twin Cities, selected for the program. Comcast will award a $10,000 grant to 100 local businesses from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, for a total of $5 million across 500 businesses. This brings the amount awarded to $16 million to date.

The application process will open to qualifying businesses June 1-14, and prospective owners must have their businesses located in the geographic boundaries of Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck.

“The Comcast RISE Investment Fund supported my business at a very critical

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New ‘Comcast RISE Business Directory’ Lists Nearly 300 California Small Businesses Owned by People of Color

This Holiday Season and Beyond, Support Local Small Businesses Owned by People of Color That Have Been Among the Hardest Hit by the Pandemic

California –News Direct– Comcast California

Comcast California today unveiled a new RISE Business Directory for laptops and mobile phones, highlighting nearly 300 California small, diverse-owned businesses that have received grants, marketing and technology services from the Comcast RISE program. This new, interactive directory makes it easy to support California’s small businesses owned by people of color that have been hardest hit during the pandemic.

Last year, Comcast launched Comcast RISE, a national effort to uplift and support local small businesses hardest hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic — focusing primarily on small businesses owned by people of color. The RISE program was created to invest in the success of these diverse small businesses by providing them with the tools and resources they

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Fort Bend County small businesses of color share in $1 million in Comcast grants

One hundred small business owners of color from Fort Bend and Harris counties learned Nov. 23 that they would receive $10,000 grants from Comcast to aid in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The one-time grants from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund are the second round of a total of $2 million in funding in the counties this year. RISE stands for representation, investment, strength and empowerment. Comcast originally started the program to support small businesses battling hardships amid the pandemic, but the global media and technology company plans to carry it into the future.

“We are proud of all of our small businesses. The impact they have in Fort Bend County is invaluable. Many of our business owners, particularly our minority-owned businesses, have faced unprecedented challenges over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and require a wide range of support to help their businesses survive,” said Fort Bend

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