Mission

We provide financial and leadership resources for aspiring female entrepreneurs building businesses to solve today's biggest social issues so they can have a boundless impact in society.

Boundless Futures Foundation supports female business-founders and mission-aligned nonprofit organizations through its two grant-making programs. 

EmpowHer Grants

Eligible Applicants: Female founders 22 years of age and older with businesses registered and operating in the United States. An applicant’s business must:

• Make a clear social impact;
• Be a registered for-profit entity;
• Be earning revenue, and 
• Not be more than three years old. 

To be awarded grant funding, applicants must self-report a credit score and agree to a third-party background check. Please refer to the Boundless Futures Foundation website for more information.

Businesses that are eligible for an EmpowHer grant address one of the following social issues through their product or business model: 

• Poverty & Hunger 
• Sustainability & the Environment 
• Strong Communities 

We define 'social issues' as issues that impact society, and we refer to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a useful tool for thinking about social issues. We believe that entrepreneurs have the potential to contribute powerfully to solutions to society's issues through successful businesses.

Applications are open at the beginning of each quarter. Applications are also reviewed quarterly, and grants are awarded at the end of each quarter. This is a competitive review process; we receive more applications than the number of grants we award.

If you do not have enough time to complete an application before it closes, please consider waiting to begin in the next quarter:

• Quarter 1: January-March 
• Quarter 2: April-June 
• Quarter 3: July-September 
• Quarter 4: October-December 

Businesses that have received EmpowHer grants in the past are described on our website. We encourage all prospective applicants to read about our past grantees.

When an application is open, the link is at the bottom of this page. If you do not see a link, please check back at the start of the next quarter.

Her Village Grants

Eligible applicants: Nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organizations that support female business-founders. Applicant organizations must be registered and operating in the United States and must offer entrepreneurship-related programs or services directly to women, including (but not limited to) skill-building opportunities, business mentorship, business education, business incubators/accelerators/services, and access to capital or financial support for businesses. 

One Her Village grant is awarded annually to a partner organization that shares Boundless Futures Foundation’s mission of solving systemic inequities through transformational support for female founders. Qualifying nonprofit Her Village grantees make a deep impact through their work to advance and strengthen women’s entrepreneurial resources, networks, access to capital, and educational opportunities with a focus on social enterprise and the power of businesses to be agents of positive social change.

The next Her Village grantee will be selected in 2026.

Thank you for your interest in Boundless Futures Foundation.