Mission

We provide financial and leadership resources for female founders who leverage their businesses for both growth and good.

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 five 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, or Humanitarian Aid
• Sustainability & the Environment 

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 reviewed on a rolling basis. Grants are awarded in the spring and fall. 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 an upcoming application cycle:

• Winter 2026: application open January, grants awarded spring 2026
• Spring/Summer 2026: application open May-June, grants awarded fall 2026
• Fall/Winter 2026/2027: application open November-January, grants awarded spring 2027

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 grant cycle.

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 announced in January 2026.

Thank you for your interest in Boundless Futures Foundation.