And many are accepting applications right now.
Author:FashionistaPublish date:Jun 19, 2020According to CBS News, 40% of Black-owned enterprises might not make it through the Covid-19 pandemic.
A-Cold-Wall*, the U.K.-based luxury brand founded by Samuel Ross, announced in June that it would fund 10 individual £2,500 grants — so, £25,000 total — that would be awarded to independent, Black-owned businesses that applied via e-mail within a 72-hour period. The response was "overwhelming," the designer told Vogue.
Boma JewelryIn June, Seattle-based brand Boma Jewelry announced a grant that will award a Black jewelry designer with $7,500 worth of mentorship , sample development and production opportunities. Suzanne Vetillard, the company's CEO, said that it "[recognizes] that we have resources now that many Black jewelry designers have never had access to.
Pyer MossIn March, Kerby Jean-Raymond's Pyer Moss posted an "imperfect solution" to the financial burden many minority-owned businesses were experiencing due to Covid-19 . The brand would dedicate $50,000 to help small, creative-focused companies run by POC and women through this tough period.
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