Women’s Entrepreneurship
Custom Collaborative trains, mentors, and advocates for and with no/low-income and immigrant women to build the skills necessary to achieve economic success in the sustainable fashion industry and broader society. Their Training Institute, Business Incubator, and Worker-Owned Cooperative Development programs equip women with tangible skills, from garment design and production to business management, fostering their expertise and confidence to excel in various fields, especially within the fashion industry.
Hot Bread Kitchen’s mission is to create economic opportunity for women and gender-expansive people, immigrants, and people of color through job skills training, food entrepreneurship programs, and an ecosystem of support in New York City. Funding will support HBK Incubates, a food entrepreneurship program that supports the leadership development of women of color in New York City by advancing their small businesses.
Welcome to Chinatown’s mission is to amplify and address the critical needs of the Chinatown community and its API entrepreneurs, through a robust offering of community and capacity building initiatives, grants, and resources. Their Coach, Connect, Invest, Innovate program will provide curated programming to women small business owners and entrepreneurs in Manhattan’s Chinatown community.