2024 Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grant For Kid Entrepreneurs
⚠️ Applications for this grant are closed. See our main Opportunity Grants page for information about this program.
Apply For A $2K Grant For Kidpreneurs
The Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grants Program is a critical part of our mission to spark positive change in the small business space. Its only purpose is to provide funding to businesses that experience barriers to traditional financing. While many groups find it difficult to obtain traditional bank lending or venture capital investment, the 2024 Opportunity Grant will be awarded to five young entrepreneurs.
Kids may not have long credit histories or tons of capital, but they do have great ideas and the energy, vision, and creativity to make a business work. Make a cool product? Offer a unique service? Sell your own inventions? Tell us all about it! We want to help take your dreams to the next level. In addition to a $2K award, we’re offering each winning business free mentorship and business coaching advice from our CEO.
Applications open on this page on April 8th, 2024 and remain open until May 31st, 2024. Five winners will be selected for these $2K grants, and the winning business owners will be notified in mid-July.
⚠️ Important Note: If you have received any messages asking for payment regarding our grants, this is fraudulent and should be reported. There are no fees associated with our grants and we will never contact you directly on social media.
If you received the message on social media, please report the account as fraudulent to the platform where you received the message. Find instructions on how to do this via Facebook here. You may also report the scam directly to the Federal Trade Commission and to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. Please submit a report via our contact page with any information you can (such as email addresses, websites, or social media accounts belonging to the scammers) so that we can take action as well.
Who Can Apply?
Any business majority-run by a minor child between the ages of 10-18 that operates on US soil is eligible to apply for one of the Merchant Maverick Opportunity Grants. The business must have been operating for at least six months as of April 8th, 2024.
You must confirm that you meet the eligibility requirements below to open the full application. Please read the instructions carefully, as incomplete applications will not be accepted. Note that the grant funds will be issued directly to the minor child via check or ACH deposit. The child or business must have their own/its own bank account to be eligible; we will not distribute funds to parent or guardian accounts.
