- Program Flint Area
- Program Area Restoring Community Vitality
- Grant Amount $78,000
- Grant Period July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020
- Location Flint, MI, United States
- Geographic Focus Flint
About this grant
This grant will support the Ferris Wheel Innovation Center to organize and implement business pitch competitions in Flint. The grantee was established to help entrepreneurs in an economically disadvantaged community gain access to supports that advance their ideas. Pitch competitions are a way to provide struggling entrepreneurs with the resources needed to move their business concepts forward. Competition winners will receive financial resources and all participants will receive mentoring from business professionals.