If you are small business and meet FedEx qualifications to participate in their annual grant contest, you may be one of ten small businesses to share more than $330,000 in grants and services, as part of the FedEx Annual Small Business Grant Contest.
The contest is open to U.S.-based for-profit small businesses that have 1-99 employees. Your business must be operating to sell a product or service for six months or more as of January 31, 2023, and have a shipping and printing need.
This is the 11th year that FedEx has held the competition that has an entry period from January 31st until February 21st of 2023. Those qualifying for the contest’s full rules may submit their entry to www.fedex.com/grantcontest.
A Top 100 finalists will emerge from the initial judging round who will receive a range of prizes. The ten grand prize winners receive $30,000 as a grant plus a $1,000 FedEx Office print credit, a $300 voucher from My FedEx Rewards, and access to FedEx Premier Customer Service.
“FedEx will soon celebrate fifty years of connecting people and possibilities with small businesses serving as a crucial part of our success. We can’t wait to see who wins this year and what the future holds for these incredible entrepreneurs,” said Jenny Robertson, senior vice president Integrated Marketing & Communications, FedEx.
In addition to the top ten winners, FedEx has partnered with the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Small Business Insurance to provide $20,000 to one winner who is also a veteran-owned small business.
Plus, for the first time the People’s Choice Awards will be conducted via a 10-day voting period from February 27 to March 8, 2023 for the public to choose a daily winner for $1,000 digital cash gift cards.
All winners will also receive a range of prizes that includes a sustainable packaging consult from FedEx Packaging Lab, a digital consult from the FedEx Digital Sales Solutions team and more.
Applicants must enter their business information (including their FedEx shipping account number), write a short profile about their business, and upload up to four photos of their business or product, including their logo. They have the option of submitting a short “elevator pitch” video to supplement their entry.
The Top 100 finalists will be announced April 12, 2023. Following an additional judging period, winners will be announced May 11, 2023 at www.fedex.com/grantcontest.
The FedEx Annual Small Business Grant Contest last year received close to 18,000 entrants from across the United States. Over the past ten years a total of more than $1.6 million in cash & prizes was awarded to over 111 businesses.
