FedEx Launches Fifth Annual Small Business Grant Contest
February 21 2017 - 7:13PM
Business Wire
$120,500 in Total Cash and Prizes Up for Grabs
in 2017 Contest
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today announced that it will launch its
fifth annual Small Business Grant Contest on February 21, 2017.
This year, the contest offers grants and services to ten small
businesses, distributing a collective prize pool of $120,500—the
largest sum since the contest’s inception. For the first time this
year, the winners will also receive an additional dollar amount in
credit to use towards FedEx Office print and business services to
help run their businesses. The awards will include:
- Grand prize: One (1) winner of $25,000,
plus $7,500 in FedEx Office® print and business services
- Silver prize: One (1) winner of
$15,000, plus $5,000 in FedEx Office print and business
services
- Bronze prize: Eight (8) winners of
$7,500, plus $1,000 in FedEx Office print and business
services
“Small businesses play a vital role in our economy and this is
just one of the many ways FedEx helps passionate small business
owners achieve their dreams of growth and success,” said Bonnie
Voldeng, director of Go-to-Market and Content Strategy at FedEx.
“Over the past five years, we’ve seen winners take their business
to the next level with the help of a FedEx grant, and that’s what
this contest is all about—being able to give small businesses the
boost they need, while staying on as a trusted advisor through the
life cycle of those businesses.”
The 2016 contest attracted candidates from across the United
States and garnered more than 400,000 votes. Grand Prize winner
Ginjan Bros., a small business that develops and brings to market
traditional African drinks, is run by two entrepreneurial brothers
originally from West Africa. Through the $25,000 grant and support
of FedEx shipping services, Ginjan Bros. was able to ramp up
production, both to fill their current orders and produce enough
inventory to support expanded distribution. They also put a portion
of the cash prize toward securing organic and GMO-free product
certifications. The brothers also plan to expand their e-commerce
business, now that they are aware of the resources FedEx offers to
help small businesses with packaging and logistics.
“Being recognized like this means the world,” said Mohammed
Diallo of Ginjan Bros. “Something like this — winning a grant like
this — could only happen in America. We are living the American
dream right now.”
Over the past four years, 13,000 businesses have entered the
contest in the United States alone. The contest has now grown from
one country to nine countries and the grant pool for the U.S.
contest has grown from $50,000 to over $120,000 in total
prizes.
The 2017 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest is open to
U.S.-based for-profit small businesses with fewer than 99 employees
and operating for six months or more. To enter, participants must
visit www.fedex.com/grantcontest and enter their contact
information, write a short profile about their business and upload
four photos of their business or product, including their logo.
While not required, participants also have the option of submitting
a 90-second “elevator speech” video to supplement their entry.
The contest entry period is open from February 21 to March 29,
2017, with voting to take place from March 1 to April 5, 2017.
Following a judging period, winners will be announced on April 25,
2017 at www.fedex.com/grantcontest.
FedEx. Solutions that Matter.® Helping Small
Businesses.
The FedEx portfolio of services allows small businesses to gain
access to the global marketplace and to shipping, logistics and
printing solutions. For more information on how FedEx helps small
businesses, please visit the FedEx Small Business Center at
fedex.com/smallbusiness.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $58 billion, the company
offers integrated business applications through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000
team members to remain “absolutely, positively” focused on safety,
the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of
their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx
connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit
about.fedex.com.
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