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Veterans & MilitaryGrantOpen
Founders First CDC
Stephen L. Tadlock Veteran Grant
Amount
$1,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
20 winners nationally
Effort
5 min
Can you get this?
✓Must be a U.S. military veteran
✓Must be CEO, President, or Business Owner
✓Business must have 2 to 100 employees
✓Annual revenue must not exceed $5M
✓Business must be at least 1 year old
Your real odds
Twenty finalists split a $20,000 fund, drawn from a national applicant pool, so competition is real.
Selection works against a fixed cohort of 20, and pre-registering early gets you advance notice when the full application opens in September 2026.
What it takes
Pre-register to get notified when open5 min
Submit full application
Undergo semifinalist and finalist review
Worth knowing
Finalists receive free access to either Passport Community ($1,499 value) or Zebra Leadership ($1,699 value), which means the total package runs well above the $1,000 grant on its own.
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