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Women's Business Development Council (WBDC)
WBDC Ignite Grant Program
Amount
$2,500 – $10,000
Deadline
Sep 13, 2026
Closes in 2 days
Odds
Not published
Effort
1 hour
Can you get this?
✓For 51%+ woman-owned businesses
✓Must be headquartered and registered in CT
✓At least two years in business with sales
✓Annual revenue between $25,000 and $2,000,000
✕Nonprofits and other non-LLC structures are not eligible
Your real odds
WBDC states outright that it cannot guarantee funding for every applicant, so this is a genuinely competitive process.
The program runs multiple rounds per year, which spreads the pool across cycles but means you are competing against a fresh round of applicants each time. The review committee weighs a clear use of funds tied directly to growth, strong financial projections, and job creation potential.
What it takes
Attend an information session (required before advising or applying)1 hour
Prepare your application: business description, use of funds, narrative, and financial projectionsSeveral hours to 1–2 weeks
Gather and upload supporting documents through the Wizehive application portal1–3 hours
Submit before the deadlineBy September 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Worth knowing
Your financial projections are scored directly, and they need to reflect your business's seasonality, so a generic spreadsheet will hurt you. WBDC offers free one-on-one advising and a projections workshop series, but you have to attend an information session first before any of that support opens up to you.
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