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Red Backpack Fund

Status

Usually opens in March and April

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
$5,000

US$5,000 grants to female entrepreneurs; over US$5m distributed since 2020

Funder

The Spanx Foundation / GlobalGiving

private · national

Deadline: Closed — Ended: fund closed December 31, 2020 with all funds disbursed; no plans to reopen.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

US-based female-identifying entrepreneurs, business open at least one year, fewer than 100 employees

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.globalgiving.org/redbackpackfund/

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.globalgiving.org

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