FedEx Launches 5th Annual Small Business Grant Contest

FedEx Corp. (www.fedex.com/grantcontest) has announced the launch of its 5th annual Small Business Grant Contest on Feb. 21. 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.

Over the past four years, 13,000 businesses have entered the contest in the United States alone. 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.