Comcast Rise

Comcast on Monday announced it will award $10,000 grants to 100 small businesses owned by women and people of color in Cook County through its Comcast RISE Investment Fund.

Comcast Corporation has announced a major expansion of Comcast RISE to all women-owned businesses nationwide, furthering its efforts to advance digital equity and help provide underrepresented small business owners with access to the digital tools and funding they need to thrive.

The $1 million in local grants is part of a $5 million multi-city initiative designed to support BIPOC- (Black, Indigenous and other People of Color) owned small businesses in Chicago and Cook County, as well as Atlanta, Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia, that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applications are now open for $10,000 Comcast RISE grants for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned small businesses in Chicago and Cook County.

NBC Universal’s parent company Comcast has launched Comcast RISE to help small businesses that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and social unrest, with 100 $10,000 grants to be given out in the Chicago area. Comcast’s Vice President of Digital and Customer Experience Teresa Ward-Maupin explains.

The Comcast RISE Investment Fund is providing $5 million in grants to hundreds of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned small businesses in five cities nationwide, including $1 million in Chicago and Cook County, Comcast announced.