Her Pro Bono Program offers technical assistance and one-on-one coaching for Black women founders primarily in retail-facing businesses. The program will support Black women founders across Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia.
The program will provide support to small businesses in the following areas: Operations, Marketing, Sales, Fundraising, and Wellness. The areas of focus will strengthen the business’s infrastructure, positioning women to become credit and capital ready. Grant opportunities are available.
If your business offers 1-1 coaching in Business Operations, Fundraising, Marketing, Sales, or Wellness, this is for you! Join a community of cultivators aiming to uplift black women-owned businesses to meet the demands of their growing businesses.
Our Village United’s HER Pro Bono Program will provide business support to Black women-owned businesses throughout Metro Atlanta. These services range from 1-1 coaching to Business Operations, Fundraising, Marketing, Sales, and Wellness. This is a paid partnership and is open to service providers nationwide.
Application responses are assessed based on the following criteria:
Due to the expected high volume of applications, we may not be able to reply to each application. Be sure to check out the FAQs for answers to common questions.
We’re looking for service providers who are accomplished in their areas of practice. This partnership will be exciting and requires flexibility and understanding that the HER Pro-bono Technical Assistance Program will be fast-paced and ever-changing.
The pay structure is determined based on the service package that will be provided, length of time, and budget. This is a new program so we are working to honor our providers while also maintaining a budget for program longevity.
We will email all businesses/consultants who are selected to participate in the program. Be sure you provide your best email address.
Our goal is to email each business even if they were not selected.
The program is 8 months long. We are looking for providers who can honor this length of time.
We are looking for businesses that have established experience providing services. If this would be your first time serving customers, we ask that you apply after you’ve acquired success stories in your business. You may also want to consider joining our “Elevate” program.
No. Our service providers can be from all backgrounds and/or ethnicities.
This is determined by the Our Village United team during the selection process based on the services offered by the provider and the needs of the businesses accepted into the HER Pro-Bono Program.
This is the first iteration of HER Pro-Bono. We ask for your continued patience and support as we work hard to build out this program. There will be opportunities and listening sessions designed to gather feedback on the program.
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