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Between the SBA 504 and 7(a) programs in the 2023 fiscal year, 13,056 were approved for women-owned businesses of 50 percent or more, compared to the 42,409 approved men-owned businesses. Gender ...
Designed to offer economic mobility, Beyond Open Small Business Grants provide capital to businesses in Charlotte, North Carolina, that are owned by minorities, women, veterans, LGBTQ+ and ...
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The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10.6 million women-owned businesses so as to provide mutual support, share resources, and provide a single voice to help shape economic and public policy. As of 2025, the ...
The Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 was an act of the United States Congress introduced by John LaFalce aimed at aiding the success of women business entrepreneurs. [1] [2] It provides a basis for policies, programs, and public/private sector initiatives supporting women's business endeavors. [3]
A 2015 study showed that businesses owned by women and people of color lose $1.1 billion annually in government contracts. [45] Women in California earn only 80 cents for every dollar a man earns on average, and women of color and single moms make less than 60 cents on the dollar for the same work as their white male counterparts. [16]: 12
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In 1972, women-owned businesses accounted for 4.6 per cent of all U.S. businesses—that was about 1.5 million self-employed women. That number increased to 2.1 million in 1979 and 3.5 million in 1984. In 1997, there were about 5.4 million women-owned businesses and in 2007, that number increased to 7.8 million.