Are you a local, female-owned Pittsburgh business or do you know one that is deserving? If yes, then apply for 84 Lumber EmpowHER Grant Contest 2023.
Donor Name: Pittsburgh Penguins
State: Pennsylvania
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Contest
Deadline: 02/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
In honor of Women’s History Month in March, the Pittsburgh Penguins and 84 Lumber are joining forces to give back to a female-owned business within their community and provide them with a $25,000 grant to support their business.
84 Lumber is a proud nationally certified woman-owned and -operated business through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and the Penguins embody giving everyone an equal chance to succeed and thrive. The EmpowerHER Grant is a part of 84 Lumber’s L.I.F.T. (Leading & Inspiring Females to Thrive) program with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominator/Voter Eligibility: To be eligible to make a Submission and/or vote in the Voting Phase you must be a legal resident of the fifty (50) United States and D.C. and eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the time of entry. Each eligible person who makes a Submission is a “Nominator”.
- Business Eligibility: Businesses eligible for nomination as part of a Submission must be a 100% woman-owned business that is located in one of the following counties in Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington or Westmoreland whose business purpose is not, and/or does not promote, activities that are sexually explicit, obscene, pornographic, discriminatory (based on race, sex, religion, natural origin, physical disability, sexual orientation or age), offensive, threatening, profane, or harassing; promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of the foregoing) or any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; or promote any political or religious agenda or message (a “Business”).
- Business Verification: Once a Submission has been made for a Business, the Business is subject to certain verification of eligibility requirements set forth by Sponsor, including the requirements listed below (“Business Verification”). The owner/operator of the Business must:
- Consent to participate in the Contest;
- Submit to a credit check and complete any documentation required by Sponsor to complete such credit check;
- Provide all requested documentation to prove full ownership of the Business;
- Sign and return an affidavit of eligibility; and
- Agree to be bound by the Official Rules of the Contest
If the owner(s) of a nominated Business cannot be reached (regardless of reason), does not respond within the designated time or any nomination notification is returned as undeliverable, then such Business may be deemed ineligible. Sponsor and the Pittsburgh Penguins LP and each of their employees, parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, related companies, representatives and agents (collectively, “Contest Parties”) and members of their immediate families (spouse and parent, children, siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside or persons living in the same household (whether related or not)), are not eligible to participate in the Contest.
Submission Criteria
Each Submission must meet the following criteria, as applicable:
- Answers to the three (3) Submission questions must be no more than 3,000 characters per question and must be in English;
- Submission must be an original work of the Nominator;
- Submission must not: o contain material which is (or promotes activities which are) sexually explicit, obscene, pornographic, discriminatory (based on race, sex, religion, natural origin, physical disability, sexual orientation or age), offensive, threatening, profane, or harassing;
- promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of the foregoing) or any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous;
- promote any political or religious agenda or message; o contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including, but not limited to, material that violates privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights or that constitutes copyright infringement.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sponsor reserves the right to permit, in its sole discretion, incidental and non-infringing uses of trademarks owned by others.
For more information, visit 84 Lumber EmpowHER Grant Contest.
