The EY Entrepreneurs Access Network helps businesses bridge these gaps, empowering them to achieve greater growth through tailored support in these critical areas.
Donor Name: EY
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 08/29/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Small to mid-market businesses are fundamental to the US economy as they represent approximately 44% of US GDP. In fact, small businesses make up 99% of all US businesses and employ 46% of the private workforce (61.6m individuals). However, many of these emerging and independent enterprises do not reach their full potential due to barriers in coaching, connections, curriculum, and capital.
Benefits
Those joining the Entrepreneurs Access Network community will:
- Join an elite network of the country’s best entrepreneurs
- Be part of a community of high-growth company leaders
- Experience an educational platform designed for today’s busy executive
- Be invited to webcasts featuring top business leaders and organizations
- Be assigned an EY professional as an EAN Relationship Ambassador to help guide them through the EAN 12-month growth journey.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for participation, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- The applicant must be the CEO, President, or Founder of a privately-held, for-profit company registered and operating in the US or its territories.
- Business type and ownership:
- The business must be a for-profit entity and not a nonprofit organization or government-affiliated entity.
- Only franchisors are eligible; franchisees are not eligible to apply.
- The applicant must have majority ownership and decision-making authority in the company.
- For companies with co-owners, the total ownership must meet the minimum criteria, meaning the applicants combined must have majority ownership and decision-making authority in the company, with each applicant owning a minimum of 25%.
- A maximum of two applicants can apply from any one organization.
- The business must have a minimum of $1 million in annual revenue for at least the past two consecutive years as demonstrated by financial records.
- Businesses that do not yet meet the revenue requirement may still qualify if they can demonstrate:
- Significant market traction, such as rapid customer growth, strategic partnerships or contracts.
- At least $1 million in external investment from venture capital, private equity or other institutional investors.
- Scalability and growth potential with a clear path to surpassing the revenue threshold within the next two years.
- For entrepreneurs who have sought outside investment, the founding entrepreneur may still apply if majority ownership stake is retained after deducting all outside investments.
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