{"id":511736,"date":"2021-07-12T08:14:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/bmo-expands-grant-program-for-women-owned-businesses-across-north-america\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T08:14:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:14:47","slug":"bmo-expands-grant-program-for-women-owned-businesses-across-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/bmo-expands-grant-program-for-women-owned-businesses-across-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"BMO Expands Grant Program for Women-Owned Businesses Across North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n          <b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n          <i><br \/>\n            <span class=\"xn-money\">$200,000<\/span> in grants will be awarded to 26 women-owned businesses <\/i>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n          <i>Applications open <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 26, 2021<\/span>, and close <span class=\"xn-chron\">August 13, 2021<\/span><\/i>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n          <i>Grant recipients will be announced in November<\/i>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">TORONTO<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">CHICAGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 12, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8211;\u00a0BMO Financial Group today announced the expansion of its 2021 Grant Program for women-owned businesses across <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, in collaboration with Deloitte. As part of this year&#8217;s program, <i>BMO Celebrating Women<\/i> \u2013 a BMO-owned community program \u2013 has pledged <span class=\"xn-money\">$200,000<\/span> in grants and will recognize six women-owned businesses across <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> for their contribution to social, environmental and\/or economic sustainability outcomes through their organizations&#8217; policies, practices or products. <\/p>\n<p>Grants will be broken down between <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span> and U.S. as follows:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>18 grants will be awarded to women-owned businesses in <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>; 10 grants of <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span> CAD and eight grants of <span class=\"xn-money\">$2,500<\/span> CAD <\/li>\n<li>Eight grants will be awarded in the U.S. of <span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000 USD<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to build on the momentum and success of our Grant Program last year and expand our support for women entrepreneurs across <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>. This is an opportunity to remove barriers for women-owned businesses and to help those already leading positive change in their communities to grow the good,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Erminia (Ernie) Johannson<\/span>, Group Head, North American Personal and Business Banking, BMO Financial Group. &#8220;This year, we&#8217;re awarding grants to women-owned businesses that are advancing social, environmental or economic sustainability, and we continue to look for new and bold ways to support and advance women in business.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to work with BMO as they expand this program to the U.S. to support women entrepreneurs,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Kathy Scherer<\/span>, Vice Chair and Chicago Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP. &#8220;Women-owned businesses are a vital piece of our economy and Deloitte is committed to advancing their financial progress.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>To assist with the grant recipient selection process, BMO is collaborating with key strategic partners and leaders in sustainability across <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> to form this year&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3224529-1&amp;h=4007875950&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbmoforwomen.com%2Fcelebrating-women%2F2021-advisory-panel%2F&amp;a=Advisory+Panel+of+Judges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Advisory Panel of Judges<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>BMO is a long-time leader in the advancement of women in business. Since announcing the annual BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program in 2020, BMO has:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Launched Empower \u2013 a series of long-term commitments to advance inclusive economic recovery in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, pledging <span class=\"xn-money\">$5 billion<\/span> over five years to address key barriers faced by minority businesses, communities and families. <\/li>\n<li>Announced <span class=\"xn-money\">$1.2 million<\/span> in funding to SheEO \u2013 a not-for-profit company which offers financial support to businesses led by women and non-binary people. BMO&#8217;s financial commitment will allow SheEO to fund all 2021 venture applicant companies working to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. <\/li>\n<li>Launched a <span class=\"xn-money\">$750 million<\/span> Women in Business Bond solution with proceeds being allocated toward women-owned enterprises as defined in BMO&#8217;s Sustainable Financing Framework, including micro, small and medium-sized businesses. <\/li>\n<li>Set new diversity goals for senior leader and executive roles through its Zero Barriers to Inclusion 2025 strategy, including maintaining its leadership in gender diversity with at least 40 per cent of senior leader roles filled by employees who identify as women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about the US Grant Program, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3224529-1&amp;h=1008469232&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmoharris.com%2Fmain%2Fbusiness-banking%2Fwomen-in-business%2F&amp;a=bmoharris.com%2Fwomen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bmoharris.com\/women<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Canadian <span class=\"xn-person\">Grant Program<\/span>, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3224529-1&amp;h=1623346198&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbmoforwomen.com%2F&amp;a=bmoforwomen.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bmoforwomen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About BMO for Women<br \/><\/b>BMO is committed to supporting initiatives that empower women within its workforce and the communities the bank serves. BMO has partnered with organizations such as the Women Presidents&#8217; Organization, GroYourBiz, Women Business Enterprises, and Women Get On Board to provide expertise, leadership, knowledge, and opportunities for women to network and learn. In 2018, BMO announced <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span> billion\u00a0in capital available over three years specifically for Canadian businesses owned by women. Through the only bank-owned recognition program for women in\u00a0North America\u00a0\u2013 BMO Celebrating Women \u2013 BMO celebrates successful women who have given back to their communities or achieved success in business. Since 2012, BMO Celebrating Women has honoured more than 200 women in communities across\u00a0Canada\u00a0and\u00a0the <span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About BMO Financial Group\u00a0<br \/><\/b>Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider &#8211; the 8th largest bank, by assets, in\u00a0North America. With total assets of\u00a0$987 billion\u00a0as of\u00a0April 30, 2020, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Deloitte<\/b><br \/>\n        <br \/>Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax and advisory services to many of the world&#8217;s most admired brands, including nearly 90% of the Fortune 500\u00ae and more than 7,000 private companies.\u00a0Our people <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3224529-1&amp;h=3203744024&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.deloitte.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fpages%2Fabout-deloitte%2Farticles%2Fcome-together-corporate-social-impact.html%3Fid%3Dus%3A2el%3A3pr%3Acometog%3Aawa%3Agreendot%3A11112020%3Aboilerplate&amp;a=come+together\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">come together<\/a> for the greater good and work across the industry sectors that drive and shape today&#8217;s marketplace \u2014 delivering measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in our capital markets, inspire clients to see challenges as opportunities to transform and thrive, and help lead the way toward a stronger economy and a healthier society. 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As part of this year&#8217;s program, BMO Celebrating Women \u2013 a BMO-owned community program \u2013 has pledged $200,000 in grants and will recognize six women-owned businesses across North America for their contribution to social, environmental and\/or economic sustainability outcomes through their organizations&#8217; policies, practices or products. Grants will be broken down between Canada and U.S. as follows: 18 grants will be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/bmo-expands-grant-program-for-women-owned-businesses-across-north-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BMO Expands Grant Program for Women-Owned Businesses Across North America&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BMO Expands Grant Program for Women-Owned Businesses Across North America - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/bmo-expands-grant-program-for-women-owned-businesses-across-north-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMO Expands Grant Program for Women-Owned Businesses Across North America - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire \u00a0 $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 26 women-owned businesses Applications open July 26, 2021, and close August 13, 2021 Grant recipients will be announced in November TORONTO and CHICAGO, July 12, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8211;\u00a0BMO Financial Group today announced the expansion of its 2021 Grant Program for women-owned businesses across North America, in collaboration with Deloitte. 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