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WHAT IS STACY'S RISE PROJECT®?
The Stacy’s Rise Project™ is a program committed to empowering and supporting women entrepreneurs on their paths to establishing a successful business through funding, mentorship, and community. At Stacy’s, our mission is to #HelpWomenRiseCA.
Inspired by our own roots as a woman-founded company, the Stacy’s Rise Project™ was launched in the U.S in 2019. The program has connected thousands of women entrepreneurs and provided over $1,000,000 in funding in addition to resources and mentoring to elevate the leaders that help our communities thrive. There are approximately 1.1 million women entrepreneurs in Canada1, but many of these women face barriers to proper funding and mentorship, which limits professional growth.
We invite women entrepreneurs to take part in this groundbreaking program by clicking the link below to apply. We want to help you expand your network, get press, find new customers, financing, and more. Plus, you could be featured in Stacy’s® advertising. Join us, and be found.
1 Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y., Chavoushi, Z. H., Blanchette, S., Noshiravani, R. (2021). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2021. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/State_of_Womens_Entrepreneurship_in_Canada_2021.pdf
If selected, grant recipients will receive:
Five $25,000 Business Grants will be awarded to recipients
Four months of 2:1 PepsiCo executive mentorship
Increased visibility through the Stacy’s® brand platform
A peer network with other women entrepreneurs
Are you eligible to apply?
See if your organization is eligible* to apply by responding to the questions below
Applications open between November 9 and December 15, 2023!
STACY’S RISE PROJECT APPLICATIONS DUE IN:
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STACY’S RISE PROJECT GRANT RECIPIENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 2024.
Meet the Class of 2023 Founders
The Home of plant-based Caribbean Goodness. Choose Life Food’s mission is to create nutritious plant-based alternatives to the Caribbean’s most beloved dishes so consumers with different dietary restrictions can enjoy them.
Carolyn Simon
Choose Life Foods
Founded by a mom of three and teacher, these award winning daily visual schedules are proven product solutions with the goal to help children, adults and families have happier and easier days.
Elaine Tan Comeau
Easy Daysies
100% Indigenous women-owned, unique maple syrup company. Located in Neqotkuk (Tobique) First Nation, Wabanaki Maple provides a twist on tradition with a signature, aging maple syrup in previously used bourbon, whiskey, rum and oak barrels.
Jolene Johnson
Wabanaki Maple
Women owned and led superfood chocolate company. 7 Summits Snacks provides tasty and purposeful chocolate products designed to 'fuel your next adventure'.
Kristyn Carriere
Seven Summits Snacks
WHY WE RISE
Women have shaped history and made history – by being resilient. But a woman’s work has no finish line. When progress feels stalled, or even under siege, our roots can push us forward. Through our founders’ stories we’ll see the roots- the stories and voices and fortitude of those who came before- are a rich reserve of resilience, powering us towards progress, propelling us into the future.
When one Woman rises, we all rise.
Stacy’s Woman-Founded Story
When Stacy Madison started making pita chips at her sandwich cart in Boston, she knew passion, hard work, and using only quality ingredients were what her customers deserved. Stacy would make baked pita chips every day and would hand them out as free samples to customers waiting in line for their sandwich.
The samples were an immediate hit, and Stacy’s Pita Chips was founded shortly after in 1997.
Even two decades later, we are still committed to our values and doing what it takes to make our best snacks. True to our history as a woman-owned business, we are thrilled to help women entrepreneurs of today rise through mentorship, grants, and community.
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