On the road to CROWDFUNDING
Oh hey there!
If you have been following us, you’ll know the big news. If you haven’t, well, we got big news!
STUK Designs has been chosen for the IFundWomen Caress Dream to reality Fund!
Saying that we’re excited is an understatement. We’re thrilled and immensely grateful for this opportunity. This grant is going to support our mission to provide girls in underserved communities the gift of art to help them realize their true potential and flourish their growth.
Let’s talk about this wonderful grant and what it does for businesses like us-
Caress is the founding partner of IFundWomen of Color and has committed $1,000,000 to IFundWomen over the next two years to support women of color entrepreneurs and small business owners through COVID-19 relief and the Dreams to Reality Fund. They provide access to the education, tools, resources, and FUNDING businesses need to take their dreams to the next level.
Through the Dreams to Reality Fund, 150 diverse founders will receive $1,000 in grants and $1,500 in 1:1 intensive coaching to execute successful crowdfunding campaigns. The businesses are offered a year of coaching, will go through a 6 month fund raising program to prep, launch and successfully execute their crowdfunding campaign this year, a $1000 grant, and networking opportunities.
As recipients of this fund, we’ll be provided with all of the above for our Self-Love driven business.
We are dedicated to our purpose, and currently have two active programs- LittleHeartists and F.L.Y. Girl Initiative.
LittleHeartists- The Little Heartists Program teaches kids Self Love through art. This program holds the belief that Self Love is a divine responsibility and the deeper your Self Love, the greater your protection in this world! This program helps children affected by anxiety, stress, trauma, social media addiction, or depression find new ways to share their feelings and experiences by incorporating meditation and intention setting into each lesson.
F.L.Y. Girl Initiative- The First Love Yourself Initiative is our grant program. It allows us to give educational funds to individual girls in underserved communities, so that they can afford art supplies, school tuition, meals, clothes etc! It matures girls who lack financial confidence into limitless women who do what they love for a living.
Considering our purpose and ambition, you might understand what this opportunity means to us. Our entire team has been hard at work, and are enjoying themselves along the way.
We also plan to document this entire crowdfunding experience for which we will be uploading vlogs to our IGTV. So you can come along on this journey with us! If you’re someone who has a small business, or you plan on starting a small business, stay tuned!
The STUK community has been incredibly supportive, and we would be extremely grateful if you lovely queens continue to support us and root for us.
Have a blessed, powerful, and purpose filled day!
Blog Manager.