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Hello Alice × Verizon Digital Ready Small Business Grant

Hello Alice / Verizon

$10,000 per recipient

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The short version

$10K grants — free to apply after 2 free courses

Same programme as the LISC-administered Verizon Small Business Digital Ready grant (GrantCompass record: lisc-verizon-small-business-digital-ready-grant). Hello Alice's offer page lists the Verizon-funded $10,000 grant as ongoing: complete two free Digital Ready courses or events, then apply once to stay eligible all year. Hello Alice administered earlier cycles; the 2026 round's rules, award count and dates are LISC's.

Funding type
Grant
Level
Private
Amount
$10,000
Realistic amount
$10,000 (fixed award for all 50 recipients)
Deadline
Open now — complete 2 Digital Ready courses/events between Jan 1 and Dec 7, 2026 to unlock the application; 10 grants awarded monthly June-December 2026, final decisions by Jan 12, 2027.
Status
active
States
Nationwide
Payment model
lump sum

Who qualifies

What it covers

Eligible expenses

  • Working capital and general operations
  • Equipment and technology
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Inventory
  • Hiring and payroll
  • Professional services

Ineligible expenses

  • Personal expenses
  • Debt repayment (not explicitly stated but typically excluded)

How to apply

  1. 1

    Create free Verizon Digital Ready account

    Enroll at no cost at the Verizon Digital Ready portal via Hello Alice. This is a prerequisite to applying for the grant.

    ~30 min

  2. 2

    Complete 2 courses or 2 events

    Complete any 2 free online courses (financial management, digital marketing, customer retention, operations) or attend 2 virtual events. Typically takes 2–4 weeks.

    ~4 hrs

  3. 3

    Submit grant application

    Fill out the Hello Alice grant application during the open window. Describe your business and specifically how you would use the $10,000.

    ~1.5 hrs

  4. 4

    Await review and notification

    Applications reviewed on specificity of fund usage and demonstrated business impact. LISC selects 10 businesses a month, June through December 2026 (70 in all).

Insider tip

The educational prerequisite filters out casual applicants — completing the 2 courses before the cycle opens puts you ahead. Specificity wins: state exactly what $10K buys (e.g. '3 months of inventory for holiday season').

Deadline & timing

The December 2025 cycle closed at 11:59 PM PT on December 10, 2025. Verizon Digital Ready has run multiple grant cycles annually since 2021. Next 2026 cycle expected but not yet announced as of May 2026.

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We don't draft Verizon Digital Ready grant applications: its application sits behind an account and two required courses. We do draft these seventeen. Answer a few short questions once and we draft your application from what you tell us: only your facts, with a blank wherever the judges want a detail only you know. You submit it yourself. Six are for women-owned businesses; eleven are open more widely.

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