welcome to the high five grant for moms
If you’re both a mother and business owner: We see you, we support you, and we recognize your efforts with your company and kid(s). Since 2018, we’ve been granting business dreams to women like you.
2025 grant TIMELINE
APPLY
Applications open here September 1-30, 2025. Mom entrepreneurs are invited to apply here. Plan 30-60 minutes to complete your application and share the high five “why” behind your business on social media, tagging our title sponsor, @theprofitabilityproject, and include the hashtag #highfivegrant so we can find you.
JUDGING
October 1-10 2025. Every application is reviewed. A judging panel of experienced entrepreneurs who support mom-founded businesses narrow down entries to eight (8) promising finalists.
VOTING
October 10-17 2025. Eight (8) finalists announced, featuring their business story. Then voting begins for your favorite mom-owned business! One vote is allowed per device.
HIGH FIVES!
October 20, 2025. Grand Prize winner announced! Every finalist will receive a grant check to grow her business.
Check back soon to see how much grant money will be awarded in 2025!
High Five Grant for Moms winner, Elisha Bixler, receiving her $10K grant for How’s Your Day Honey
GRANTING BUSINESS DREAMS SINCE 2016
Women have unique strengths and challenges in entrepreneurship. We’re doing our part to help more ambitious mothers reach the $1 million revenue mark.
Thanks to generous sponsors, we’re proud to support promising mom entrepreneurs. These grants are not venture capital, and never need to be paid back. We see it as a boost to help you grow!
Our turn to be bold: We plan to give $1 million in grants by 2033.
Total High Five Grants awarded since 2018:
$93,000
plus more than $43,000 in goods & services!
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AM I ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?
The Mama Ladder helps ambitious mom entrepreneurs grow their businesses. We want to see more moms reach $1 million revenue in their companies, and the #HighFiveGrant is to help you get there. For 2024, there are four eligibility requirements:
You ARE A MOM! This grant is exclusively for women caregivers with human child(ren) of all ages. If your children are adults, we say: “Once a mom, always a mom.” This grant also welcomes first-time expecting moms, stepmoms, and foster moms.
You own at least 50% of a for-profit product or service-based business and are serious about growth.
You can verify earning business revenue in the past 12 months, between $10,000 to $500,000 annual revenue.
Your business is headquartered in the United States or Canada.
Stay tuned for our 2025 judging panel announcement!
High five grant Video
story behind the high five
Dear friend,
Building a business with baby on board!
HIGH FIVE for being serious about your business and committed to your babies!
My story: I was laid off from my corporate ladder job while expecting my second baby. When he was born, no job offered the flexibility I wanted with two kids under age two. With big goals and little know-how, I “created my own ladder” to fit my motherhood by launching a marketing company in 2016.
My first client made a deposit of $5,000. That initial capital meant so much and gave me confidence to grow. I worked with mentors, played with my babies, and worked on my business. In our first full year, we passed $100,000+ revenue. Fast forward to 2023, and Comma is a baby-friendly, $1 million-revenue agency featured in Forbes, and one of the fastest growing companies in Utah three years in a row. I’m so grateful. Best part? Being a business owner gives me freedom to be there for my kids.
At The Mama Ladder®, we want to see you climb after business dreams that fit your family. I invite you to apply for the High Five Grant. Let's see what you can do, Mama!
High fives from here,
Crystalee Beck, MPC
Mama of four· Cofounder, The Mama Ladder® · Owner, Comma Copywriters
High Five Grant™ Hall of Fame
Be inspired by former winners. Click below to see their businesses.