- Citizens Bank launches fourth annual Small Business Community Champion Award contest
- Businesses can apply by explaining how they would use a $10,000 prize to support their customers and community
- Deadline is March 1
Returning for its fourth year, the Citizens Bank Small Business Community Champion Award contest is inviting entrepreneurs in Connecticut and other areas served by the bank to apply for the $10,000 prizes.
The total prize pool is $300,000, with 10 prizes given out in each of three categories: minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and other businesses. Business owners must submit an application by 5 p.m. on March 1.
Applicants must answer a few brief questions on how they would use the award to support their business and community, as well as how their company is adapting to meet customers’ needs. They are also asked to include one or two pictures to illustrate their idea.
Winners must meet a number of official rules to qualify. These requirements include stipulations that the applicant must be a Citizens Bank account holder as of Feb. 16, 2021, and that the small business is a privately owned for-profit business with an annual revenue no greater than $3 million. Business must have been in operation since at least Feb. 16, 2019, and cannot have already received funding through a previous Community Champion Award or Citizens Bank’s grant programs for minority-owned businesses or small business recovery.
