Meet the 16 recipients of Glossier’s Black-Owned Beauty Brand Grant

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The recipients of Glossier Black-Owned Beauty Business Grant are finally here!

It is known that for black-owned brands, whether in fashion or beauty, funding and resources are considerably scarcer, making it more difficult for businesses to thrive. In June, Glossier pledged to put its money where it belongs and announced that it would “begin to address this inequity and support the next generation of game-changing companies.”

To start, the company pledged $1 million: $500,000 in donations to organizations fighting racial injustice and another $500,000 in the form of grants to black-owned beauty brands. Glossier opened grant applications on June 11 and received nearly 10,000 applications in less than a month, a number that exceeded their expectations. After reviewing the applications internally with a “diverse group of colleagues in departments such as community, creative, content and finance”, they landed on 16 companies that blew them away.

Brands range from clean skin care to hair extensions and body care companies. There was no limit to the type of beauty brands it applied, but what stood out with these nominees was “their vision, their ingenuity, and their passion to change the beauty industry for the better,” according to Glossier.

The grant has three tiers: $50,000 per business for those in the growth phase, $30,000 per business for those in their early stages, and $10,000 for businesses that are still in the pre-launch phase.

Glossier will continue to work with these brands and “will continue to build meaningful relationships with each founder through dedicated monthly advisory support, matching each company with a function lead at Glossier whose focus is most relevant to the interests and needs of the founder”.

What is so fascinating about these recipients is that even though they are all black, they come from very different backgrounds and it speaks to the diversity that resides in the black community and the vibrancy of each of these individuals. . We’ll be keeping an eye on all of these brands and can’t wait to see what awaits them after this huge achievement!

See the full list of recipients below:

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