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Fearless Fund, forced to end grants for Black business women, resurfaces with global initative

October 10, 2025
By Sughnen Yongo
NABJ Black News & Views

Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, cofounders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund, speak to journalists outside federal court in Miami on Jan. 31, 2024. A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended the venture capital firm's grant program for Black women business owners, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is discriminatory. Photo credit: Rebecca Blackwell, The Associated Press

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Appeals court rules the Fearless Fund, business grant program for Black women, is discriminatory

June 4, 2024
By Alexandra Olson
The Associated Press

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. To his left in the black dress is Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian Simone. A judge Tuesday refused to block a grant program the fund administers for Black women entrepreneurs, saying a lawsuit arguing it illegally excluded other races was not likely to succeed. Photo credit: Curlan Campbell, The Associated Press

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Federal judge refuses to block Fearless Fund grant program for Black women entrepreneurs

September 27, 2023
By Itoro N. Umontuen
The Atlanta Voice

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Fearless Fund, forced to end grants for Black business women, resurfaces with global initative

Appeals court rules the Fearless Fund, business grant program for Black women, is discriminatory

Federal judge refuses to block Fearless Fund grant program for Black women entrepreneurs

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