Local organization Mom Your Business receives $30,000 grant from Truist Foundation

Schnearia Ashley, senior vice president of CRA Community development manager; Ryan V. Thompson, assistant vice president; Jeremy Ben-zev, market president; Tanya T. Morris, Mom Your Business executive director; Ebony Young, event coordinator; and Karren Henderson, board member. Philadelphia-based organization, Mom Your Business, announced that it has received a $30,000 grant from the Truist Foundation aimed at supporting the group’s Founders to Funders program. The grant will be used to support the organization’s current operating structure by strengthening the small businesses that the group guides, according to a news release. The group said it will invest the funds into serving “Black women currently participating in the Founders to Funders Business Accelerator (who) need capital, resources and support to continue to grow their business(es).” “We are extremely grateful to Truist Foundation. Black women continue starting businesses faster than any other group yet receive the least investment. This grant will allow us to support their development and provide them with capital to grow as well,” said Tanya T. Morris, the president/founder of Mom Your Business. Mom Your Business is a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 that specializes in aiding Black and brown women by connecting them to “resources and opportunities that lead […]

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