Dyer Family Foundation Award Recipients

On Monday, May 2, 2022 at the Clyde Theater the Dyer Foundation along with Indiana Black Expo Fort Wayne Chapter and Flagstar Bank awarded its first 17 recipients of Dyer Family Foundation Grant program for Black-Owned businesses.

The businesses awarded are as follows:

1. Mary Elizabeth King Early Childhood Center
2. BabySister's Childcare
3. Denise's House of Care
4. iLove Home Care
5. Expert Business Solutions LLC
6. Bailey Realty Group LLC
7. Gifted Hands Property Management
8. G.O.O.S Janitorial
9. Vision One 76-Graphic/Web Design
10. Brooks BBQ and Chicken
11. General Contractors, INC
12. House of Neco
13. Magnificent Cutz
14. Starlight Photography
15. X-Five-0 Solutions
16. NOFLTR
17. BK1 Entertainment

Background

On February 1, 2022, the Dyer Family Foundation, in partnership with Flagstar Bank and Indiana Black Expo Fort Wayne Chapter, announced a new program to support small for-profit Black-Owned businesses in greater Fort Wayne with annual revenues less than $1 million. The working capital grants to Black-Owned Businesses were planned in amounts up to $25,000.

Along with the funding opportunity, Greater Fort Wayne and Flagstar Bank will provide technical assistance to all of the grantees. Greater Fort Wayne will offer memberships that include free meeting space and business mentoring, while Flagstar Bank will offer bank accounts, credit needs, retirement plans, and payroll services.

The selection committee included Iric Headley of Fort Wayne United, Chuck Surack, President of the Surack Family Foundation and Joe Jordan, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana.

Contact: Joe Jordan, President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne. jjordan@bgcfw.org | 260-445-9474