Idea Leap Grant Application Workshop

The fifth annual Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union Idea Leap Grant/Pitch Contest application period runs from May 2 through June 3, 2022.

The total prize money has doubled and will be $100,000 this year!

Grand prize – $50,000 First place – $20,000 Three runners up – $10,000

Eligibility highlights:

The business must operate in TVFCU’s 13-county service area (Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties in Tennessee; Catoosa, Dade and Walker Counties in Georgia).

Be in operation for at least one year

Have less than $2.5 million in annual revenue

Have between 2 and 25 employees

During this one-and-a-half-hour drop-in workshop, we will have the application questions for you along with the contest rules. Our staff will be available to help you develop eye-catching answers to the application questions. The TVFCU staff will whittle the applicant businesses down to 20 in the first cut, so you definitely want to make it into the second round! Let us help you!

We have been pitch judges and our own Ann Zack has actually pitched her business during the first TVFCU competition.

We will hold this session in Room 138 (opposite end of the Technology building from our offices).