About the Awards
The Global Citizen and PayPal Small Business Impact Awards were established to support business owners and founders who are driving real impact in their communities by demonstrating a deep commitment to equity and sustainability in their business practices. We are looking for creative small and medium-sized business owners who have developed innovative products and services to make a positive social or environmental impact.
The awards platform will grant these groundbreaking small- and medium-sized businesses a 20K cash prize and connect them to data and insights, technical training, and marketing/brand activations to accelerate their work and impact.
Evaluation Criteria
🚀 Innovation
How your business’s innovation supports your mission and creates a positive societal or environmental impact.
📋 Vision
Compelling vision and concrete plans for how to expand this work in the next 3-5 years.
🎯 Impact
Demonstrated track-record of measurable impact the last 3-5 years, advancing one or more of the Global Goals.
