Funding should not feel like a fire drill.

In this week’s Funding Friday, Dana Ammons breaks down four NEW opportunities that have not been featured in our recent episodes — and shows founders how to build a September funding pipeline before the deadlines start piling up.

Featured opportunities include the Enthuse Foundation 2026 Pitch Competition for women-owned food, beverage and CPG brands; the Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant; the Secretsos Small Business Grant; and the HIGH FIVE Grant for Moms, which opens September 1.

More importantly, this episode gives you a practical system for managing capital opportunities like a sales pipeline: deadline, eligibility, required application asset, next action and status.

If your grants currently live in screenshots, saved posts, browser tabs and emails, this episode is your reset.

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• 00:00 Why funding should not be a fire drill

• 01:18 Build a September funding pipeline

• 02:05 Enthuse Foundation Pitch Competition

• 04:15 Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant

• 06:05 Secretsos Small Business Grant

• 07:45 HIGH FIVE Grant for Moms

• 09:15 The 7 fields in your funding CRM

• 10:45 Your 30-minute funding pipeline reset

• 12:10 Final takeaway: preparation is controllable