FedEx | Empowering Entrepreneurs

Advancing women and minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs around the world.

Small to mid-sized businesses power their local economies and can be powerful job creators, making up 60-80 percent of net new jobs in the U.S. annually. FedEx is committed to giving entrepreneurs everywhere the tools they need to succeed.

Women and minorities own over 50% of small business, but only earn 30% of revenues.* We want to change this by providing the training, mentoring, networking and access to capital needed to succeed.

FedEx was founded by an entrepreneur who created a new industry. That’s why we believe in the people who are willing to dream, take risks, persevere and change the world for the better.

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Philanthropy

FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab
The FedEx E-Commerce Learning Lab, developed in collaboration with Accion Opportunity Fund was launched in 2021. The program provides intensive hands-on learning to a cohort of mostly female and minority small business owners across the U.S.

Philanthropy

FedEx Business Spotlight: B100 Architects
B100 Architects is an award winning creative, sustainable design studio focusing on delivering efficient and healthy spaces for people and the planet.

Inclusion & Opportunity

FedEx Business Spotlight: Girls Chronically Rock!
Keisha Greaves started her business – “Girls Chronically Rock” – in 2017 selling graphic t-shirts and enrolled in Babson College’s Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (BWEL) program to expand her business knowledge and network.

Philanthropy

FedEx: Expanding Entrepreneurship From Local to Global
FedEx supports three Babson College programs for women entrepreneurs: WIN (Women Innovating Now) Growth Lab, BWEL (Black Women Entrepreneurial Leadership), and WIN Global.

Philanthropy

Small Business as a Driving Force for Inclusive Growth
Small businesses are a driving force for economic growth. But not every business owner has access to resources needed to be successful. Our Global Entrepreneurship work helps strengthen minority- and women-owned small businesses.

Research & Reports

FedEx Publishes 2022 Global Entrepreneurship Report
What do an El Salvadoran woman owner of an architectural firm, a Memphis man who has become the “chocolatier to the stars” and high school students creating their own business in Africa have in common?

Awards & Rankings

FedEx Ground Names Entrepreneurs of the Year
FedEx Ground, a leader in cost-effective package ground shipping, recognized six independent businesses that provide outstanding contract transportation services as FedEx Ground Entrepreneurs of the Year.

Philanthropy

FedEx and United Way Mumbai Help 400 Women Restart Their Businesses
In honor of International Women’s Day, read how our FedEx Express India team, in collaboration with United Way Mumbai, is helping empower women to restart their small businesses.

Philanthropy

A Chance to Win $50,000 From FedEx for Your Small Business
You’ve grown stronger and wiser over the last year. And the valuable new lessons you’ve learned have helped you become more focused than ever before. Now you have a chance to win $50,000 to help you continue growing your business.

Socially Responsible Investing

FedEx Distributes $1 Million #SupportSmall Grants to Entrepreneurs
Two-hundred business owners were chosen out of almost 50,0000 applications to receive a $5,000 check as well as a $500 credit for FedEx Office® print and business services to help support their small business during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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