Status: Open
Deadline February 23, 2026 3:00 PM CT
Grant Info:
Award Amount
$5,997.00
Deadline
February 23, 2026 3:00 PM CT
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The Performance Protection Grant℠
Black Women: This Grant Exists for You.
If your career was interrupted suddenly, through layoffs, restructuring, or quiet exits that did not reflect your contribution—you are not alone.
This grant exists because too many Black women and women of color with proven leadership capacity are being pushed out of systems that benefited from their labor and expertise.
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The Peri Nation Tender Path Intensive℠ Grant
The Peri Nation established the Tender Path Intensive℠ grant to support Black women and women of color navigating a double transition: unplanned professional displacement alongside health challenges.
This program exists in direct response to a systemic workforce disruption that has pushed more than 300,000 Black women out of corporate roles since late 2024—often at the height of responsibility, contribution, and earning power.
Our mission is simple:
1. A health transition should never become a career exit.
2. This grant provides in-kind professional development support to help preserve performance, authority, and momentum while you determine what comes next—on your terms.
This program exists in direct response to a systemic workforce disruption that has pushed more than 300,000 Black women out of corporate roles since late 2024—often at the height of responsibility, contribution, and earning power.
Our mission is simple:
1. A health transition should never become a career exit.
2. This grant provides in-kind professional development support to help preserve performance, authority, and momentum while you determine what comes next—on your terms.
Eligibility
Applicants criteria:
- Black woman or woman of color.
- Have experienced unplanned career disruption or displacement.
- Be navigating perimenopause or other health-related hormonal transitions.
Awards
Grant recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Professional background and expertise.
- Demonstrated commitment to the Tender Path Intensive℠ methodology.
- Current alignment with the "double transition" of career and health.
- Eight (8) full grants will be awarded for the pilot ($5,997 value each). These are in-kind professional development awards and have no cash value.
- Selection is made solely by The Peri Nation review team.
- Decisions are final and focused on creating a cohesive cohort of professionals. ready to reclaim their capacity; whether they are navigating a return to the workforce, scaling a consultancy, or launching a new venture.
Notification
All applicants will be notified by March 1, 2026. Notifications are sent via email. Please use a personal email address that you check regularly.
Payment of Grants
This grant covers the investment for the 4-week Tender Path Intensive℠. No cash payments are issued to or required from recipients.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
- The Digital Grant Application: A conversational survey powered by TheySaid AI. This is the primary requirement to be considered for the grant and establishes the data for your MAPS Blueprint℠.
- Commitment to the Pilot: Confirmation that you can attend the scheduled virtual sessions on Saturday mornings and two weekday evenings.
- Note: We do not require financial records or information. Our focus is on your professional continuity and your readiness to engage with the methodology.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
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