FedEx Launches Fourth Annual Small Business Grant Contest
FedEx Launches Fourth Annual Small Business Grant Contest$100,000 in Prize Money up for Grabs in 2016 ContestMEMPHIS, Tenn., May 3, 2016—FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today launched its fourth annual Small Business Grant Contest. For more information on how FedEx helps small businesses, please visit the FedEx Small Business Center at fedex.com/us/small-business. “The FedEx Small Business Grant Contest was designed to help small business owners unleash their potential and realize their dreams of turning their passion into a successful business.”The 2015 contest attracted candidates from across the United States and garnered more than one million votes. The 2016 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest is open to U.S.-based for-profit small businesses that have less than 50 employees and have been operating for six months or more. The Grand Prize winning small business was In Blue Handmade, an 11- person operation in Asheville, N.C., specializing in hand-made, customized leather goods.