Be sure to read the rules and the eligibility requirements of our BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards below.

Contest Guidelines re: Rules, Process, & Eligibility

  • Top 5 Black Entrepreneurs
  • Top 5 Black Women Businesses
  • Top 5 Black Businesses
  • Top 5 Indigenous Businesses



In order to see the category eligibility, visit the Categories Page.

Nominations

We accept both 1st party & 3rd party nominations for the BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards

  • 1st party: An entrepreneur or business owner is welcome to nominate themselves or their business to enter the awards and engage their community to cast a vote for them.

  • 3rd party: An employee, customer, or community member is welcome to nominate an entrepreneur they know or a company or organization that is doing great things for these awards. We will contact the entrepreneur or business ownership directly to confirm entry prior to publishing any 3rd party nomination.


*Please note that all categories for this year's awards requires a business or entrepreneur to have been operating for a minimum of 2 years since "date of registration or incorporation".

**Please also note that the Public Voting period opens on September 16, 2024.

Timeline & Process

The BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards will occur with these key dates:

  • Aug 16, 2024 - Nominations Open - Phase 1 Community Support

  • Sept 16, 2024 - Public Voting Opens

  • Sept 30, 2024 - Public Voting Closes at 11:59PM MDT

  • Oct 5, 2024 - Finalists Announced

  • Oct 11, 2024 - Deadline for Finalist - Phase 2 Submissions for Judges

  • Oct 16, 2024 - Judges Review Deadline

  • Nov 1, 2024 - BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards Celebration



*The Winners of the BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards will come together in celebration at the BIPOC Foundation Legacy Gala on November 1, 2024, in Lethbridge, Alberta, where BIPOC Foundation is headquartered.

**All Finalists will receive 2 complimentary tickets to the BIPOC Foundation Legacy Gala on November 1st.

We look forward to seeing you at our event with guests coming in from all over Western Canada to Celebrate BIPOC Excellence this year at the BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards and Legacy Gala. See beautiful SW Alberta and connect with community this coming November 1, 2024!

Judging & Invigilation

Our friends at Awardify have a set of systems in place to analyze and detect fraudulent voting patterns and enables us to take action when questionable practices are being used - like vote farming.

Our internal team of Event specialists are experienced in running platforms like the BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards and will ensure that a fair and wholly scrutinized process is upheld for the enjoyment of all participants and BIPOC Foundation community members.

The Excellence Awards provides us with a chance to showcase how amazing the Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour communities are and how we possess the talent, drive, and resourcefulness to lead economies prosperously. Our initiative focuses on BIPOC entrepreneurship and businesses for this 2nd Annual iteration and our plan is to continue to grow these opportunities as we continue serving traditionally underrepresented and underanticipated groups throughout Western Canada.

*After the public voting takes place and Finalists determined, the BIPOC Foundation Excellence Awards team will reach out to confirm the next steps and unlock the Phase 2 applications for them. These applications consist of 8-10 questions depending on category and are meant to further demonstrate how the business or entrepreneur is embodying the standards of excellence and reaching the various eligibility criterion while making consistent impacts for their customers and communities.

**Our panel of expert judges will be scoring submissions on a scale of 100 and the questions provided in the Phase 2 applications will disclose the weighting of each question.

Winners will receive a service prize package valued at $1,000.00, a commemorative trophy, and profiling through BIPOC Foundation and select partners.



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