Beyoncé presents Atlanta small businesses with $120K in grants

Beyoncé shut down the Mercedes-Benz Stadium over the weekend, wrapping up her Atlanta stop on Monday. But while Queen B was killing it onstage, her foundation was making moves offstage, awarding $120,000 in grants to small businesses in Atlanta.

According to Fox 5 Atlanta, “a dozen metro Atlanta small businesses were surprised over the weekend to learn they were the recipients of a $10,000 grant courtesy of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s foundation.”

While the “Cuff It” songstress is taking over the country with her Renaissance tour, her BeyGOOD foundation tagged along to spread the love to local Black-owned small businesses at the Small Business Impact Luncheon.

The 12 small businesses that received the grants were:

As if the event weren’t memorable enough, Tyler Perry surprised participants with a fireside chat and answered audience questions before handing off to Grammy and Stellar Award winner Le’Andria Johnson, who peformed for the attendees.

“Our work helps organizations, institutions, and people work to transform their communities into places of well-being, economic prosperity, generosity, and justice,” explained the BeyGOOD website.