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class="usa-breadcrumb__list-item"><span class="font-body-xs" tabindex="0">Applicants</span></li></ol></nav></div></div></div><main role="main"><div class="grid-row grid-gap"><div class="desktop:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 mobile-lg:grid-col-12 grid-col-12"><div class="grid-row gg-hero gg-hero-height-lg" alt="Group of successful business professionals working as a team in a multicultural workplace." title="Group of successful business professionals working as a team in a multicultural workplace." style="background-image:url('https://a.storyblok.grants.gov/f/21/8192x2110/2133478c96/shutterstock_2164682885.jpg/m/1920x0/filters:focal(5366x619:5367x620)');"></div></div></div><div class="grid-container maxw-full"><div class="grid-row grid-gap-6"><div class="desktop:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 mobile-lg:grid-col-12 grid-col-12 gg-main-content"><div><h1 tabindex="0" class="text-uppercase text-ls-neg-3 margin-0 margin-top-4 text-gray-90">FOR APPLICANTS</h1></div><div class="grid-row undefined"><div class="desktop:grid-col-6 tablet:grid-col-6 mobile-lg:grid-col-12 grid-col-12"><div class="grid-row margin-top-4"><div class="gg-grid-icon grid-col flex-auto"><img src="https://a.storyblok.grants.gov/f/21/48x48/4edf6e131f/icon-applicant-eligibility.png" class="padding-right-105"></div><div class="gg-grid-content grid-col flex-fill"><div class="gg-text"><h2>Check Your Eligibility</h2><p>Are you or your organization eligible for a grant? 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