Paris Hilton expands charity work with fund for women-owned businesses

• Paris Hilton has launched a new nationwide initiative, the “Back in Business Recovery Fund”, to support female small-business owners in the US affected by disasters.
• Hilton is personally contributing $350,000 to the fund, which aims to raise at least $1 million by the end of March, in partnership with her 11:11 Media Impact and GoFundMe.org.
• This initiative builds on a successful programme that previously provided over $1 million in grants to 50 women-owned businesses in Los Angeles following devastating fires.
• Hilton emphasised her motivation to empower women, noting that female-owned businesses are often undercapitalised despite their crucial role in communities.
• The fund will distribute unrestricted grants via local women's business centres, with Hilton and grant recipients recently ringing the New York Stock Exchange closing bell.

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Paris Hilton launches $1m fund to support women-owned businesses hit by disasters