Our Partners
The $1,000 Start-Ups is supported by our generous grantors, donors, collaborators and supporters. Together we are working to grow our small business community.
Grantors are organizations, foudations, and businesses who provide grant funding.
Donors are individuals, families, businesses and organizations who provide financial donations.
Supporters are organizations who support $1000 Start-Ups with facilities, volunteers, publicity, and marketing.
Collaborators are individuals and organizations who enrich the quality of the program by teaching or with their talents.
Grantors
Catalyft
Community Foundation of North East Florida
Jay & Brenda Kayne Foundation
Tom & Janine Larson Foundation
New Vision United Church of Christ
The Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation
The Ogburn School
The Weldon Foundation
Supporters
CEO (Chicks Eating Out)
Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church
Nassau County Chamber of Commerce
Nassau County Health Department
Nassau County Racial Equality Coalition
Nassau County Technical Career Center
ROMEO’s (Retired Old Men Eating Out)
Small Business Development Center
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville-East Nassau
Donors
Julia Aaron
Donna Paz Kaufman
Mark Kaufman
Jeanne Connor in memory of Rick Conner
Penny Reid
Robin Bruck
Mike Tanner
Chris Reed
Rick & Holly Keffer
Ken Kneisel
Brenda Kayne
Jay Kayne
Ed Reniker
Grant Griffin-Eddings
Xylina Green
Mary & Gene Janicke
Anne Showalter
Collaborators
Melinda Powers, Business Attorney
Richard Wood, Bus Insurance/Risk Mgmt
Isiah Douglas, DJ
Jay Kayne, Entrepreneurship
Janet Michea, Graphics Artist
Peggy Weeks, Graphics Artist
Sonofarius, Live Mellow Music
Taylor Kennedy, SEO
Tony Lee, Financial Management
Maria Alexandra Pinto Malek, Standard Operating Procedures
Gene Freund, Target Marketing
Ron Kurtz, Voice Actor
Lynnette Najimy, Website Development