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
Amelia Cruzers
Community Foundation of North East Florida
Jay & Brenda Kayne Foundation
Tom & Janine Larson Foundation
New Vision
The Weldon Foundation
Supporters
CEO (Chicks Eating Out)
Fernandina Beach Newsleader
Fernandina Observer
Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church
Main Street Fernandina
Janet Michea, Graphic Artist
Nassau County Chamber of Commerce
Nassau County Exchange Club
Nassau County Racial Equality Coalition
Postcards for Voters
ROMEO’s (Retired Old Men Eating Out)
Shady Ladies Art Studio
Small Business Development Center
Story & Song Bookstore
Take Stock in Children
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
Peggy Weeks, Graphic Artist
Donors
Donna Paz Kaufman
Mark Kaufman
Jeanne Connor in memory of Rick Conner
Penny Reid
Robin Bruck
Mike Tanner
Chris Reed
Ken Knisel
Brenda Kayne
Jay Kayne
Grant Griffin-Eddings
Xylina Green
Mary & Gene Janicke
Anne Showalter
Collaborators
Gene Freund
Imagine It
Ron Kurtz
Nassau Technical Career Center
Taylor Kennedy, SBDC
Brian Simmons, Nassau County, Technical Career Center
Barb Baptista, Nassau County Health Department
Richard Wood, Florida Farm Bureau
Terri Fotiades, Aligned CPA Advisors
Peggie Weeks, Graphics Artist