Jabian Consulting launched Project Amplify in February 2021, in recognition of their fifteenth anniversary. One year later, Project Amplify has positively impacted 25 minority or women entrepreneurs across Jabian’s four markets in Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, and Dallas, TX through financial support, mentoring, and professional consulting services assistance.
Project Amplify is a micro-grant program created to support nonprofits that encourage, enable, and position women and minority entrepreneurs for success. Over the course of 2021, the program distributed $175,000 by micro-grants through four different nonprofits in support of 25 entrepreneurs, in addition to coaching, access to Jabian’s social networks, and professional consulting services assistance.
Jabian partnered with four nonprofits for Project Amplify: Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, Impact Ventures, Innovate Charlotte, and Chicago Urban League. The nonprofits teamed up with Jabian to choose grant winners based on pitches presented by each candidate. Candidates were judged on the clarity of their business definition, customer/consumer strategies, elements of the community, recent momentum, and relevance of coaching support.
The winning entrepreneurs are:
- Agriculture – Milton Wordlow Jr.
- BCM Engineered Solutions – Brianne Martin
- BLK Resumes – Quentin DeBerry
- Bucketz Game Zone – Lauren Grinage
- Burst Into Books – Jurema Nolan
- Coresnatcher – Jacqueline Goldston Moss
- Eva Jane Beauty, LLC – Eva Jane Bunkley
- Funky Mello – Delisa & Zach Harper
- Holistic Atlanta – Dr. Vaughn Gay
- IntelligIS, Inc. – Marcus Wilson
- Just Her Rideshare – Kimberly Evans
- Le Rouge Cuisine – Amber Williams
- Mama Love – Kimberly Daly
- Milkspace – Kelli Mumphrey
- Productions.com – Carolyn Pitt
- runningnerds, LLC – Temilola Sobomehin Marshall
- SAM (Stef Alicia Made) – Stef Alicia McCalmon
- Seniors in Transition – Penny L. Campbell
- Shay Latte Coffee – Shayla McNair
- The Copy Haus – Mia Francis-Poulin
- The Good Jerky – Quentin Crawford
- The Sid Center – Tresaca Hamilton
- Subsume – Dedren Snead
- Within Reach Property Solutions LLC – Romel Willams
- YANY Beauty, Limited Co – Yaminah Childress
For more information regarding the grant program, visit https://jabian.com/project-amplify.