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Each year, weVENTURE WBC works with about 1,000 unique small business clients from the Space and Treasure Coasts.  We help individuals realize their dream of business ownership, gain confidence in managing business operations, grow revenue and create jobs, as well as identify pathways to self-sufficiency and financial well-being.

weVENTURE WBC is funded in part through a $150,000 annual grant from the US Small Business Administration.  However, we are required to match that grant dollar for dollar with investment from the local community, making us a truly public-private partnership that is responsive to local community needs. In recent years, private support has far surpassed the federal grant, allowing weVENTURE WBC to add capacity and meet the demand for service from the booming small business community. 

If you would like to invest in the mission and work of weVENTURE WBC, you can use the donate button at the bottom of this page to make a one-time donation with credit card or set up custom recurring giving plan. Please email weventure@fit.edu and gifts@fit.edu to request an invoice. 

Whether you can give $10 a month or $10,000 a year, your gift helps ensure local entrepreneurs have access to FREE business coaching, low and no-cost business education and training to help them launch and grow their dreams! 

  • $150 Friends and Family Investor provides five hours of personalized business coaching to local entrepreneurs. 
  • $250 Seed Investor supports in-person business education workshops and purposeful networking events that each reach 25-50 attendees.
  • $500 Lead Investor provides ongoing coaching support for one year to a local woman in our community who is striving to grow a business and needs mentoring in business fundamentals.
  • $1,000 League of Extraordinary Investors provides mentoring and leadership development support for several local women entrepreneurs who are creating jobs in our community.  
  • Equity Partners who invest $2,500 or more per year are transformational partners who allow us to grow program offerings and expand capacity to serve more clients.  These partners ensure weVENTURE WBC remains the premier organization helping launch and grow new businesses.

In addition to these philanthropic giving opportunities, we also offer individual event sponsorships as an opportunity to promote your business name and logo at a specific weVENTURE WBC event, including the IMPACT Summit, Women Who Rock Awards, Strong Coffee Strong Women purposeful networking events, or the end of year Success Celebration. The weVENTURE WBC Executive Director can work with you to provide custom sponsorship package, based on your giving goals. 

For businesses sponsoring an event for $1,000 or more, you will be recognized at that specific event, as well as at the LEI or Equity Partners level with name or logo recognition at all our education events for a calendar year.  

The Wine Women & Shoes Space Coast event is a separate fundraising event which weVENTURE WBC is the non-profit beneficiary of, thus sponsorships and ticket benefits are exclusive to that event.

Contact Executive Director Kathryn Rudloff to discuss investment or sponsorship opportunities and learn more about our programs, services and events.  krudloff@fit.edu 321-674-7007

Together, we VENTURE to ignite the economic power of women! 

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weVENTURE WBC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.