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Special Notice to Small Business Owners: Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)
Small business owners should be aware of a new reporting deadline coming up — with potential penalties. The Corporate Transparency Act requires businesses with fewer than 20 employees to provide names, dates of birth, addresses and other identifying information about its owners. It’s part of a larger effort by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes…
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ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Collaborates with Starbucks and Atlanta Dream to Empower Small Businesses in Atlanta
ACE is excited to be the beneficiary of a collaboration between Starbucks and the Atlanta Dream focused on empowering small, woman-owned and BIPOC-owned businesses in the Atlanta market. The brands will collaborate with ACE to financially support minority entrepreneurs through the Atlanta Dream Collective, which is a strategic program aimed at assisting small businesses in…
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ACE Celebrates Its 24-Year Legacy of Growing Georgia Businesses at the Annual Awards Fundraiser & Dinner
ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs held its Annual Awards Fundraiser and Dinner on September 19th in Atlanta, celebrating a 24-year legacy of growing Georgia businesses. The event, ACE’s largest to date, hosted over 200 attendees at Savanna Hall at Zoo Atlanta. It highlighted strong partnerships with clients, funders, and fellow Community Development Financial…
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Wassia Kamon Joins ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs as Chief Financial Officer
ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs announced today that Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA of Fulton County, GA has been named Chief Financial Officer. Kamon will oversee the finance, accounting, and compliance departments for ACE. As a member of the management team, she will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling…
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ACE Recognized as Best Place to Work
ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs is honored to be recognized as one of the top 15 “Best Places to Work” for 2024 in the Small Company category by Atlanta Business Chronicle. ACE team members were able to attend the Chronicle’s Healthiest Employers + Best Places to Work Awards ceremony on Thursday, August 29th,…
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ACE Announces Honorees for 2024 Annual Awards Fundraiser and Dinner
Pictured L-R: Dr. Valentine Nzengung, James Daniel, Nicolas Jaramillo Angel, Chris Weaver, Fern Pegus ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. is pleased to announce the honorees for its 2024 Annual Awards Fundraiser taking place on Sept. 19 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Savanna Hall at Zoo Atlanta. This special evening will…
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MacKenzie Scott Gives $10 Million to Georgia Nonprofit ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
Surprise gift provides unrestricted funds to support Georgia’s small businesses A $10 million gift from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs will have a dramatic impact on the nonprofit’s work to fuel the growth of Georgia businesses around the state, said Grace Fricks, ACE founder and CEO. The unrestricted…
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Founding President & CEO of ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Grace Covington Fricks to Retire
Martina Edwards to assume lead as new President & CEO ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs announced today that Grace Covington Fricks has elected to retire as President and CEO, effective Dec. 31, 2024. Fricks will remain engaged with ACE as an advisor to the President and CEO and Board of Directors. “We’re proud…
