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Georgia’s Largest Small Business Lender Welcomes New CEO
Martina Edwards Leads ACE into its 25th year of growth. With nearly 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Edwards is focused on continuing ACE’s legacy of providing affordable loans to under-resourced business owners.
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ACE Expands Partnership With JPMorgan Chase and LISC Atlanta With The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund
Atlanta, Georgia October 26, 2021. ACE is excited to share that we are a part of the network of CDFIs and funders partnering with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the EOCF to provide underserved entrepreneurs in Atlanta with capital and technical support. Launch of the partnership was announced on Tuesday, October 26th at Morehouse College by Mayor…
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Client Spotlight: Takes a Village Transportation
As a mother of four navigating Atlanta rush hours, Amia Guild understood the challenges of transportation. “It can be hard to work a full day and go from one end of town to another,” she said. One afternoon, she showed up at school where kids were congregated outside. “This child asked me if I was…
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Spice Crafters LLC (dba Chilau Foods)
Michael Anderson founded Spice Crafters LLC in 2012 in honor of the flavorful Sunday dinners he grew up enjoying at his grandmother’s house near Tampa, FL. His passion for food and his unique skill of developing fusion spices and seasonings makes a successful combination for the business. In 2016 Michael began the Chilau brand journey…
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Bella Hanono Family Dentistry
In 2020, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) funded a total of $4.5M in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans and is on the way provide more than $10M in 2021 to Georgia’s small business owners. The average ACE PPP loan is $22,000, 57% have gone to women and 58% have gone to African American business…
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Ms. Niecy’s Learning Center
John and Juanisa Kimbrough – recognized as ACE’s 2018 Commercial Entrepreneur of the Year and honored by the Atlanta Women’s Foundation as a 2019 Sue Wieland Embracing Possibility Award – Shining Example Visit Ms. Niecy’s Website As one of the premier daycare facilities in Southwest Atlanta, Ms. Niecy’s is more than a daycare center. They…
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Eclectic 79 Furniture Store
Visit Eclectic 79 Furniture Store Website Juan Carlos and Viviana Ramirez, owners of Eclectic 79 Home Furniture Store in Dalton, first learned about ACE when they needed a small business loan to purchase inventory in January 2020. Furniture sales were going well until the pandemic hit in March and traffic in the store came to…
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MacKenzie Scott Makes Record $5 Million Gift to Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE)
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives $5 million to support ACE’s mission of helping minority, women, and low-to-moderate income small businesses and communities thrive. Atlanta, GA, December 15, 2020 — Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) announces today it has received a $5 million unrestricted gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This is ACE’s largest contribution received in…
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Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Receives $4 Million Grow With Google Small Business Fund Loan to Help Small Businesses Recover From Impact of COVID-19
Mark and Teresa Bishop, owners of Just Right Auto Service in Roswell, Georgia, have been loan clients with ACE since 2016. They were recently able to get their Paycheck Protection Loan through ACE as well. Opportunity Finance Network has awarded the loan to support the CDFI’s work helping minority- and women-owned businesses Atlanta, GA,…
