· Public charity
Start Small Think Big Inc
Start Small advances economic equity by providing an ecosystem of curated resources and support for small businesses, particularly for those entrepreneurs who face systemic barriers that make business success harder to achieve.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Kids Play Zone LLC | $25,000 |
| Dawn Demry The Little Hot Dog Wagon LLC | $25,000 |
| Beija-Flor Naturals LLC | $25,000 |
| Fleabags LLC | $25,000 |
| MJ Chocolatier LLC | $25,000 |
| WESTxEAST Co | $25,000 |
| Onyemaechi Aharanwa PinMe 1913 | $25,000 |
| Rapid Rythms Rewards LLC DBA Sofia and Grace Cookie Co LLC | $25,000 |
| Domenic Ming Pink Folder Film House LLC | $15,000 |
| Divine Creativity Inc Coqui the Chef | $12,500 |
| Mayghen Barmore Polka Dots and Sunshine | $10,000 |
| Morine A Lewis Mesan Wellness | $10,000 |
| Brittney Dias Looking Lens LLC | $10,000 |
| Jesica Marcela Ballard Kape Catorce LLC KC14 Coffee | $10,000 |
| Mohit Mankar Lakud LLC Pirate Duck Designs | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $388k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WWWomen's World of Boxing2× · 2020–2021 · $48k
- HHHarlem Haberdashery LLC2× · 2020–2021 · $31k
- BBBrooklyn Blooms2× · 2020–2021 · $24k
Funded once
- HSHarlem Seafood Soulone grant, 2022 · $25k
- RBRhonesha Byngone grant, 2022 · $25k
- PBPabade Bakeryone grant, 2020 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
1 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2020–2024.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2020 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Start Small Think Big Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Start Small Think Big Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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