Society of 75
Until 2006, WBCNA operated on seed monies provided by local businesses and individuals such as Bobby Bradley, Remigius Shatas, Redstone Federal Credit Union, Sheila Brown, Sharon Morgan, Caroline Myers, Judith Smith, Arlene Stackhouse, Donna Lamb, and Nancy Archuleta.
In 2007, the WBCNA received an Small Business Administration (SBA) grant, becoming one of 125 Women’s Business Centers around the country funded by the SBA. Then in 2008, we received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Since these federal grants require matching funds, WBCNA launched a fundraiser in 2006 to ask local businesses and individuals to make contributions for matching purposes. The “Society of 75” was designed to ask 75 businesses and/or individuals to donate $1,000 per year for 5 years.
The following individuals or companies have joined the Society of 75 and provided committed funds for 5 years:
- Anonymous
- Alacom Finance
- AT&T
- Bama Jammer
- BancorpSouth
- Belzon
- Brooks, Beth & Tom
- Bryant, Lara, State Farm
- Buice, Barbara
- Carina Technology, Inc.
- C&C International
- Citizens Bank
- City of Huntsville/Community Development
- Colonial Bank
- Committee of 100
- Compass Bank
- Crabtree Rowe & Berger
- Crestwood Medical Center
- Defense Systems Management Corp.
- Dick Riggs Miller
- Digital Graphiti
- Drako Engineering
- Enfinger Steele Development
- ERC
- First American Bank
- First Commercial Bank
- Foreign Language Services
- Founders 2001
- Fowler, Matt
- Congressman Parker Griffith
- Harris, Dorcas
- Healthcare Office Solutions
- Hudson, Jim and Susie
- Hughes Properties, Inc.
- Intergraph
- J. F. Drake State Technical College
- Jacobs Technology
- Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne
- Madison Marketing & Business Consulting
- Morgan Stanley
- Mueller, Camille
- Myers Technical Services
- New Horizons Computer Learning Center
- Newkirk, Jay and Linda
- Northrup Grumman
- Palco Telecom Service
- Peters, Mary Ellen
- Qualis Corporation
- Quadrus Corporation
- RBC Centura Bank
- Redstone Federal Credit Union
- Regions Bank
- Renasant Bank
- SAIC
- ServisFirst Bank
- Small Business Solutions
- Solvability, Inc.
- South Bank
- Templeton, Jean Wessel
- The Heritage Club
- The Huntsville Times
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc.
- T&W Operations/NetworX
- Victory Solutions, Inc.
- Wachovia Bank
- Women's Economic Development Council (WEDC)
- WILL Technology, Inc.
- Soldier 1
- Williams, Meaghan
Click below to pay your Society pledge with a credit card.
