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ESTABLISHED 2014
MISSION MORTAR’s mission is to ensure that minoritized entrepreneurs are equipped to build businesses, contribute to community ownership, and create intergenerational transfers of wealth that leave legacies for generations to come.
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY For the past decade, MORTAR has worked to provide historically marginalized entrepreneurs with the training, resources, and networks they need to start/scale their businesses—positively impacting families, communities, and creating a more vibrant region.
MORTAR has successfully graduated nearly 500 entrepreneurs in Cincinnati alone (and approximately an additional 500 throughout the rest of the country). Through our Iron Chest Fund, we’ve put $1M of startup capital directly into the hands of our alumni nationally, while building capacity and advocating for small business owners in every room we enter.
As we continue to create access for underestimated entrepreneurs, we’ve built our National Headquarters in Walnut Hills; a facility that includes co-working space, a pop-up shop, a multimedia center, and more to catalyze entrepreneurial growth in the city.
LEADERSHIP
Allen Woods, Co-Founder & CEO
Shannon Hooten, Chief of Staff
Yvette Simpson, Esq./MBA, Board Chair
Kashif Shaikh, Board Vice Chair
Shawn Manns-Collins, Finance Chair
Ashlee Young, Secretary
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
• Visit our alumni directory to find alumni businesses to support; visit their shops, buy their products, and contract their services: https://wearemortar.com/alumni-directory
• Donate to our “Building the Dream” capital campaign to launch the new MORTAR headquarters in Walnut Hills: https://wearemortar.com/building-the-dream/
• Contact us to learn how to host an in-person or virtual mixer to financially support MORTAR’s mission: Development@WeAreMORTAR.com
• Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook: @WeAreMORTAR.
• Enroll in your workplace giving or employee match program to add an extra boost to your MORTAR giving.
2354 Gilbert Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45206
(513) 888-4769
https://wearemortar.com
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