In 2020, Start Garden pivoted The 100 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit entrepreneurs and small businesses especially hard. Our goal was to relieve as many entrepreneurs as possible of the burden to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table, while they navigated this unprecedented time.

In just 100 hours:

• 430 applications were submitted
• Funding requests totaled more than $5,500,000
• 68 recipients were selected for the funds

Through The 100 Comeback Fund, we were able to award more than $300,000 to 68 entrepreneurs experiencing financial strain. See a list of recipients here. (we can just have that link to the 2020 page instead of listing out the recipients there)