Hi! I am Jennifer Hudson, The Nonprofit Cultivator. I am a believer (and active in ministry), wife, mother of 5 handsome boys, AND an entrepreneur! I graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance, and from South University with a Master’s of Business in Entrepreneurship.
My faith journey started when I was a little girl.
I grew up in Brunswick, a little town in southeast Georgia. My passion for entrepreneurship started when I was very young. My parents and grandparents were both small business owners. I watched them learn the ins and outs of business, sometimes making costly mistakes for just not knowing……
I started my first business at 8 years old. I made HAIR BOWS! YES!!!! I made hair bows and sold them to local salons in my area. Even at a young age, I loved being in control of my destiny.
Fast forward, my love for entrepreneurship and nonprofit organizations collided when I began to work in ministry. I found that many small nonprofit organizations had the passion to make a change in the community, but they didn’t have the tools or resources available to them to become impactful.
What happened next bothered me! Oftentimes, these organizations would solicit help. Unfortunately, the help was either too expensive, or shady and didn’t deliver on their promises. The result left these organizations worst than they were before: money lost, and time wasted.
In 2003, I became Fierce. I started helping small and start-up nonprofit organizations become federally recognized (501c3) tax exempt organizations. I wanted to make sure these organizations that were pledging to help others had someone they could trust to help them. My goal was to make the tax-exemption process simple, manageable and understandable. I’m proud to boast that I have a 100% success rate with the tax exemption process.
Today, my goal has expanded to not only help organizations with their tax-exemptions, but to help nonprofit founders and leaders acquire and develop the skills to not only start their nonprofit, but to manage their nonprofit effectively. We help nonprofit founders and leaders with program development, board training, establishing policies and procedures, and understanding how business works to develop a strategy that will enable them to have a lasting impact on their community.
I am here for you! Let’s be fierce together!