2026-05-15T16:40:00-07:00 2025-12-31 843995798 Grassroots Operations LLC 435 Merchant Walk Sq Suite 30065 Charlottesville VA 22902 990 2025-01-01 510252306 VENTURE CENTRAL INC VENT 4342330676 300 Preston Ave Suite 206 Charlottesville VA 22902 Rebecca Haydock CEO 4349703111 2026-05-13 1 Nathaniel Doernberg P03338252 4342180709 2026-05-13 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Rebecca Haydock 300 Preston Ave Suite 206 Charlottesville VA 22902 611234 0 X https://venturecentralva.com X 1979 VA Venture Central's mission is to serve and strengthen the Central Virginia entrepreneurial community by building and bridging connections, programs, funding, and spaces. 10 10 15 0 0 0 797400 610084 0 1150 0 0 25 0 797425 611234 0 0 0 0 443170 480145 0 3000 11837 172542 101290 615712 584435 181713 26799 340274 339545 47266 19738 293008 319807 Venture Central's mission is to serve and strengthen the Central Virginia entrepreneurial community by building and bridging connections, programs, funding, and spaces. We collaborate with regional entrepreneurs and business support partners for the advancement of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Central Virginia. 0 0 256513 0 313000 Venture Central is host to the 434 Accelerator program - an early stage innovation commercialization program that provides startup companies with space, programming, interns, mentorship, connection to resources, individualized coaching and community. The program is Central Virginia centric with cohort companies primarily coming from the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. 99271 95879 Venture Central hosts the Venture Central Food and Beverage consumer packaged goods (CPG) project. The Food & Beverage Business Accelerator is an initiative to help food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers scale. A 2025 planning grant from GO Virginia Region 9 produced a 46-page report that assessed the regional ecosystem, validated market demand, benchmarked successful models, and designed an implementation-ready framework. The report presented data-driven findings that recommended the establishment of a Food & Beverage CPG Business Accelerator in Region 9. 71627 31150 Venture Central convened stakeholders and offered advisory support to projects, programs, and ESOs that support the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. It facilitated a regional CEO forum consisting of growth-stage CEOs and convened industry and entrepreneurship groups to support education, connection, and coordination - designed to advance a more collaborative and supportive ecosystem in which businesses can thrive. In 2025 Venture Central conducted the Homegrown Innovators event, formed a regional CEO Advisory Board which shared needs and policy considerations, coordinated an entrepreneur service organization advisory group to enhance information sharing and collaboration, developed and expanded an ecosystem resource map, completed the Regional Entrepreneurship Initiative grant, applied for two grants, and supported advancement of a statewide angel network project. 71205 71205 GoVA REI (Regional Entrepreneurship Initiative) for Region 9: Counties of Albemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Louisa, Madison, Nelson and Orange, the city of Charlottesville and the town of Culpeper. The Community Investment Collaborative (CIC), in partnership with Venture Central developed a regional strategy to strengthen and grow the GO Virginia Region 9 entrepreneurial ecosystem. The project engaged a broad range of stakeholders in the region, inventoried available resources and small business funding sources, and developed actionable strategies to increase the rate of new business formation and improve survival rates for early-stage businesses in urban and rural areas. The REI Report "Thrive In Place" was finalized in October of 2024 and an Action Plan was produced in 2025 to highlights gaps and make recommendations based on the report. 71205 0 71205 498616 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Rebecca Haydock 4342330676 300 Preston Ave Suite 206 Charlottesville VA 22902 David Touve 434 Managing Director 40 0 X 149000 0 13598 Rebecca Haydock CEO 40 0 X X 140000 0 18976 Timothy Harvey Board Chair 2 0 X X 0 0 0 John Gaskins Vice Chair & Board Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Don Long Board Secretary 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Lianne Landers Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sarah Rumbaugh Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Charlie Rogers Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Chris Engel Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Emily Kilroy Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Pyam Pourtaheri Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Daniel Bailey Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 289000 0 32574 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 460084 150000 0 610084 Conference Presentation 900099 1150 1150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1150 0 0 0 0 0 0 611234 1150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140000 105000 28000 7000 0 0 0 0 262582 262582 0 47347 42603 3795 949 30216 27538 2142 536 9450 9450 67 67 3000 3000 38503 31243 7260 5896 4175 1450 271 6902 3123 3698 81 14112 3669 10443 967 967 5468 3198 2270 5844 5827 17 812 812 Memberships, Dues, Registrations 2973 2220 753 Food & Meals 6356 4882 1474 Training & Prof Dev 1293 1291 2 2647 1265 1382 584435 498616 73982 11837 184018 152962 139361 174541 16895 12042 340274 339545 44646 19738 2620 47266 19738 X 232208 202160 60800 117647 293008 319807 340274 339545 26799 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 0 211538 474426 797400 610084 2093448 0 211538 474426 797400 610084 2093448 333119 1760329 25 25 555 555 2094028 1150 0.84064 0.86804 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rebecca Haydock CEO 140000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18976 0 158976 0 0 0 David Touve 434 Managing Director 149000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13598 0 162598 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The bookkeeper prepared the return, reviewed it with the Executive Director, sent to finance leaders on the Board and filed once any questions were resolved. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Venture Central shares the conflict of interest policy with directors and officers of the organization and conducts periodic compliance reviews of its compensation arrangements, benefits, partnerships, joint ventures and arrangements, as required by the policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, the conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.