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The 60% Pledge Program

Combating Restaurant Failure Through Financial Readiness

Free $2,500 Bookkeeping Grant Included

Finally Understand Your Numbers, Qualify for Funding, and Secure Your Restaurant’s Future in 6 Weeks with the 60% Pledge Program

Most restaurant owners lose their business not because they lack passion, but because no one ever taught them how to manage their money. The 60% Pledge is the only financial literacy program built specifically for culinary entrepreneurs that gives you expert-led training, clean lender-ready books, and a free $2,500 bookkeeping grant so you can finally access the funding your business deserves. Spots are limited. Apply below to secure your seat.

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Get 6 Weeks of Expert Training + Free $2,500 Bookkeeping Grant. Limited to 15 Businesses Per Region.

$2,500

Micro Grant Included

6 Weeks

To Funder-Ready

45

Total Spots Nationwide

10

Cities Available

Stop Losing Funding Opportunities Because Your Financials Are Not Ready to Be Seen.

You did not start your restaurant to struggle with spreadsheets. But right now, your finances are the wall standing between you and everything you built this for.

Why the 60% Pledge

Everything You Need to Get Funded.

Nothing You Have to Figure Out Alone.

Receive $2,500 Applied Directly to Professional Bookkeeping and Finally Stop Worrying About Your Books

The grant is paid directly to one of our vetted bookkeeping partners. You do not chase reimbursements. The money goes straight to work for your business.

Get Financial Training Built Exclusively for Food Businesses and Walk Away With Confidence in Your Numbers

This is not a generic small business program. Every lesson, tool, and resource was built for the way culinary businesses actually work.

Leave With Your QuickBooks Fully Organized and a Business That Looks Credible to Any Funder

Your Chart of Accounts will be properly set up inside QuickBooks before you graduate. Clean, organized, and ready for review by any lender or grant committee.

Walk Away With a Real Lender-Ready Profit & Loss Statement and the Confidence to Pursue Any Funding Opportunity

You do not just learn about financial reporting. You leave with an actual funder-ready P&L statement in hand.

Start With No Accountant, No QuickBooks, and No Financial Background and Still Cross the Finish Line Ready for Funding

No experience required. This program meets you exactly where you are and builds you up to where funders need you to be.

Get Paired With a Certified Financial Planner and Build the Personal Financial Profile Lenders Actually Want to See

Through our partnership with Advisors Give Back, every participant is matched with a CFP to organize their personal finances. SBA lenders and creditors review your personal financial health before awarding capital. We make sure you are ready on both sides.

Who This Is For

Do You Qualify? Check Your Eligibility Below.

The 60% Pledge is designed for culinary business owners who are ready to take control of their finances. Here is exactly who we are built for and what we ask of you.

Program Eligibility

  • Culinary business owners who have been in operation for 36 months or less
  • Culinary business owners who do not currently have a QuickBooks account
  • Culinary business owners who have no existing accounting systems, accountant, or bookkeeper

Program Requirements

  • Attend 4 to 6 weeks of Financial Literacy Training Classes, 2 hours per week on Mondays
  • Set up a QuickBooks account as part of the program
  • Gather six months of bank statements, credit card records, loan documents, and financial statements and upload them via secure link

We Pay for Your Bookkeeper. So You Can Focus on Your Business.

Once you complete the Financial Literacy Training and set up your Chart of Accounts in QuickBooks, the $2,500 Micro Grant is paid directly to one of our vetted bookkeeping partners. Depending on the complexity of your finances, it covers 3 to 6 months of professional bookkeeping services.
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Spring 2026 Cohort Locations

Find Your City. Secure Your Spot.

Only 15 Businesses admitted per region. Make sure to apply today.

Central Region

  • Houston, TX
  • Dallas, TX
  • Chicago, IL

East Region

  • New York, NY
  • Washington, DC
  • Maryland & Virginia (Surrounding DC areas)

West Region

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • San Francisco & Oakland, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Denver, CO

Applications Now Open

Apply Now and Claim Your Seat Before It's Gone

45 total spots are available across 10 cities this Spring 2026. Once your region fills up, the cohort closes.

Do not let another funding opportunity pass you by.

 

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