Our 2024 SBAN Summit sponsors supported solutions that keep small businesses thriving and in place. They also supported a critical aspect of SBAN’s mission—bringing together our network of members.

Interested in sponsoring our 2025 in-person conference? Please contact Jamie Shanker-Passero at sban@umd.edu.

Our events are attended by SBAN members and non-members who are policymakers, nonprofit advocates, technical assistance providers, developers, financial institutions, scholars, and small business owners. The majority of our attendees identify as BIPOC and work with BIPOC- and immigrant-owned small businesses or on issues that impact those businesses directly.

• 97% of attendees surveyed said the information shared at the conference was either helpful or very helpful.
• 96% said the conference allowed them to connect with people or organizations with whom they are interested in continuing to communicate or collaborate.
• Attendees traded 765 one-on-one private messages and posted nearly 500 messages on the conference platform’s community board. 
• Attendees viewed the online agenda page 2,415 times.