About Us

The nonprofit 30 Day Fund was launched by Virginia technology entrepreneur Pete Snyder and his wife, Burson, when the pandemic began forcing shutdowns. Working with the nation’s leading nonprofit legal experts, they created the first-ever non-profit-to-profit conduit for small businesses in crisis. It had never been done before.

They began with their home state of Virginia, establishing the Virginia 30 Day Fund.  Working with other business leaders throughout the Commonwealth, the Fund’s goal was to help save as many Virginia jobs as possible.

But as the pandemic crisis lengthened beyond 30 days and deepened, the work expanded, and a movement grew.  Soon they’d begun a partnership with funds in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nashville and Macon, Georgia.  They also created a partnership with Dave Portnoy and The Barstool Fund. During the Covid pandemic, the 30 Day Fund gave away over $43 million in grants, assisting over 3154 small businesses. 

Our Advisory Board

Pete and Burson are joined by some of Virginia’s top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and philanthropic partners, including:

  • Honorable Israel & Emily O’Quinn
  • Jim Cheng, former Virginia Secretary of Commerce 
  • Suzanne Clark, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President 
  • Bobbie Kilberg 
  • Mark Kimsey, Board Member, Kimsey Foundation
  • Sharon and Virginia Senator Chap Petersen
  • Todd Stottlemyer, former Rector of the College of William & Mary and CEO of CNSI
  • Will Payne, Managing Partner, Coalfield Strategies
  • Curtis Gordinier, Managing Member, Maltese Capital
  • Suzanne and Virginia Senator Mark Obenshain
  • Pam Brewster, Principal, Orange Strategies
  • Virginia Delegate Rob Bell
  • Chelsea Wise, Equity Consultant, The Spark Mill 
  • Kevin and Anne Gentry
  • Julie and Virginia Delegate Kirk Cox
  • RJ Narang, President, Renegade Technology Systems, Inc.
  • Diane and Frank Atkinson
  • Virginia Delegate David LaRock
  • The Honorable Jerry Kilgore
  • J.R. Hadley
  • Glorya and D.J. Jordan, Former Chair of the Virginia State Board of Social Services
  • Melissa Martin, Former Journalist & Project Manager, Inova Health System
  • Marcus Martin, Jr., Founder/CEO of Global Oak Capital Markets and Anchor Digital Inc & Director of Development, Ridley Scholars Program at the University of Virginia
  • Chuck James, Partner, Williams Mullen
  • Zac Moffatt, CEO, Targeted Victory 
  • Craig Parisot, CEO of ATA LLC