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Join us at our annual Gellert Family Business award reception

It is being held this year on Wednesday, May 4^th at Restaurant 724 Valencia Street in San Francisco’s Mission District.
Meet our 2022 winners, Beck’s Motor Lodge and Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, as we celebrate their accomplishments as third generation family-owned firms!

The reception will begin at 6:00pm.

Rent Relief Grant Pilot Program

Businesses can get up to $35,000 to pay unpaid rent debt that was accrued between March 2020 and September 2021. Click the link below to see if your business is eligible to apply.

Application Deadline April 1, 2022

New Roots/New Routes

Family Business & Small Business Conference

May 10, 2023

Join us on May 7, 2024 for our Hospitality/Food Symposium and our Gala celebrating the USF Gellert Family Business Center’s 25th Anniversary. Register to attend or become a sponsor.

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We recognize excellence.

The Gellert Family Business Center recognizes two family-owned businesses every year, provides support and resources to strengthen their operations and promotes these businesses throughout the Bay Area.

Congratulations to the 2024 Gellert Family Business Award Winners, Tin Wah Noodle Company and Barrios Painting for exemplifying the best of San Francisco family business.

Nominate a Family Business

Each year the Gellert Family Business Center recognizes two family-owned businesses for their innovation, inspiring work, and impact on their community. Nominate your favorite Bay Area family businesses for consideration and help them get the recognition they deserve.

“This recognition means so much to me as a small, family and woman-owned business. Keeping these types of businesses alive is an essential part of having a diverse, eclectic city, such as San Francisco. Kudos to USF for fostering their students to take on new adventures in family businesses!”

"It's a very big honor and pleasure to receive this award from the USF Gellert family. This will motivate us to proceed further and carry on for the community, who we love."

"I am very thankful to be associated with the Gellert Family Business Resource Center, an important resource for small family-owned businesses in the SF Bay Area. I have had the opportunity to nominate several small businesses for their awards and have also received referrals to my consulting practice from the Center."

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