To those who believe there is more.

Four days ago, I didn't have a foundation. I had a conviction.

It didn't come from a boardroom or a strategic planning session. It came quietly, clearly, and with a weight that wouldn't let go. I've been building businesses long enough to know the difference between a good idea and a God idea. This one was different.

By the time most people sat down for dinner that evening, I had already decided. The Fear Not Foundation was born on March 26, 2026. Not because I had a plan, but because I couldn't not do it.

The real enemy isn't failure. It's fear.

I've had conversations with a lot of people over the years — hard-working people, smart people, people with everything it takes to change their lives. So I started asking them directly: what is holding you back? I asked nearly a hundred of them. The answer wasn't laziness. It wasn't lack of talent. It wasn't bad luck.

It was fear. Fear of failure. Fear of judgment. Fear that they don't have what it takes. Fear wearing a thousand different faces — and every one of them a lie.

God's most repeated command in Scripture isn't be moral or be disciplined — it is "do not be afraid." He says it over and over again. Not because it's a nice sentiment, but because He knew we'd need to hear it every single day. That command is also a promise.

The Fear Not Foundation exists to deliver that message where it's needed most: to the woman who has a business idea but hasn't told anyone, to the man who keeps starting over and wonders if this time it's finally his time, to the kid who needs someone to believe in him before he can believe in himself.

Why me, why now, why here.

My name is Kevin Nezat. I live in Saraland, Alabama, with my wife Deanna and our two boys. I am not writing to you from a place of arrival — I am writing from a place of momentum. My brother Kris and I have built our businesses from the ground up. We built them the hard way, and we're still building. That matters, because every person we serve through this foundation will know it was started by someone who understands the middle of the journey — not just the beginning, and not just the end.

I am a Christian, and that is not a footnote in this story — it is the entire story. Faith before everything. That's not a slogan. It's the order of operations for how I make every decision. Faith motivates this work — but it is never a condition of service. No applicant is screened for religious affiliation, attendance, or practice.

When I decided to start this foundation, I didn't wait for investors or grant money. I personally seeded the Fear Not Foundation before asking a single person for a dollar. Skin in the game is the only credibility that matters.

What we will actually do.

The Fear Not Foundation is built on three pillars:

• The Striving Entrepreneur — 50%. This is where the foundation was born. The Gulf Coast has no shortage of grit. What it often lacks is a bridge between a great idea and the first real step forward. We will fund that bridge through hand-up grants, mentorship, and accountability — the belief that faith and ambition are not in conflict.
• The Elderly — 25%. Dignity doesn't diminish with age, but too often access does. We will provide practical care, companionship, and support to seniors in our community who need a hand.
• The Next Generation — 25%. School supplies, scholarships, and the kind of steady investment that tells a child: someone sees you, and someone believes in you.

A hand up, not a handout. That distinction is everything.

As those entrepreneurs grow, we ask one thing: give back where you got your blessing. The goal is a foundation that becomes self-sustaining — a flywheel of gratitude and generosity that grows every year, not because we chase donors, but because the people we served remember who believed in them first.

Even our logo carries that ethos. It's a geometric gold lion — the Lion of Judah — with a cross hidden in the mane and a sword hidden in the chin. Bold and fearless, but rooted in something ancient and unshakable. That's this foundation.

Join us.

I'm not asking you to bet on a brochure. I'm asking you to bet on a community, on a creed, and on the stubborn belief that the people around you are more capable than fear has let them be.

Gulf Coast Alabama is my home. These are my neighbors, my friends, my community. I am going to spend however many years God gives me making sure that this place — and the people in it — know they were not forgotten, and they have no reason to be afraid.

With faith, purpose, and full commitment —
Kevin Alexander Nezat
& Deanna Nezat
Founders, Fear Not Foundation, Inc. — Saraland, Alabama

Our Creed
Pray hard. Work hard. Expect great things.
Prayer leads. That is not a suggestion. It is the foundation.