Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports programs that seek to instill unquenchable curiosity, adept problem solving skills, and an active entrepreneurial mindset in children and teens.

Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, $20,000
For the BioInnovation Academy


Beachwood City Schools, $10,000
For the NOISE Expo at Beachwood High School


Effective Leadership Academy, $2,500
For Entrepreneurship Day of the LEAD Chamber program in Beachwood


Emmanuel Christian Academy, $15,000
For a summer entrepreneurship camp for middle school students


Entrepreneurial Engagement Ohio, $32,500
To support five science and technology forums in Northeast Ohio


Girl Scouts of North East Ohio, $10,000
For the Girl Executive Program


Great Trail Council Boy Scouts of America, $7,000
For the Entrepreneurship Merit Badge program


Hathaway Brown School, $15,000
For salary support and student startup costs


Hawken School, $100,000
To support the development of a digital platform for the Hawken Educators Workshop, and provide scholarships for public school educators in Northeast Ohio to attend the workshop (2 years)


Hershey Montessori School, $7,500
To initiate the creation of a retail shop


Junior Achievement of East Central Ohio, $40,000
For entrepreneurship programming and operations


Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, $50,000
For entrepreneurship programming and operations


Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley, $35,000
For entrepreneurship programming and operations


Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio, $85,000
For entrepreneurship programming and operations


National Inventors Hall of Fame, $20,000
For an evaluation project


National Inventors Hall of Fame, $136,400
For Camp Invention and Invention Project


Prepared 4 Life, $10,000
For underwriting the license fee for Lemonade Day Northeast Ohio


St. Clair Superior Development Corporation, $100,000
To develop youth entrepreneurship opportunities that integrate the unique maker culture of the St. Clair neighborhood into Northeast Ohio's rich entrepreneurship programming (2 years)


The Greater Expectations Intercontinental Sacred Arts Society, $5,000
For an arts and entrepreneurship program


The University of Akron Foundation, $10,000
For the BEST Medicine Engineering Fair and BEST Entrepreneurship Camp


University School, $70,000
For Lemonade Day and Selling Bee


University School, $61,500
For Young Entrepreneur Institute programming


University School, $10,750
For the Veale Regional Business Plan Competition and the Veale Executive Coaching Day


University School, $193,000
To support the 2016 Enspire conference and a business idea competition for youth


Youth Opportunities Unlimited, $30,000
For the E City entrepreneurship program


Total:  $1,106,150