Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports programming that advances Akron's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as select region-wide initiatives.
BRITE, $100,000
To support activities of BRITEnetwork
Bounce Innovation Hub, $937,500
To sustain existing programing and to purchase equipment/outfit classrooms over two years
Community Initiatives, $20,000
For operating support for Entrepreneurship Funders Network
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, $1,000
For Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Downtown Akron Partnership, $20,000
To support the Start Downtown program
Economic Growth Foundation, $200,000
To support the launch of MAP Lab over two years
Entrepreneurs' Organization of Cleveland, $3,000
For operating support
Greater Akron Chamber Foundation, $41,752
To support the Business Resource Navigator and the Polymer Connectivity Cluster
Hebrew Free Loan Association, $150,000
For business lending in Northeast Ohio
Ideastream Public Media, $70,000
To support regional business storytelling efforts
North Hill Community Development Corporation, $20,000
To support entrepreneurship programming
Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development, $200,000
To support construction of CentroVilla25 facility
SEA Change Incorporated, $40,000
To support SEA Change's 2023 Northeast Ohio Cohort
Summit Artspace, $20,000
To support artist entrepreneurship programming
The Entrepreneur's EDGE, Up to $57,600
To support the EDGE Fellows program
The Well Community Development Corporation, $87,000
To support Akron Food Works
University of Akron Research Foundation, $50,000
To support the STRIDE Accelerator in 2024
Western Reserve Community Fund, $200,000
For programmatic support