Connecting Classrooms with Real-World Learning

Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports entrepreneurship education for youth through YIPPEE Exchange, a curated online marketplace that helps educators bring real-world learning experiences into their classrooms.

Through YIPPEE, teachers can access hands-on resources, programs, and experiences that help students build entrepreneurial skills and mindsets. These opportunities connect classroom learning to the world beyond school, giving students the chance to explore ideas, solve problems, collaborate with others, and discover what they are capable of creating.

Entrepreneurship education is about preparing young people for their futures in an ever-changing world. While most people think about entrepreneurship education as a way to help students dream about, create, and run businesses, it also strongly supports:

  • Developing a workforce that is ready to innovate, lead, and produce;
  • Acquiring critical life skills that help young people navigate relationships; and
  • Creating leaders who transform their communities.
     

It helps students learn how to generate creative solutions, work collaboratively toward shared goals, and develop the persistence and resilience to forge their own paths

Why YIPPEE Matters

Students need opportunities to practice the skills that prepare them for life, work, and leadership. YIPPEE helps make those opportunities more accessible by connecting educators with trusted entrepreneurship education providers and resources.

Through YIPPEE experiences, students can develop and strengthen skills such as:

  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Empathy
  • Critical thinking
  • Growth mindset
  • Opportunity-seeking
  • Creativity and problem-solving
  • Confidence and resilience

These are the kinds of skills that help students imagine possibilities, take initiative, work with others, and turn ideas into action.

How YIPPEE Works

YIPPEE brings together educators, providers, and sponsors in one marketplace designed to expand access to high-quality entrepreneurship education.

Educators

Educators can join YIPPEE to discover classroom resources and real-world learning experiences that support entrepreneurial skill-building. The marketplace offers a range of opportunities, including hands-on kits, workshops, field trips, classroom activities, and connections with entrepreneurs designed to help students build the skills and mindsets they need to thrive.

Get Resources for Your Classroom

Providers

Entrepreneurship education providers can use YIPPEE to offer classroom-ready experiences, products, and resources that help students build entrepreneurial skills. YIPPEE creates a platform for providers to reach educators and bring meaningful learning opportunities to more students.

Sponsors

Sponsors help make entrepreneurship education more accessible by funding educator access to YIPPEE resources and experiences. Their support helps connect students with hands-on learning opportunities that prepare them to think creatively, solve problems, and contribute to their communities.

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Real-World Impact

YIPPEE experiences give students the opportunity to see entrepreneurship in action. Whether they are engaging with local entrepreneurs, exploring hands-on projects, or learning to think differently about challenges and opportunities, students gain experiences that make learning active, relevant, and full of possibility.

YIPPEE’s impact stories highlight how educators, providers, and students are using entrepreneurship education to spark growth, confidence, imagination, and connection.

View YIPPEE Impact Stories

Our Support

Launched in 2022, YIPPEE reflects Burton D. Morgan Foundation’s more than 50-year commitment to strengthening free enterprise by investing in people and organizations that embody the entrepreneurial spirit. At its core, YIPPEE was created to address a simple but persistent challenge in education: teachers know their students best, yet they are often left out of decisions about which learning tools and experiences reach their classrooms. 

By supporting YIPPEE, the foundation helps expand access to entrepreneurship education and provides educators with a practical way to bring entrepreneurial thinking into the classroom.

Through this work, students are introduced to the mindsets and skills that can help them shape their futures, strengthen their communities, and see themselves as capable creators, problem-solvers, and leaders.

Learn More

Visit YIPPEE to explore the marketplace, learn how to get involved, or discover what’s possible through hands-on entrepreneurial experiences.

Visit YIPPEE Exchange