2015 Adult Entrepreneurship Grants

Total:  $809,950


89.7 WKSU, $8,500
For sponsorship of Exploradio


Akron Area Arts Alliance, $10,000
For the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute 2016


Akron SCORE, $30,000
For general operating support


Bad Girl Ventures, $40,000
For operating support


BioEnterprise Corporation, $200,000
To support bioscience business development activities and internship programming

2016 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation believes that entrepreneurial learning and experiences benefit all college students as they chart their paths to the future. 


Cleveland State University Foundation, $2,500
For the Startup Vikes competition


Entrepreneurship Education Consortium, Up to $120,000
For Entrepreneurship Immersion Week and the ideaLabs competition and funds to assist with a comprehensive strategic planning process

2014 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Total:  $1,087,380

Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland, up to $212,985
To establish a Youth Market Garden and entrepreneurship program at two club sites, in collaboration with the Cleveland Botanical Garden (3 years)


Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, $10,000
For scholarships for teachers to attend the 2014 entrepreneurship forum and for administrative support

2015 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Grants

Total:  $1,595,308

Ashland University, $12,500
To send ten attendees to the 2015 Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education


Ashland University, $134,000
For entrepreneurship programming and faculty learning


Case Western Reserve University, $1,000,000
To establish The Burton D. Morgan Suite for Entrepreneurship within the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Case Western Reserve University's Think[box] facility

2014 Adult Entrepreneurship Grants

Total:  $1,182,036

Akron Area Arts Alliance, $10,000
For the Artist Entrepreneur Institute in Summit County


Akron Community Foundation, $5,000
For consulting costs in support of Growth & Opportunity: Akron


Akron Development Corporation, $150,000
To build our space at the Akron Global Business Accelerator for the new Bit Factory accelerator program for high-potential IT startups and for initial marketing

2013 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Total:  $1,068,773

Akron Area YMCA, $16,000
For a business boot camp and entrepreneurship program for youth


Akron Public Schools, $50,000 (2 years)
To develop the Akron STEM High School’s entrepreneurship program and to equip the school’s Entrepreneur Learning Lab


Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, $6,000
For the “Best Medicine” Engineering Fair


Beachwood City Schools, $6,500
To support the 2014 Entrovation Expo

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