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
2015 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants
Total: $1,027,890
Beachwood City Schools, $10,000
For the EntrovationCLE Expo
Effective Leadership Academy, $3,200
For the LEAD Chamber program
Emmanuel Christian Academy, $30,690
For two summer 2015 entrepreneurship camps
Entrepreneurial Engagement Ohio, $22,000
To support the Scholarship for Entrepreneurial Engagement (SEE) program
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
2015 Hudson, Community, & Emergency Grants
Total, Hudson: $287,100
Destination Hudson, $125,000
To support the renovation of Hudson’s Town Hall to include Destination Hudson and the new Hudson Fire Museum & Historical Education Society (Challenge Grant)
First Congregational Church of Hudson, $10,000
For operating support
EMS Outreach Fund of Hudson, $2,000
For an automated CPR device for one of the Hudson EMS ambulances
2014 Hudson, Community, & Emergency Grants
Total, Hudson: $239,650
City of Hudson, $1,200
For production costs associated with Hudson Cable TV’s Good Day in Hudson
First Congregational Church of Hudson, $10,000
For operating support
Hudson Bandstand, Inc., $2,500
For the 2014 Hudson Summer Music Festival
Hudson City School District, $1,000
For the Keep Hudson Safe initiative
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
2014 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Grants
Total: $3,427,447
Ashland University, $21,700
For entrepreneurship programming
Baldwin Wallace University, $214,022
For the Blackstone LaunchPad program (2 years)
Case Western Reserve University, $679,400
For the expansion of legal services by IPVC (3 years)
Case Western Reserve University, $244,022
For the Blackstone LaunchPad program (2 years)
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