2012 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Total: $531,455

Beachwood City Schools, $6,500
Support for 2013 “Entrovation Expo”


Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, $15,000
For annual conference planning and promotion and for up to 22 Northeast Ohio teachers to attend the 2012 FORUM


Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, $5,000
For annual support of the Youth Entrepreneurship Alliance (YEA) in 2012-13


Emmanuel Christian Academy, $13,130
For a summer 2012 entrepreneurship camp

2009 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Total: $867,926

Akron City School District, $50,000
To fund development and delivery of six workshops in 2009-10 on incorporating an entrepreneurial mindset into the curriculum and school culture for Akron Public Schools' National Inventors Hall of Fame School teachers and curriculum specialists


Akron Council on World Affairs, $5,000
For support of the Global Scholars and Global Executives programs in 2009-10

2012 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Grants

Total: $516,350

Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, $50,000
To support internships for graduate-level students to assist with assessment, development, and commercialization of novel biomedical technologies in 2012-13


Entrepreneurs EDGE, $50,000
To support student stipends for the 2012 EDGE Fellows Summer Internship Program


Entrepreneurship Education Consortium, $80,000
For support of 2012 Entrepreneurship Immersion Week and 2012 ideaLabs

2011 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Grants

Total: $645,784

Baldwin-Wallace College, $92,084
For the Blackstone LaunchPad initiative, year one


College Now Greater Cleveland, $4,500
For the renewal of two scholarships of $2,250 each for John Carroll University students


Entrepreneurs EDGE, $50,000
For the EDGE Fellows summer intern program


Entrepreneurship Education Consortium, $80,000
For support of 2011 Entrepreneurship Immersion Week and 2011 ideaLabs

2013 Adult Entrepreneurship Grants

Total:  $2,015,500


Akron Area Arts Alliance, $5,000
For the Artists Entrepreneurship Institute in Summit County


Akron SCORE Chapter 81, $25,000
For administrative and marketing support


Akron Urban League, $20,000
For the Partnership for the Minority Business Accelerator (PMBA) Class V


Bad Girl Ventures, $10,000
For Cleveland operations and for an Akron pilot program

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