2017 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports programs that seek to instill unquenchable curiosity, adept problem solving skills, and an active entrepreneurial mindset in children and teens.


Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, $20,000
For the BioInnovation Academy


Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation, $10,000
For summer interns in the Career Connect program


Cuyahoga County Public Library, $6,000
For summer youth entrepreneurship camps

2017 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.


Baldwin Wallace University, $225,000
For the NEOLaunchNET program (two years)


Case Western Reserve University, $230,000
For the NEOLaunchNET program (two years)


Case Western Reserve University, $350,000
For the Intellectual Property Venture Clinic (three years)

2017 Adult Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation and its many partners support Northeast Ohio's startup and scaleup ecosystems as these collaborative efforts evolve to advance the region's great ideas and new ventures.

89.7 WKSU, $33,500
For an entrepreneurship-reporting intern ($25,000) and sponsorship of Exploradio ($8,500)


Akron Development Corporation, $3,000
For the FUEL pitch event


Akron Roundtable, $2,500
To sponsor the Daniel Isenberg luncheon in April

2018 Hudson, Community, & Emergency Grants

As our home base, the historic City of Hudson represents an important grantmaking priority for Morgan Foundation.  The Foundation provides grants to organizations that contribute to the vibrant sense of community that makes Hudson a special place to live and work.


Case-Barlow Farm, $5,000
For exterior improvements to the main barn


City of Hudson, $1,200
For Hudson Community Television for the production of Good Day in Hudson

2018 Adult Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation and its many partners support Northeast Ohio's startup and scaleup ecosystems as these collaborative efforts evolve to advance the region's great ideas and new ventures.


Akron SCORE Chapter 81, $40,000
To support operations, including a $5,000 challenge grant


Akron SCORE Chapter 81, $35,000
For operating support


BioEnterprise, $150,000
To support entrepreneurship assistance and internship programming

2018 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports programs that seek to instill unquenchable curiosity, adept problem solving skills, and an active entrepreneurial mindset in children and teens.


Akron Public Schools, $19,150
For the Marketing Challenge Program (2 years)


America SCORES Cleveland, $10,000
For the One Hen entrepreneurship program


Beachwood City Schools, $10,000
For the NOISE Expo 2019

2018 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.


Ashland University, $50,000
For programming at Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the development of a core entrepreneurship course to be taken by all undergraduate students


Babson College, $3,000
To sponsor the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

2019 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.


Baldwin Wallace University, $225,000 
For NEOLaunchNET programming (two years)


Baldwin Wallace University, $10,000
Changemaker Grant


Bounce Innovation Hub, $75,000
For programming that allows students to engage in due diligence and investment opportunities

2019 Youth Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports programs that develop the mindset, agency, and skills to design and actualize enterprising ideas and solutions.


Akron Community Foundation, $250,000
To establish the Dick Chenoweth Fund for Experiential Education


America SCORES Cleveland, $10,000
For the One Hen program


America SCORES Cleveland, $11,250
For the One Hen program


Beachwood City Schools, $6,000
For the Eureka! micro-business competition

2019 Adult Entrepreneurship Grants

Burton D. Morgan Foundation supports programming that advances Akron's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as select region-wide initiatives. 


Akron Regional Development Board Educational Fund, $45,000
To support the Choose Growth Akron awareness initiative


Akron Roundtable, $2,500
To sponsor the luncheon in February 2019 featuring entrepreneur Brandon Chrostowski


Akron SCORE Chapter 81, $35,000
To support operations of the Akron SCORE office

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