Support for 2024 general operating expenses

Capacity building support offering entrepreneurs affordable access to licensed kitchen space, equipment, and business coaching to help launch and grow food-based businesses.

Support to expand benefits access and strengthen workforce participation across KS and MO. IC proposed utilizing its fiscally sponsored project, MyFriendBen, to advance this grant’s purpose.

Support to build capacity for staffing information technology, and operational systems related to Entrepreneurship.

Support for the comprehensive revision of Independent Sector’s Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice to strengthen nonprofit governance and leadership and advance collective action.

Support for a workforce and career development proposal collaborating with the Center for Bioethics on learning pathways focused on ethical AI skills and a series of pilot initiatives strengthening support for non-traditional learners.

To support new educational programs to equip entrepreneur support leaders in Kansas City and nationwide to adopt new approaches that build more supportive environments that help entrepreneurs of color start, grow scale businesses.

Support for scaling educational programs and organizational capacity to increase the adoption of Entrepreneur-Focused Economic Development in the United States, with a focus on communities in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.

Capacity building support for workforce development program operations and fundraising planning.

Support for a workforce and career development proposal to expand the Dignified Workforce Program, which trains low-income Northeast KC residents in basic home repair, providing EPA and OSHA certifications.