Filene Research Institute Support to pilot a nat’l community of practice and toolkit for credit union leaders in expanding their efforts to support entrepreneur focused-economic development and ecosystem building in nine states, including MO, KS, NE and IA.
Franklin & Marshall College Support to research the comparative success rates of ESOs that promote individualistic vs cooperative models of small business development, with emphasis on understanding the impact on lower-income entrepreneurs.
Frontier Schools, Inc. Support to design and implement a three-year Real World Learning strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region.
Frontier Schools, Inc. Support for a college access and completion project to strengthen postsecondary retention and graduation outcomes for low-income, first-generation students through a college mentoring initiative.
Generating Income for Tomorrow Support for an entrepreneurship project to expand and provide technical assistance support to 33% more east side Kansas City business owners than currently served.
George Mason University Support for research exploring the role of HBCUs play in advancing economic mobility for entrepreneurs.
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. Support to study how financial aid policies may affect post-college opportunities to become entrepreneurs, and how resulting entrepreneurial activity may differ across communities and geographic regions.