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
Bounce Innovation Hub, $50,000
For the Choose Growth Akron initiative
Bounce Innovation Hub, $17,000
For strategic planning and capital costs
Business Volunteers Unlimited, $4,300
For a seminar of social entrepreneurship
Canton Regional SCORE, $15,000
For workshops, marketing, and outreach efforts
Cleveland Co-Labs, $10,000
To expand outreach and connections
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology, $10,000
For entrepreneurial education and mentorship activities
Crafty Mart, $4,000
To support Maker Sessions
Cuyahoga County Public Library, $27,000
For an entrepreneurship educator training program for library staff (2 years)
Downtown Akron Partnership, $35,000
To support the Pop-Up Retail Program
Economic and Community Development Institute, $150,000
To support operations of the Akron office
Economic Growth Foundation, $100,000
To support operations of the Business Growth Collaborative (2 years)
Hebrew Free Loan Association, $50,000
To expand a business loan pool for small business owners and entrepreneurs without access to conventioal funding services
Hispanic Business Center, $25,000
For the Latino/Minority Construction Capacity Initiative
Ideastream, $50,000
For the Making It series
Ideastream, $20,000
To sponsor Nightly Business Report
Lake View Cemetery Foundation, $15,000
To research and write a booklet as part of its "Entrepreneurship in Cleveland" program (2 years)
MAGNET, $100,000
To provide support and continuing education to manufacturing companies after the completion of Cohort 2 of Scalerator NEO
North Coast Angel Fund, $10,000
For educational events for angel investors
Summit Artspace, $10,000
For the Artist Entrepreneur Institute 2018
Team NEO Foundation, $150,000
To implement strategies outlined in the additive manufacturing and internet of things cluster roadmaps
The City Club of Cleveland, $5,000
To support an entrepreneurship forum
The Devil Strip, $7290
For coverage of entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio
University of Akron Research Foundation, $10,000
For StartupBus 2018
Venture for America, $200,000
To support the Fellows Program in Northeast Ohio (2 years)
Well Community Development Corporation, $20,000
For the Akron Food Works program
Youngstown Edison Incubator Corporation, $50,000
To coordinate the activities of the Comeback Capital Fund and follow-on funding conference