Coleman Foundation Offers Entrepreneurship Grants
The Coleman Foundation has allocated up to $1,000,000 for this year's Entrepreneurship Awareness and Education Grant program. The program will award a one-time grant of up to $25,000 to any university, college, community college or community-based nonprofit organization to establish or significantly expand an entrepreneurship initiative that focuses on any of the following areas:
- Entrepreneurship course(s), program(s) or a minor targeting non-business majors in a collegiate setting;
- Cross-curriculum entrepreneurship education in disciplines, such as medicine, law, architecture, engineering, psychology or veterinary science;
- Entrepreneurship training or certificate program targeting non-degree seeking students that are owners of an active existing business;
- Entrepreneurship course(s) or program(s) targeting performing, non-performing or other art-related studies; and,
- Entrepreneurship outreach program(s) targeting high school, elementary or alternative school students.
The foundation also will award a one-time grant of up to $15,000 for any high school or community-based nonprofit organization to establish or significantly expand an entrepreneurship initiative that focuses on one of the following areas:
- Center or school-based businesses run by students, such as catering, web design, school store or bazaar;
- Youth entrepreneurship training in year-long curriculum, after-school or summer program(s); and,
- Venture pool or loan fund for student-owned and operated businesses.
The Foundation's objective is to facilitate the implementation of entrepreneurship education initiatives by covering direct costs associated with new or significantly expanded programs. The intent is to target populations that might otherwise not be exposed to entrepreneurship education. Priority will be given to practical programs that have developed community and/or institutional partnerships and can demonstrate both
financial and programmatic sustainability. Proposals focusing on general business education, free enterprise or economics do not qualify.
Only nonprofit educational institutions and organizations holding a current Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) are eligible to apply. The deadline for first quarter applications is December 31, 1999. Proposals will be evaluated on first come, first serve basis and will be awarded and announced quarterly.
For more information, visit http://www.colemanfoundation.org/ .
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