Project Grant SNU70022GR0042

This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management provides $284,231 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 to support volunteer training and workforce development services. Megiddo Dream Station will coordinate an estimated 75 volunteers to provide hands-on job and personal skill training, financial literacy classes, income tax preparation, and GED preparation to economically disadvantaged...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) to launch the Innovation in Action Challenge Fund (INNOVACTION 2.0). INNOVACTION 2.0 will provide business training to hundreds of youth throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to create youth-led entrepreneurship initiatives that support reducing environmental impacts, climate risks, emissions, and energy use. YABT...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,828 to Myvillage Project Inc. to develop and deliver STEM learning experiences that engage Black youth in emerging computational careers. The project aims to address systemic barriers that contribute to the underrepresentation of Black individuals in technology fields. Key elements include: Providing 850 hours of technical training and...

The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...

The National Science Foundation awarded $304,558 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. to design and implement an eight-week entrepreneurial training program. The program will provide approximately 100 educational and learning technology research teams with resources and tools to advance their innovations from the lab to the market. Specifically, the grantee will offer curriculum based on...

This $3,060,344 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program funds the Stitchcrew Vest Her Ventures project. The project establishes one of Oklahoma's first accelerators to connect traditionally overlooked entrepreneurs with capital, networks, and resources needed to build and scale companies. It provides executive coaching to over 100 members annually and uses its extended network as a talent bank and trusted pipeline. Stitchcrew and...

This $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will fund the USAID YOUTH EMPOWER (EMPOWER) ACTIVITY in Jamaica over a five-year period from December 2023 to December 2028. The EMPOWER Activity aims to address risk and resilience factors influencing at-risk Jamaican youths' participation in crime and violence. The project will bolster civic education and...

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $149,957 Cooperative Agreement to Network 20/20, Inc., a non-profit organization, to deliver an intensive academic and practical entrepreneurship and leadership training program for 12 students or recent graduates aged 18-25 in Serbia. The program provides in-depth training to equip participants with entrepreneurial skills to launch new ventures and positively impact their local communities. The award has...

This $6,021,480 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Village to Venture: EDA Build to Scale Venture Challenge. Through a partnership between Southwestern Community College, the University of San Diego, and the Connect Foundation, this project will support underrepresented entrepreneurs in the San Diego region in accessing traditional capital sources and creating new jobs. Specifically, the partnership will...