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12 funders with a record of paying for “entrepreneurship”
Where the money went Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → The Curators of the University of Missouri: $9.5M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Citi Foundation → Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $3.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wk Kellogg Foundation → New Mexico Community Capital: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2021 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → University School: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Chicago Community Foundation: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $435K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc → Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio: $270K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wells Fargo Foundation → Los Angeles Urban League: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Pontiac Community Foundation → Accounting Aid Society: $85K across 11 grants, latest 2024 Allies for Community Business Inc → Xayah Enterprises LLC: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Second Service Foundation Inc → Kayla Corbitt: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation → Colorado Mesa University: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Global Entrepreneurship Network Inc: $4.2M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Citi Foundation → Ja Worldwide Inc: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Grand Canyon Trust: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Esteam Foundation Inc: $850K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Sunshine Enterprises: $448K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc → University School: $224K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Drexel University: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Wells Fargo Foundation → University of Houston Foundation: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Pontiac Community Foundation → Centro Multicultural La Familia in: $33K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Allies for Community Business Inc → Afro Joes: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Second Service Foundation Inc → Colleen Marchi: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation → St Louis University: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship Inc: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Citi Foundation → Charities Aid Foundation America: $1.9M across 10 grants, latest 2024 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Genesee Intermediate School District: $685K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Start Garden LLC: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Chicago Urban League: $370K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc → Ashland University: $185K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Wells Fargo Foundation → Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Td Charitable Foundation → Entrepreneurship for All Inc: $90K across 5 grants, latest 2023 Pontiac Community Foundation → Main Street Pontiac: $29K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Allies for Community Business Inc → Chazerly Designs LLC: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Second Service Foundation Inc → Jordan Foley: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation → California State Univ Sacramento: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Civic Council of Greater Kansas City Foundation: $1.7M across 8 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Kansas City Public Library: $780K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Global Entrepreneurship Week: $763K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Rising Tide Capital Inc: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Citi Foundation → United States African Development Foundation: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $465K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Washington University: $454K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Institute for Justice: $450K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Community Initiatives: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $443K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → The Regents of the University of California at Riverside: $430K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Prospect Business Association: $425K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Research Foundation of State University of New York: $403K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Youth Entrepreneurs Inc: $400K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → State University of Iowa: $395K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Generating Income for Tomorrow: $378K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Pueblo of Zuni: $363K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Women's Business Development Center: $353K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation → Hopewell Fund: $350K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation → Business Education Fund: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Good Food Catalyst: $330K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Allies for Community Business: $328K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Rogers Park Business Alliance: $327K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Greater Southwest Development Corporation: $308K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → West Side Forward: $303K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Coleman Foundation Inc → Urban Juncture Foundation: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: $24M on this topic. Open the funder. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundat… $24M Citi Foundation: $7.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Citi Foundation $7.9M Wk Kellogg Foundation: $4.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Wk Kellogg Foundation $4.9M Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: $4.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Charles Stewart Mott Foundati… $4.3M The Coleman Foundation Inc: $3.6M on this topic. Open the funder. The Coleman Foundation Inc $3.6M Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc: $679K on this topic. Open the funder. Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc $679K Td Charitable Foundation: $675K on this topic. Open the funder. Td Charitable Foundation $675K Wells Fargo Foundation: $420K on this topic. Open the funder. Wells Fargo Foundation $420K Pontiac Community Foundation: $147K on this topic. Open the funder. Pontiac Community Foundation $147K Allies for Community Business Inc: $62K on this topic. Open the funder. Allies for Community Business… $62K Second Service Foundation Inc: $46K on this topic. Open the funder. Second Service Foundation Inc $46K The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. The Richard M Schulze Family… $15K The Curators of the University of Missouri: received $9.5M on this topic The Curators of the University… $9.5M Global Entrepreneurship Network Inc: received $4.2M on this topic Global Entrepreneurship Network… $4.2M Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: received $3.6M on this topic Network for Teaching Entreprene… $3.6M Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship Inc: received $3.0M on this topic Kansas Center for Entrepreneurs… $3.0M Ja Worldwide Inc: received $2.3M on this topic Ja Worldwide Inc $2.3M Charities Aid Foundation America: received $1.9M on this topic Charities Aid Foundation America $1.9M Civic Council of Greater Kansas City Foundation: received $1.7M on this topic Civic Council of Greater Kansas… $1.7M New Mexico Community Capital: received $1.5M on this topic New Mexico Community Capital $1.5M University School: received $1.1M on this topic University School $1.1M Grand Canyon Trust: received $1.0M on this topic Grand Canyon Trust $1.0M Esteam Foundation Inc: received $850K on this topic Esteam Foundation Inc $850K Kansas City Public Library: received $780K on this topic Kansas City Public Library $780K Global Entrepreneurship Week: received $763K on this topic Global Entrepreneurship Week $763K Genesee Intermediate School District: received $685K on this topic Genesee Intermediate School Dis… $685K Start Garden LLC: received $600K on this topic Start Garden LLC $600K Rising Tide Capital Inc: received $600K on this topic Rising Tide Capital Inc $600K Chicago Community Foundation: received $500K on this topic Chicago Community Foundation $500K United States African Development Foundation: received $500K on this topic United States African Developme… $500K Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship: received $465K on this topic Network for Teaching Entreprene… $465K Washington University: received $454K on this topic Washington University $454K Institute for Justice: received $450K on this topic Institute for Justice $450K Community Initiatives: received $450K on this topic Community Initiatives $450K Sunshine Enterprises: received $448K on this topic Sunshine Enterprises $448K The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $443K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $443K The Regents of the University of California at Riverside: received $430K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $430K Prospect Business Association: received $425K on this topic Prospect Business Association $425K Research Foundation of State University of New York: received $403K on this topic Research Foundation of State Un… $403K Youth Entrepreneurs Inc: received $400K on this topic Youth Entrepreneurs Inc $400K Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers: received $400K on this topic Washington Regional Association… $400K Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation: received $400K on this topic Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corpo… $400K State University of Iowa: received $395K on this topic State University of Iowa $395K Generating Income for Tomorrow: received $378K on this topic Generating Income for Tomorrow $378K Chicago Urban League: received $370K on this topic Chicago Urban League $370K Pueblo of Zuni: received $363K on this topic Pueblo of Zuni $363K Women's Business Development Center: received $353K on this topic Women's Business Development Ce… $353K Hopewell Fund: received $350K on this topic Hopewell Fund $350K Business Education Fund: received $350K on this topic Business Education Fund $350K Good Food Catalyst: received $330K on this topic Good Food Catalyst $330K Allies for Community Business: received $328K on this topic Allies for Community Business $328K Rogers Park Business Alliance: received $327K on this topic Rogers Park Business Alliance $327K Greater Southwest Development Corporation: received $308K on this topic Greater Southwest Development C… $308K West Side Forward: received $303K on this topic West Side Forward $303K Urban Juncture Foundation: received $300K on this topic Urban Juncture Foundation $300K Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio: received $270K on this topic Junior Achievement of North Cen… $270K University School: received $224K on this topic University School $224K Los Angeles Urban League: received $200K on this topic Los Angeles Urban League $200K Ashland University: received $185K on this topic Ashland University $185K Drexel University: received $150K on this topic Drexel University $150K University of Houston Foundation: received $120K on this topic University of Houston Foundation $120K Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center: received $100K on this topic Renaissance Entrepreneurship Ce… $100K Entrepreneurship for All Inc: received $90K on this topic Entrepreneurship for All Inc $90K Accounting Aid Society: received $85K on this topic Accounting Aid Society $85K Centro Multicultural La Familia in: received $33K on this topic Centro Multicultural La Familia… $33K Main Street Pontiac: received $29K on this topic Main Street Pontiac $29K Xayah Enterprises LLC: received $21K on this topic Xayah Enterprises LLC $21K Afro Joes: received $21K on this topic Afro Joes $21K Chazerly Designs LLC: received $21K on this topic Chazerly Designs LLC $21K Kayla Corbitt: received $16K on this topic Kayla Corbitt $16K Colleen Marchi: received $15K on this topic Colleen Marchi $15K Jordan Foley: received $15K on this topic Jordan Foley $15K Colorado Mesa University: received $6K on this topic Colorado Mesa University $6K St Louis University: received $5K on this topic St Louis University $5K California State Univ Sacramento: received $4K on this topic California State Univ Sacramento $4K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “entrepreneurship” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $50,000 to BABSON COLLEGE — support for the 2023,2024, and 2025 babson entrepreneurship research conference doctoral consortium for doctoral students pursuing research in entrepreneurship. 202206-12634
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Largest: $20,000 to Entrepreneurship Funders Network — general operating support - entrepreneurship
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Largest: $30,000 to ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC — eforall's inclusive entrepreneurship program
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Largest: $20,510 to FOOD HERO — support for neighborhood entrepreneurship lab cohorts designed to provide assistance to small businesses
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Largest: $25,000 to THE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP — entrepreneurship programming
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Largest: $75,000 to NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP — for entrepreneurship programming
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Largest: $2,500 to NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY — entrepreneurship
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Largest: $1.5M to NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY CAPITAL — strengthen native self-determination through tribal entrepreneurship in both rural and urban communities, and catalyze culturally designed coalition efforts focused on policy, rese…
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Largest: $15,000 to KAYLA CORBITT — veteran and military spouse entrepreneurship
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Largest: $12,500 to CONSULT CHRIS LLC — entrepreneurship
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Largest: $150,000 to CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — hello entrepreneurship program social entrepreneurship accelerator for migrant persons
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Largest: $525,000 to University School — to support an organization that will expand opportunities for young people to participate in entrepreneurial activities and increase engagement of regional ecosystems in youth entr…
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