Ewing Kauffman Foundation invites proposals from nonprofit and for-profit organizations that can address direct barriers to diverse entrepreneurs

Kauffman Inclusion Open
Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Central Time on May 2, 2017

Qualification Criteria

The Kauffman Inclusion Open is intended for nonprofit and for-profit organizations with uncommon solutions for leveling the playing field for diverse entrepreneurs who have been excluded due to demographic, socio-economic and geographic barriers. Qualified organizations will demonstrate how they would address these types of barriers:

Direct barriers, including but not limited to access to training, mentoring and capital, and/or

Contributing and social issues that address the root causes of barriers, including but not limited to bias, poverty, declining infrastructure and demographic shifts.

Diversity in this RFP includes gender, race, age, geography, disability, sexual orientation and those who are part of specialized groups, such as veterans and displaced workers.

Overview

Entrepreneurship remains in a long-term decline that has prevented millions of Americans from achieving economic success. This is especially true for women, minorities and others facing demographic, socio-economic and geographic barriers to starting and growing businesses.

Ewing Kauffman Foundation invites proposals from nonprofit and for-profit organizations that can address direct barriers to diverse entrepreneurs, such as access to training, mentoring and capital, and/or the root causes of those barriers, such as bias, poverty, declining infrastructure and demographic shifts.

If your organization has uncommon solutions to leveling the playing field for diverse entrepreneurs, you may qualify for this grant program. If your organization is working to address the underlying causes of these barriers, you also may qualify.

We’re calling on everyone who fights for entrepreneurs to help clear the path for diverse makers, doers and dreamers to pursue their ambitions. We must work together to encourage, guide and reinforce entrepreneurs of all colors, genders and economic backgrounds.

Full RFP Guidelines: http://rfp.kauffman.org/res/p/kauffmaninclusionopen/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ideasatwork04_27_17&_cldee=bGNoaW5nQG10Lmdvdg==&recipientid=contact-fccb19f7c917e611940f00155d028301-fd9846dafe874be98ba7a4cdf4dcc6f0&esid=c4b8113e-642b-e711-80c3-00155d028307