NFTE (Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship) empowers partners and school districts to integrate entrepreneurial education across curricula and equip students with the skills, connections, credentials and real-world experiences needed to lead change and own their futures.
VentureLab is passionate about empowering kids to innovate, create and discover their potential. That’s why they’ve created innovative and fun entrepreneurship curriculum, training and programs — the perfect vehicles to help students develop a mindset and ‘heartset’ that they can use for a lifetime, no matter what they choose to become.
Young Entrepreneur Institute (YEI) is focused on impacting as many students as possible by collaborating with educators and sharing best-in-class knowledge and expertise. YEI equips K-12 students with an entrepreneurial mindset and skills for the future by: training and supporting educators, and offering hands-on experiential learning opportunities for students.
Collaborative Communications partners with education and youth-serving organizations to tell powerful stories, build capacity and scale what works for young people. For more than 25 years, they’ve been communicating with and connecting the out-of-school time field — lifting up what’s working, building shared vision and helping leaders learn from one another.
The Afterschool Alliance works with agencies, elected officials, business, 50 state afterschool networks, community leaders, and program providers across the nation to expand support for quality afterschool programs.
The Mott Million Dollar Challenge is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, which supports efforts in its hometown of Flint and communities around the world to promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. As part of its Youth Engagement program, the Foundation is working to expand access to youth entrepreneurship, helping young people build mindsets and skills — leadership, creativity and ingenuity — that promote success in school and life. For more information, visit mott.org.
Supported by funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and powered by NFTE in collaboration with VentureLab, YEI, the Afterschool Alliance and Collaborative Communications.
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