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ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS — 2010
alt.Consulting $75,000
Pine Bluff, AR
General support for alt.Consulting to provide assistance in small business development to entrepreneurs, business owners and communities in the Delta.
 
Black Umbrellas $25,000
Cape Town, South Africa
For the provision of full support services to small businesses with owners from disadvanged communities
 
The Brookings Institution $100,000
Washington, DC
Project support for the Metropolitan Policy Program
 
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. $125,000
Wiscasset, ME
General support for CEI's development approach to asset building in New England.
 
Kent State University Foundation, Inc./Ohio Employee Ownership Center $75,000
Kent, OH
General support for the Ohio Employee Ownership Center to provide outreach, information, and technical assistance to increase employee ownership.
 
Lawyers Alliance for New York $50,000
New York, NY
General support for legal assistance to nonprofits promoting access to capital, quality child care and economic development.
 
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Inc. $75,000
Baton Rouge, LA
General support for Gulf Coast oil spill recovery efforts.
 
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Inc. $75,000
Baton Rouge, LA
General support for rebuilding efforts in Louisiana, focused on housing and small businesses.
 
Marketumbrella.org $75,000
New Orleans, LA
General support to Marketumbrella.org to initiate and promote ecologically sound economic development for small-scale farmers and producers.
 
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development $100,000
Berea, KY
To support enterprise development, economic opportunity and sustainable use of natural resources in Appalachian Kentucky.
 
Neighborhood Development Center, Inc. $75,000
St. Paul, MN
General support to provide training, working capital, and incubator facilities to entrepreneurs and for commercial real estate development in the inner cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
 
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc. $125,000
Bronx, NY
General support to expand and strengthen worker-owned enterprises in the home health care industry.
 
PeopleFund $50,000
Austin, TX
General support to support commercial enterprise development in East and South Austin.
 
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA $65,000
Pittsboro, NC
General support for RAFI's efforts to help North Carolina's farmers preserve and improve the earning power of their farms.
 
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit $50,000
Detroit, MI
General support to provide financing and technical assistance to small businesses in Detroit.
 
Shorebank Enterprise Group Pacific $125,000
Ilwaco, WA
General support to provide financing and technical assistance for small business development in low-income regions and neighborhoods of the Pacific Northwest.
 
Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc. $25,000
New Iberia, LA
General support for Gulf Coast oil spill recovery efforts.
 
Sustainable Jobs Development Corporation $50,000
Durham, NC
General support to provide assistance and increased access to capital for entrepreneurial businesses in order to expand their positive community economic development and environmental outcomes.
 
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc. $50,000
Austin, TX
Project support to bring pro bono corporate attorney resources to community development practitioners in Texas.
 
University of Maryland Foundation, Inc/The Democracy Collaborative $50,000
Adelphi, MD
Project support for the Evergreen Initiative.
 
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