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KeyBank Invests $300,000 to Boost Cincinnati’s Minority Business Accelerator and Support Job Creation

KeyBank Invests $300,000 to Boost Cincinnati’s Minority Business Accelerator and Support Job Creation
10/04/2024 | Companies
KeyBank and the KeyBank Foundation have announced a $300,000 investment in the Cincinnati Minority Business Accelerator (Accelerator), which is a part of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. This funding aims to support the growth, scaling, and job creation within minority-owned businesses in the...
access to capital, African American businesses, Cincinnati Minority Business Accelerator, community impact, economic growth, economic opportunities, financial support, funding, Hispanic businesses, job creation, KeyBank, KeyBank Foundation, marketing support, minority-owned businesses, partnership, scalable enterprises, small business support, strategic planning, technical assistance, underserved communities

Repeat donor So Delicious provides economic opportunities to women micro entrepreneurs

Repeat donor So Delicious provides economic opportunities to women micro entrepreneurs
03/17/2023 | Companies
Whole Foods Market suppliers are providing economic opportunities to microentrepreneurs, primarily women. These generous brands provide microloans to low-income entrepreneurs so they can start or expand a small, often home-based business. An entrepreneur can purchase essential needs for their small...
economic opportunities, entrepreneurs, food stand, Food suppliers, funding, low income, micro entrepreneurs, microloans, repeat donor, sewing equipment, So Delicious, Whole Foods Market, women entrepreneurs

Southeast Hydrogen Hub encouraged by Department of Energy to apply for funding for creating regional clean hydrogen hubs

Southeast Hydrogen Hub encouraged by Department of Energy to apply for funding for creating regional clean hydrogen hubs
02/15/2023 | Companies
The Southeast Hydrogen Hub coalition announced today that it is one of a small group of organizations encouraged by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to submit a full application in response to the $8 billion in funding for regional clean hydrogen hubs provided by the Infrastructure Investment and...
clean hydrogen, decarbonization, Department of Energy, DOE, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, economic development, economy, Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, energy, funding, greenhouse gas emissions, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, jobs, Louisville Gas, regional, Southeast Hydrogen Hub, Southern Company, Tennessee Valley Authority

Webster Bank and BGC funds Connecticut's first Webster Finance Lab

Webster Bank and BGC funds Connecticut's first Webster Finance Lab
02/13/2023 | Companies
Webster Bank and the Wakeman Boys & Girls Club (BGC) announced today the funding of Connecticut's first Webster Finance Lab, which will be housed in Wakeman's proposed Madison Avenue, Bridgeport location. Webster's Connecticut location is the third of several planned Finance Lab...
BGC, Bridgeport, Connecticut, economic empowerment, families, Finance Lab, financial empowerment, financial skills, funding, Madison Avenue, opportunities, Wakeman Boys & Girls Club, WBCF, Webster Bank, Webster Bank Charitable Foundation, Webster Finance Lab

KeyBank Foundation invests $555,000 towards workforce development and community initiatives

KeyBank Foundation invests $555,000 towards workforce development and community initiatives
01/25/2023 | Companies
The KeyBank Foundation is investing a total of $555,000 in several non-profit organisations in Central New York to support workforce development and community initiatives. These grants are part of KeyBank's $40 billion National Community Benefits Plan, which demonstrates the bank's commitment to...
academics, Build to Work program, Central New York, classroom education, commitments, community initiatives, diversity, equity, funding, grants, inclusion, investments, Jubilee Homes of Syracuse Inc, KeyBank Foundation, National Community Benefits Plan, work experience, workforce development

Collaboration between DICK'S Sporting Goods and Brooks Running support girls and youth running programs

Collaboration between DICK'S Sporting Goods and Brooks Running support girls and youth running programs
01/20/2023 | Companies
Walter Williams, a high school track coach in Tulsa, Oklahoma, printed out the quote for new team equipment and placed it on his desk. He placed it near his mouse so that he would see it every day. He stared at that quote for two years, drumming his fingertips on the paper as he racked his brain...
Brooks Running, DICK'S Sporting Goods, DICK's Sporting Goods Foundation, Empower Her Collection, female athletics, funding, Future Run Platform, Oklahoma, Sports Matter grant, Tulsa, Walter Williams

International Paper collaborates with GFN to slash food wastage and green house gas emissions

International Paper collaborates with GFN to slash food wastage and green house gas emissions
11/28/2022 | Companies
International Paper has mobilized its people, products, and resources to meet critical needs in the communities where our employees live and work. Red de Alimentos provided food and operational support to three Graneros, Chile-based partners, including funding for additional staff, technology,...
agricultural product, communities, distribution target, efficiencies, employees, food bank, funding, Graneros, International Paper, logistics, Red de Alimentos, service delivery, staff, technology

Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture boosts measures to adopt climate smart agricultural mechanisms

Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture boosts measures to adopt climate smart agricultural mechanisms
09/15/2022 | Companies
Efforts towards innovative financing mechanisms to accelerate adoption of climate friendly agriculture gains traction. The Sustainable Agriculture Alliance™ has received financing from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Products opportunity...
accelerate, adoption, agriculture markets, agronomic risks, blueprints, Climate Smart Agriculture Innovative Financing Initiative, climate smart practices, Department of Agriculture, farmers, financing, funding, grant, innovative financing, Partnerships for Climate Smart Products, raw materials, Sustainable Agriculture Alliance, United States, US, USDA, value chain

Whole Planet Foundation’s top suppliers for 2022 funding micro enterprises to alleviate global poverty

Whole Planet Foundation’s top suppliers for 2022 funding micro enterprises to alleviate global poverty
09/05/2022 | Companies
Whole Planet Foundation’s top suppliers for 2022 have pledged to donate $50,000 to $100,000 towards microcredit this year. The top supply donors for the Whole Planet Foundation in 2022 are funding micro-enterprises that are essential to alleviating global poverty through the Foundation's...
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Suppliers of Whole Planet Foundation create microcredit programs to alleviate poverty

Suppliers of Whole Planet Foundation create microcredit programs to alleviate poverty
09/02/2022 | Citizenship
Micro-credit programs to alleviate global poverty For 2022, Whole Planet Foundation's leading supplier donors are funding micro-enterprise essentials to alleviating global poverty through its microcredit programs. These brands, which can be found in select brick-and-mortar stores as well as in...
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Duke Energy provides $100,000 in grants to senior citizens in South Carolina

Duke Energy provides $100,000 in grants to senior citizens in South Carolina
08/25/2022 | Companies
Duke Energy Foundation’s grants financial grants come at a time of growing economic uncertainty in the country. With rising inflation, everyone is experiencing rising costs of essential goods and services, especially older South Carolinians who are already in need of nutritious meals as well as the...
Duke Energy Foundation, economic, economy, essential goods, essential services, financing, funding, grants, inflation, Mike Callahan, rising costs, South Carolina, South Carolinians, uncertainties

Hydrogen will play key role in energy mix: National Grid

Hydrogen will play key role in energy mix: National Grid
08/21/2022 | Environment
Long touted as the solution to curb climate change, Hydrogen’s time has finally arrived following bi-partisan legislation which paves the way for hydrogen becoming cost-competitive by 2030. With tax credits forming part of the new law, when seen in combination with funding from the 2021 Bipartisan...
affordable, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, clean energy, clean energy future, electricity, energy delivery, fossil free, funding, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen, Massachusetts, National Grid, natural gas, New York, reliable, resilient energy solutions, tax credits, technology, vision

Indigenous students success strategy

Indigenous students success strategy
07/11/2022 | Companies
“It’s not just for Indigenous students, it’s for the campus and the community at large.” In a major funding announcement Saskatchewan Polytechnic announced as part of its Indigenous Student Success Strategy it will further bolster funding for developing a place of belonging where all students can...
Alliance Pipeline, Deanna Speidel, Enbridge, finance, financing, funding, funds, Indigenous Student Success Strategy, indigenous students, Moose Jaw, Pembina Pipeline, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon

Technology startups in the Detroit area get a boost thanks to Macomb Innovation Funding

Technology startups in the Detroit area get a boost thanks to Macomb Innovation Funding
07/21/2015 | Companies
So as to promote greater innovation and revitalize and stimulate the economy in the Detroit area, Macomb Innovation Fund is the process of processing applicant companies with show signs of promise. Five business startups from Oakland, Macomb and the Washtenaw counties will be the recipient of...
funding, Innovation Fund, Tech startups


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