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1	SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES FUND GRANT TO GRAMEEN AMERICA INC. FOR LOAN CAPITAL FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS.	LOS ANGELES, CA
2	AMERICAN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN COALITION 1. Support, educate and encourage Armenian entrepreneurship, scholarship and business 2. Preserve and advance the Armenian culture, traditions, language and heritage;	GLENDALE, CA
3	MANDARIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION The purpose of MBA is to coordinate and consolidate the minority business people, entrepreneurs and educators of the San Francisco Bay Area.	FOSTER CITY, CA
4	THE ALTHEA FOUNDATION SINCE 2003, THE ALTHEA FOUNDATION HAS USED A VENTURE MODEL TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND NONFINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE, IDEAS AND INITIATIVES THAT DEMONSTRATE INGENUITY, SOCIAL IMPACT AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WE ADDRESS SOCIAL CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED, SUCH AS GENDER EQUITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STEM, RARE DISEASE, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND EDUCATION. WE PARTNER WITH INVESTORS, ENTREPRENEURS AND PHILANTHROPISTS WHO USE TECHNOLOGY TO SCALE AND ENHANCE SOCIAL IMPACT. OUR WORK IS FOCUSED IN THE US AND THE UK.	SAN FRANCISCO, CA
5	Omidyar Network Fund Inc Finreach Solutions Private Limited - To extend credit access to low-income, underserved micro-entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises in India	Redwood City, CA
6	KIGALI CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURS PROVIDING MICRO LOANS TO WOMEN IN RWANDA AFRICA	SONOMA, CA
7	TIE FOUNDATION Fostering and educating entrepreneurship	SANTA CLARA, CA
8	Living Goods HARNESSING MICRO ENTREPRENEURS TO DELIVER HEALTH EDUCATION AND LIFE-CHANGING PRODUCTS.	Oakland, CA
9	Village Enterprise Fund Inc TO END EXTREME POVERTY IN RURAL AFRICA THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION.	SAN CARLOS, CA
10	WHITE FIELDS INC WHITE FIELDS SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING COLLABORATIVE START-UP SUPPORT TO PASTORS PLANTING LOCAL CHURCHES AMONG THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.	SAN MARCOS, CA
11	NAWBO-SF ENTREPRENEURS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE NAWBO-SF Entrepreneurs Economic Institute is organized exclusively to expand the educational opportunities for emerging and established women entrepreneurs.	MANHATTAN BCH, CA
12	Imagine H2O Inc IMAGINE H2O EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO DEPLOY AND DEVELOP INNOVATION TO SOLVE WATER CHALLENGES GLOBALLY. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMMING, IMAGINE H2O IDENTIFIES AND SUPPORTS WATER INNOVATORS AND STARTUPS DEMONSTRATING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY AND IMPACT POTENTIAL.	San Francisco, CA
13	CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN WE ARE CATALYZING MARKETS FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND SAFE WATER PRODUCTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.	ALAMEDA, CA
14	FEED THE HUNGER FUND PROVIDE ENTREPRENEURS WITH ACCESS TO CAPITAL, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE and NETWORKS TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME and BUILD ASSETS.	SAN FRANCISCO, CA
15	Green Technical Education and Employment Green Tech is committed to providing career technical education, job creation, job training, and entrepreneurial opportunities in the green economic sector. The program serves as a critical economic development resource for people from underprivileged backgrounds. Green Tech is charged with simultaneously developing clean energy workforce skills and reversing the negative human impact on our environment.	Sacramento, CA
16	NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURS To support a new type of leader for a new model of church for America. Bridges seeks to provide the very best support to leaders seeking to change lives, start new ministries, and facilitate newly Christ-following Communities, especially among people who think church is irrelevant.	La Canada, CA
17	SKYSTHELIMITORG TO HELP UNDERREPRESENTED ENTREPRENEURS PLAN, LAUNCH AND GROW BUSINESSES THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING, TRAINING, AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL.	OAKLAND, CA
18	ANUDIP FOUNDATION TO CREATE IMPROVED LIVELIHOOODS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND MARGINALIZED POOR THROUGH A CHAIN OF LINKAGE CENTERS WHICH OFFER IN-DEPTH TRAINING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO DEVELOP SKILLED PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.	SARATOGA, CA
19		SAN JOSE, CA
20		SAN DIEGO, CA
21		SAN DIEGO, CA
22		Walnut, CA
23		CHINO HILLS, CA
24		LOS ALTOS, CA
25		VENICE, CA
26		FRESNO, CA
27		Oakland, CA
28		San Francisco, CA
29		PALO ALTO, CA
30		SANTA MONICA, CA
31		MENLO PARK, CA
32		SAN JOSE, CA
33		OAKLAND, CA
34		Compton, CA
35		MENLO PARK, CA
36		BERKELEY, CA
37		REDWOOD CITY, CA
38		GOLETA, CA
39		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
40		Van Nuys, CA
41		SAN DIEGO, CA
42		SAN JOSE, CA
43		NORTHRIDGE, CA
44		LOS ANGELES, CA
45		Burlingame, CA
46		Berkeley, CA
47		BURBANK, CA
48		EL CERRITO, CA
49		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
50		San Francisco, CA

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES FUND

LOS ANGELES, CA

GRANT TO GRAMEEN AMERICA INC. FOR LOAN CAPITAL FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS.

AMERICAN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN COALITION

GLENDALE, CA

Support, educate and encourage entrepreneurship, scholarship and business 2. Preserve and advance the culture, traditions, language and heritage;

MANDARIN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

FOSTER CITY, CA

The purpose of MBA is to coordinate and consolidate the minority people, entrepreneurs and educators of the San Francisco Bay Area.

SINCE 2003, HAS USED A VENTURE MODEL TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND NONFINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE, IDEAS AND INITIATIVES THAT DEMONSTRATE INGENUITY, SOCIAL IMPACT AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WE ADDRESS SOCIAL CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED, SUCH AS GENDER EQUITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STEM, RARE DISEASE, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND EDUCATION. WE PARTNER WITH INVESTORS, ENTREPRENEURS AND PHILANTHROPISTS WHO USE TECHNOLOGY TO SCALE AND ENHANCE SOCIAL IMPACT. OUR WORK IS FOCUSED IN US AND UK.

Omidyar Network Fund Inc

Redwood City, CA

Finreach Solutions Private Limited - To extend credit access to low-income, underserved micro-entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises in India

KIGALI CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURS

SONOMA, CA

PROVIDING MICRO LOANS TO WOMEN IN RWANDA AFRICA

TIE FOUNDATION

SANTA CLARA, CA

Fostering and educating entrepreneurship

Living Goods

Oakland, CA

HARNESSING MICRO ENTREPRENEURS TO DELIVER HEALTH EDUCATION AND LIFE-CHANGING PRODUCTS.

Village Enterprise Fund Inc

SAN CARLOS, CA

TO END EXTREME POVERTY IN RURAL AFRICA THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION.

WHITE FIELDS INC

SAN MARCOS, CA

SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING COLLABORATIVE START-UP SUPPORT TO PASTORS PLANTING LOCAL CHURCHES AMONG THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

NAWBO-SF ENTREPRENEURS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE

MANHATTAN BCH, CA

is organized exclusively to expand the educational opportunities for emerging and established women .

Imagine H2O Inc

San Francisco, CA

EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO DEPLOY AND DEVELOP INNOVATION TO SOLVE WATER CHALLENGES GLOBALLY. THROUGH ITS PROGRAMMING, IDENTIFIES AND SUPPORTS WATER INNOVATORS AND STARTUPS DEMONSTRATING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY AND IMPACT POTENTIAL.

CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN

ALAMEDA, CA

WE ARE CATALYZING MARKETS CLEAN ENERGY AND SAFE WATER PRODUCTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

FEED THE HUNGER FUND

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

PROVIDE ENTREPRENEURS WITH ACCESS TO CAPITAL, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE and NETWORKS TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME and BUILD ASSETS.

Green Technical Education and Employment

Sacramento, CA

Tech is committed to providing career , job creation, job training, entrepreneurial opportunities in the economic sector. The program serves as a critical economic development resource for people from underprivileged backgrounds. Tech is charged with simultaneously developing clean energy workforce skills reversing the negative human impact on our environment.

NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURS

La Canada, CA

To support a new type leader for a new model church for America. Bridges seeks to provide the very best support to leaders seeking to change lives, start new ministries, and facilitate newly Christ-following Communities, especially among people who think church is irrelevant.

SKYSTHELIMITORG

OAKLAND, CA

TO HELP UNDERREPRESENTED ENTREPRENEURS PLAN, LAUNCH AND GROW BUSINESSES THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING, TRAINING, AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL.

ANUDIP FOUNDATION

SARATOGA, CA

TO CREATE IMPROVED LIVELIHOOODS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND MARGINALIZED POOR THROUGH A CHAIN OF LINKAGE CENTERS WHICH OFFER IN-DEPTH TRAINING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO DEVELOP SKILLED PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE CAPITAL AND RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS (SEE SCH. O FOR CONTINUATION) TO UNDERSERVED ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITIES, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND WOMEN.

TO PROVIDE A NETWORKING FORUM FOR ENTREPRENEURS, CAPITALISTS AND ADVISORS IN AN INFORMAL ATMOSPHERE WHERE HUMAN EXPERTISE CAN FOSTER NEW VENTURES.

The mission of the Alliance is to reduce poverty through education, health wellness programs, microenterprise development, skill enhancement, spiritual guidance. The purpose is to build a productive future for every child in the community that IMAA serves.

To enlist and mobilize Christians in helping to build a more harmonious and compassionate society; To implement and promote programs to facilitate peace and harmony in families, marriages, schools, colleges, workplaces, communities, societies and among nations; To provide emergency assistance to children and families affected by disasters and conflict, partnered with communities for long term solutions to alleviate poverty; To provide training, business consulting, resources sharing and connecting opportunities facilitating the networking and cooperation among entrepreneurs and their businesses in order to empower them to fulfill the evangelical mission and vision of their organizations.

THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH INTENTIONS OF OPERATING A FOOD MARKET TO ADDRESS THE FOOD DESERT ISSUES IN POMONA, CALIFORNIA. THE ORGANIZATION WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL FARMERS TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL FOOD AND ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, A GELATO, COFFEE, AND SANDWICH SHOP WILL OPERATE WHILE BEING A BUSINESS INCUBATOR FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN RESIDENTS TO LAUNCH BUSINESSES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PLANS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND TUTORING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

GTI: THE GLOBAL TRAINING INSTITUTE AIMS TO TRANSFORM BOTH THE VOCATIONAL SKILLING ECOSYSTEM AS WELL AS THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATOR COMMUNITY BY RUNNING HIGH IMPACT FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND MENTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE RUN ON A BLENDED-LEARNING MODE, AND EACH FACULTY RECEIVES APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATION BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THIS EXTENSIVE 180-DAY PERIOD.

FUELS TECHNOLOGY FOR SAKE OF HUMANITY THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND STORY.

TO PROMOTE JOB TRAINING and ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS FOR LOW INCOME YOUTH and ADULTS

To provide services to low income entrepreneurs with education business advising mentorship and access to capital.

is a San Francisco-based 501(c(3) non-profit organization that builds technology to finance healthcare for patients around the world. Crowdfunding for healthcare is delivered to patients through global medical partners.

IS A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM RUN PRIMARILY BY ALUMNI AND STUDENTS OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. THE MISSION OF IS TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-POTENTIAL, STANFORD ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION.

HELPS LATINAS BUILD BETTER FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE FORUMS FOR COLLABORATION THAT INCORPORATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT VIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP. BRINGS TOGETHER ATHLETES, CONSERVATIONISTS, TECHNOLOGISTS, ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS TO BRING THEIR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL TO SUPPORT DIRECT ACTION BY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCING MEANINGFUL RESULTS IN TARGETED AREAS.

LBAN) IS A NONPROFIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORGANIZATION BASED IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO STRENGTHEN THE UNITED STATES BY IMPROVING THE LIVES OF LATINOS.

TO TRAIN AND MENTOR BLACK MALE YOUTH IN TECHNOLOGY CREATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES.

Creating pathways to college, employment entrepreneurship OUR MISSION for Compton youth through engagement with education the arts

SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR SHARING (JULY 26)

To Support the community through grants in the areas of education and entrepreneurship

UNLOCKS THE POTENTIAL OF IMPACT-FOCUSED ENTREPRENEURS TO IMPROVE LIVES AND BELIEVES THAT THESE ENTREPRENEURS ARE CRITICAL TO SOLVING THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME. HOWEVER, THEY NEED PRACTICAL SUPPORT, GROUNDED IN EXPERIENCE. THAT IS WHY PARTNERS WITH ENTREPRENEURS TO IDENTIFY A CRITICAL CHALLENGE, PROVIDES AN EXPERT WHO KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE IT, AND MANAGES THE PROJECT WITH UNCOMPROMISING COMMITMENT.

To grow the local economy by supporting new and emerging science and technology entrepreneurs.

DELIVER WORLD-CLASS RESOURCES AND MENTORING TO ENABLE EVERY ENTREPRENEUR ACROSS GLOBE TO REALIZE THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL.

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR NEW

ONE IS A 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO PROMOTING EQUAL ACCESS TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, SAFE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES, AND AN ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE TO ENSURE EVERY DIEGAN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. ONE SUPPORTS THE INTERESTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS CITYWIDE AND SEEKS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL DIEGANS THROUGH EFFORTS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL YOUTH, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW DIEGOS ECONOMY, AND BUILDING AN EDUCATED AND SKILLED 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE. THROUGH ITS WORK, ONE SEEKS TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MAYORS OFFICE AND CITY, ENGAGE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND BETTER CONNECT DIEGANS WITH LOCAL LEADERS TO BUILD MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

SUSTAINABLE , , LIFE CARE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE UNDER PREVILEDGED COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD

worked with nonprofit organization SCAPE Next Generation, (The Society of Chinese American Physician Entrepreneurs) provided free virtual/online academic tutoring to elementary , middle school and high school students, subjects including English, Chemistry, Biology, Public Speaking, Computer Science, Algebra, and Geometry. More than 20 young people /high school and college students volunteered as instructors. 22 volunteer student instructors have been given community service leadership award.

Mentor individuals on building community and engagement through crowdfunding, with a focus on the jewish community.

The California (SFAOC) is an independent, non-profit and cultural organization. Founded in 2015, SFAOC has built and strengthen the fellowship between people lived in Northern CA with origin or root. is a province China with unique Chinese cultural traditions. The organization has established a unique platform for its members, as well as the general public, to adopt American value, nurture American entrepreneurship and pursue American dream. The organization also has created a platform for its members, as well as the general public, to coordinate and promote cultural exchange between US and China in order to cultivate strong and positive relationship based on mutual understanding and . The organization hopes to connect the United States and China more closely through bilateral, cultural and educational exchanges and collaborations. Since its foundation, the organization has orchestrated cross-culture exchanges that featu

empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. partners with U.S.-based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial scientists translate their breakthrough ideas into commercial solutions.

TO PROMOTE LITERACY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYONE. THE WORKS TO RAISE AWARENESS, EFFECT CHANGE AND IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DIGITAL OUTREACH, EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY, SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS, GAMING, AND OUR CEO PRIZE EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP.

NESST INVESTS IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THAT GENERATE DIGNIFIED JOBS FOR PEOPLE MOST IN NEED. NESST USES AN ENGAGED APPROACH PROVIDING TAILORED FINANCING ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN EMERGING MARKETS.

AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN SPACE AND HANDS-ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME AND IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS.

Founded in the Year 2006, the American Investment Managers AAAIM is a national trade dedicated to the advance AAPIs Americans and Pacific-Islanders in the asset management industry. AAAIM supports those trying to access top positions at major investment firms while also promoting an entrepreneurial route for investment managers that start their own firms. AAAIM is committed to providing an that creates an educational forum for sharing expertise within the AAPI investment community to build a pipeline next generation leaders by encouraging more AAPI students to enter the field and to serve as a catalyst for strategic relationships between AAPI managers and institutional investors.

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