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    Nasdaq Foundation

    Quarterly Grant Recipients

    2024 Grant Recipients

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    First Quarter

    3rd Decade

    3rd Decade's free education and mentoring program teaches the basics of financial security, investments, retirement, debt and more to underserved communities.

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    First Quarter

    Project VIDA

    The Microenterprise Technical Assistance Program focuses on providing individualized technical assistance to low-to-moderate-income (LMI) microentrepreneurs through community events, social media campaigns, and partnerships with local organizations.

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    First Quarter

    Neighborhood Allies

    Money Talks is a financial training and peer support program for Black women in Pittsburgh. Through a custom designed curriculum and live support sessions, participants learn about money values, debt management, retirement planning, and ways to invest.

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    First Quarter

    Future Founders

    Future Founders will empower diverse entrepreneurs ages 18-30 to launch and grow their own businesses through their Startup Bootcamp, Fellowship, and FounderCon.

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    First Quarter

    Green America

    Green America will expand their Responsible Finance Program, which teaches people across the country how to get started with investing for retirement and how to use their banking choices to benefit local communities. Each year, they educate hundreds of thousands of people about investing and banking.

    2023 Grant Recipients

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    Fourth Quarter

    Hispanics in Philanthropy

    Inicio Ventures is Hispanics in Philanthropy's impact investing platform addressing the social innovation gap by helping grow the participation and success of the Latinx startup ecosystem. Together, these programs increase Latinx influence and fuel innovation to catalyze change for society as a whole while building prosperity for the Latinx community.

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    Fourth Quarter

    Hmong American Partnership

    HAP will invest in the infrastructure of HAP's small business development services to support the development of digital tools and the pilot of a technical education series that helps to move Southeast Asian-, immigrant-, and refugee-owned businesses toward digital performance.

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    Fourth Quarter

    Building Markets

    Connecting Women Entrepreneurs to Markets is a twelve week project that will support 200 women entrepreneurs in Valle del Cauca and Cundinamarca, Colombia with training, mentorship, and direct matchmaking with buyers through BuMa Academy and BuMa Match.

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    Third Quarter

    Black Innovation Alliance

    The Ecosystem Building Advocacy Initiative, reflecting BIA's dedication to improving Black access to the innovation economy, includes three pillars: 1) collaborating with the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans via webinars, 2) launching a digital platform for Black innovators, and 3) empowering ecosystem builders as advocates.

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    Third Quarter

    The GO Project

    The GO Families Financial Literacy Workshop Series will equip under-resourced parents and caregivers of New York City public school students with the knowledge, skills, and tools to make smart financial decisions and investments for their families.

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    Third Quarter

    Propeller

    Propeller's Inclusive Capital Access Program includes the Impact Accelerator, Financial Wellness Workshops/Technical Assistance, and Impact Fund II components that aim to increase the capacity of their current suite of services that strengthen socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in the New Orleans metro area.

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    Second Quarter

    Global Entrepreneurship Network

    The Equitable Access Program is aimed at enhancing credit access and financial education to underserved entrepreneurs facing credit challenges, and as part of this initiative, Hello Alice introduced the Business Health Score, an assessment tool that offers a comprehensive evaluation of a business's financial health.

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    Second Quarter

    Defy Ventures

    Defy's Pathway to Entrepreneurship program provides formerly incarcerated BIPOC men and women across 8 states with the tools to develop a business concept and launch a small business.

    National Coalition of 100 Black Women

    Second Quarter

    National Coalition of 100 Black Women

    Sister-Nomic$ is a financial literacy program providing underserved Black Women and girls the tools necessary for self-sufficiency and a better quality of life.

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    Second Quarter

    San Francisco Disability Business Alliance

    SFDBA’s Future Entrepreneur Program is a cohort-based training program that provides individuals with disabilities the knowledge and skills to start a small business. 

    Savvy Ladies

    Second Quarter

    Savvy Ladies

    Savvy Ladies’ customized mobile portal for accessing its Free Financial Helpline connects women 1:1 with pro bono CFPs and other financial services experts for personalized guidance.

    Babson College

    First Quarter

    Babson Financial Literacy Project

    The Babson Financial Literacy Project (BFLP) will run a pilot financial literacy program called “Closing the Financial Knowledge Gap for Students at HBCUs.” The program includes interactive workshops by Babson finance professors to teach critical financial skills in a community setting.

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    First Quarter

    Opportunity International

    Opportunity International will implement the Women as Agents of Change program in India, empowering local women to serve as financial service agents for other women in their communities. Opportunity International will establish 2,000 women agents to reach over 3 million women in rural communities.

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    First Quarter

    The Rosie Network

    Service2CEO is a 12-week, 8 module, highly individualized entrepreneurship training program designed for military spouses, veterans, and transitioning service members. The goal is to reduce the wealth equity gap for this underserved, highly skilled population.

    Mujeres Latinas en Accion

    First Quarter

    Mujeres Latinas en Accion

    The Empresarias del Futuro (Entrepreneurs of the Future) program is a training program and curriculum designed to support budding Latina entrepreneurs across Chicagoland who want to initiate or expand a small business and improve their financial literacy skills.

    2022 Grant Recipients

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    Fourth Quarter

    We Are Enough

    We Are Enough's 3.3.3 Challenge will engage 3 million women globally over 3 years to invest $3B in women-led businesses and/or with a gender lens in the public markets (with an average investment of $1000).

    Shared Interest

    Third Quarter

    Shared Interest

    Shared Interest will create a 10-session course that provides HBCU students with an introduction to the history and fundamentals of ESG, SRI, and impact investing.

    Hispanic Access Foundation

    Third Quarter

    Hispanic Access Foundation

    Partnering with Thrivent, Hispanic Access Foundation will provide financial and investment training to Spanish-speaking Latinos at four sites served by Latino churches in California.

    Change Labs

    Second Quarter

    Change Labs

    The Native American Kinship Lending Program is a first-of-its-kind, culturally responsive lending model based on Navajo kinship providing Native entrepreneurs access to capital and resources to support growth and sustainability.

    Consumer Action

    Second Quarter

    Consumer Action

    Investment Literacy and Engagement Program for Women and BIPOC Consumers is a a 12-month investment education project entailing the creation of investor education resources in multiple languages and an investor literacy webinar series.

    Savvy Ladies

    Second Quarter

    Savvy Ladies

    Through Building the Financial Roadmap for Women’s Wealth and Empowerment, Savvy Ladies is creating a personalized, digitized mobile portal experience for women to readily access financial education resources and pro bono advisors and help create a plan to to achieve financial security.

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    Second Quarter

    VC Include

    Emerging Manager Training for Women and BIPOC Led Funds is VC Ventures' flagship fellowship program designed for first-time BIPOC fund managers who are looking to raise between $10 million and $100 million. Fellows receive expert knowledge and best practices from leaders.

    Black Girl Ventures

    First Quarter

    Black Girl Ventures

    Black Girl Ventures’ Change Agent Fellowship is a nine-month leadership skills development program that expands the capacity of early-stage entrepreneurs and creates an ecosystem within their city.

    Boston Public Library Fund

    First Quarter

    Boston Public Library Fund

    Boston Public Library will pilot an Entrepreneur-In- Residence (EIR) program that provides entrepreneurs of color and minority-owned businesses mentoring, advice, feedback, financial assistance, and opportunities to grow their skills and prepare their own innovative endeavors.

    National Coalition of 100 Black Women

    First Quarter

    National Coalition of 100 Black Women

    Sister-Nomic$ is a financial literacy program providing underserved Black Women and girls the tools necessary for self-sufficiency and a better quality of life.

    CLIMB USA

    First Quarter

    Climb USA

    The Launchpad Program is an initiative to create a best practice framework for establishing Community-Based Investment Enterprises (CBIEs) in targeted communities.

    Central European University’s Innovations Lab (iLab)

    First Quarter

    Central European University

    The Energeia Project is the Central European University’s Innovations Lab's (iLab) pilot program, in partnership with Startup Hub Poland, to promote the advancement of female entrepreneurship in Hungary and Poland by establishing an ecosystem of support to reach 200 underrepresented women.

    2021 Grant Recipients

    1863 Venture’s 3Rs program provides business accelerator curriculum, 1:1 coaching, and non-dilutive capital allocation to Black businesses in an effort to help them stabilize, pivot, and recover from the detrimental effects of COVID-19. The Nasdaq Foundation is supporting 1863 Ventures to administer their 3Rs program content in Spanish to increase accessibility to native Spanish speaking entrepreneurs and expand their impact on the Hispanic community of entrepreneurs in their current 3Rs cities.

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    digitalundivided is the leading non-profit leveraging our data, programs, and advocacy to catalyze economic growth for Black and Latinx women entrepreneurs and innovators. The Nasdaq Foundation is providing support for:

    • The Do You Fellowship Program, which will award 15 Black and Latinx female entrepreneurs and innovators with the tools, resources, and network necessary to develop their business
    • The Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report, which will focus on the role of location in Black and Latinx women founders’ entrepreneurial journeys
    • The undivided We Rise event, which brings together thought leaders and experts in tech and innovation to discuss the importance of inclusivity in entrepreneurship.

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    Resource is an initiative designed to create a better enabling environment for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous founders. Resource centers on Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs), which serve as a critical resource to help founders from these communities gain access to the resources they need to grow and scale. This initiative provides ESO leaders themselves with hands-on leadership and management training, a national community to share best practices and tools, and direct funding to help these organizations grow - creating a better future for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous founders across the country. The Nasdaq Foundation is a critical funder of this work, alongside other leaders like JP Morgan Chase, UBS, Traveler's, Moody's, and others.

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    Wall Street Bound’s (WSB) mission is to provide diverse young adults with the skills, experience, and social capital that empower them to reach their full potential through “front office” financial service careers. With support from Nasdaq, WSB will host a series of Intro to Wall Street Bootcamps, a 20 - 25 hour capital markets and finance career path introduction, held virtually or live on college and university campuses nationwide, culminating in a Wall Street Direct, a rigorous, 10-week (150 hr) technical “hard” and professional skills training, preparing college students and recent graduates cohort. Intro to Wall Street Bootcamps will act as a bridge to enroll in our “Direct” training, which intentionally connects students with internship opportunities in the financial services industry.

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    Women’s Business Center of Utah (WBCUtah), VentureCapital.Org (VCO), and The Mill Entrepreneurship Center are collaborating to advance women entrepreneurship in Utah offering each organization’s suite of programs to provide women entrepreneurs with the knowledge to start a business or scale up their business. The Nasdaq Foundation is supporting the organizations to provide for free a total of 16 trainings, events, and courses, including “Jump Start: Intro to Entrepreneurship,” the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Accelerator, and the Everyday Entrepreneur Program. The goal is to create a model of proven approaches by organizations working to strengthen women entrepreneurship that can be easily replicated through similar partnerships in other states.

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    The mission of the San Francisco Disability Business Alliance (SFDBA) is to help individuals with disabilities achieve economic self-sufficiency through small business ownership and entrepreneurship. The SFDBA works to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal and inclusive opportunity to make their mark in the business world and that the Bay Area benefits fully from the expertise, diversity, and innovation these businesses and individuals have to offer. SFDBA will offer training sessions to assist entrepreneurs with the resources and tools to strengthen and scale their businesses and contribute to the prosperity of society by equipping them through mentoring, resources, and access to capital. The Social Good Fund works to create and establish positive influences for individuals, communities, and the environment and is the fiscal sponsor for the San Francisco Disability Business Alliance.

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