The NC IDEA ENGAGE Grant Program supports your efforts to bring like-minded folks together to celebrate and promote entrepreneurship.
Donor Name: NC IDEA
State: North Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Grants Size: $1K – $5K
Details:
Through NC IDEA ENGAGE, they help entrepreneurship advocates offer programs, pilot new initiatives and organize virtual and in-person events that bring people together to support entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurial ecosystems and economically strong and diverse communities go hand in hand.
Eligible activities will promote entrepreneurship as the primary goal and may include, but are not limited to:
- Requests for event sponsorship, including virtual events
- Funding to support pilot programs or new initiatives that are focused on and centered around entrepreneurship
- Educational programming on a variety of topics focusing on entrepreneurship or ecosystem building
- Networking, mentoring, advising and match-making activities or events
- Organization or community-wide implementation of Ice House Entrepreneurship Program. *Applications will be accepted from trained facilitators only*
- Entrepreneurship competitions, Demo Days, Hackathons, Startup Weekends, etc.
- Events organized on a specific entrepreneurship theme or target demographic
- Entrepreneurial activities or programming in underserved areas, such as Tier 1 and Tier 2 counties.
Funding Information
Generally speaking, funding will range between $1K – $5K, with select activities being invited to propose larger programs requiring greater resources. Qualifying requests need to be submitted no less than 60 days prior to the proposed activity.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants for NC IDEA ENGAGE would include:
- Non-profit or for-profit entrepreneur support organizations
- Local governments, colleges and universities
- Capital providers such as seed stage funds and angel groups
- Service providers that support entrepreneurs
- Individuals, entrepreneurs and/or their companies
For more information, visit NC IDEA.
