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National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

The National Federation of Independent Business is the leading small business association representing small and independent businesses. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals. NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and [...]

Phi Beta Lambda (College FBLA)

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. The association has four divisions: Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) for high school students; FBLA-Middle Level for junior high, middle, and intermediate school students; Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) [...]

RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

RUPRI’s mission is to help leaders and citizens in rural communities and regions across the U.S. embrace entrepreneurship as a core rural economic development strategy. The RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship strives to be the focal point for efforts to stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout rural America.  By supporting [...]

SCORE – National

SCORE the “Counselors of America’s Small Business Owners” is a national association dedicated to helping small business owners form and grow their businesses. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia and Washington D.C., SCORE has 364 chapters in the United States as well as in U.S territories. SCORE is a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Small Business and Self-Employment Service (SBSES)

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN), an ODEP-supported service, provides individualized technical assistance, consulting, and mentoring services to individuals with disabilities, family members, and service providers. JAN consultants handle each inquiry on a case-by-case basis offering self-employment and small business development expertise and referrals regarding business planning, financing strategies, marketing research, disability-specific programs, income supports and [...]

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)

SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) is a global non-profit organization active in over 40 countries and territories. SIFE is funded by financial contributions from corporations, entrepreneurs, foundations, government agencies and individuals. Working in partnership with business and higher education, SIFE establishes student teams on university campuses. These teams are led by faculty advisors and they [...]

The Abilities Fund

The Abilities Fund is the first nationwide nonprofit community developer and financial institution focused exclusively on expanding entrepreneurial opportunities, including access to capital, for people with disabilities. We do this by providing a unique combination of financial products, training, technical assistance services and advisory supports to individuals with disabilities.

The Foundation Center

Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, [...]

The Kauffman Foundation

The Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, MO, works further understand the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, to advance entrepreneurship education and training efforts, to promote entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and to better facilitate the commercialization of new technologies by entrepreneurs and others, which have great promise for improving the economic welfare of our nation. Visit the Kauffman Foundation [...]

United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)

To advance knowledge and foster business development through entrepreneurship education and research. USASBE is interdisciplinary, cross-functional and globally connected (as an affiliate of the International Council for Small Business). It is the premier network for entrepreneurship educators at all student levels, for professional practitioners, for entrepreneurship researchers, and for government policy makers. USASBE offers cutting-edge [...]

United States Small Business Administration

SBA maintains and strengthens the Nation’s economy by aiding, counseling, assisting, and protecting the interests of small businesses and by helping families and businesses recover from natural disasters. Creating Jobs and Growing Small Business. Help fund, manage, and grow buisnesses through a statewide network of service partners and lenders. Also provide lending, government contracting, and [...]

USDA Rural Development – Nebraska

USDA Rural Development works with individuals in private and non-profit sectors, state, tribal and local governments to improve the economy and quality of life in rural Nebraska.  Rural Development provides funding to take steps in developing critical infrastructure in communities across America. The Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan program provides lenders with access to guaranteed [...]

Young Entrepreneur Foundation

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, is NFIB’s education arm. By promoting the lessons of free enterprise in the classroom, the Young Entrepreneur Foundation hopes to build the next generation of small-business owners and entrepreneurs. We educate young people about the critical role of small business and the American free-enterprise system and help [...]

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