Genesis: Pathways to Success Receives Funding Through Community Collaboration Fund

Indiana Governor Mike Braun announced this week funding for 22 community-led, regionally driven projects.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Governor Mike Braun is growing entrepreneurship and strengthening Indiana’s small business economy, today awarding grants through the state’s Community Collaboration Fund (CCF) that will support 22 community-led, regionally driven projects.

These awards will help accelerate projects focused on entrepreneurial education, tech enablement and small business acceleration statewide.  

Locally, Genesis: Pathways to Success received a $40,000 award for Ignite SEI: Fuel the Small Business Spark 

• Grant funding will be leveraged to host a regional small business conference for entrepreneurs and business owners across southeast Indiana, providing a forum to learn, connect and collaborate. Programming and sessions will be uniquely designed to support the region’s rural and small-town businesses.

"Making Indiana the very best place to start, build and grow a business is a driving force of my administration,” said Gov. Braun. “These grants will support programs identified by communities as critical to the growth and success of their entrepreneurial and small business economies, supporting long-term job creation and wage growth. Thanks to the commitment and creativity of our regions, these programs will help founders and leaders bring new ideas to life, implement new technologies and future-proof their businesses.” 

To learn more about the many resources available to Indiana entrepreneurs and small businesses, visit iedc.in.gov/entrepreneurship.