The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Originally National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship), also referred to as NFTE (pronounced Nifty), is an international non-profit organization providing entrepreneurship training and education programs to young people from low-income urban communities.

MCC is part of a NSF-funded project, AMTEC National Center,

The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) has two main goals: to empower community college leaders to approach the work of leading their institutions with an entrepreneurial mindset, and to grow the role of community colleges in supporting job creation and entrepreneurship within their local ecosystems

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers. With more than 5,000 members, IEDC is the largest organization of its kind. Economic developers promote economic well-being and quality of life for their communities, by creating, retaining and expanding jobs that facilitate growth, enhance wealth and provide a stable tax base.

CCC Maker Initiative is a network of California Community Colleges that host innovation labs and makerspaces for students to gain skills through inquiry-based learning by solving real world problems

Center for an Urban Future is one of the primary policy organizations around the intersection of workforce development, entrepreneurship education for very low-income populations

Maricopa Corporate College IT Boot Camps, short-term training program in tech skills

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers. With more than 5,000 members, IEDC is the largest organization of its kind. Economic developers promote economic well-being and quality of life for their communities, by creating, retaining and expanding jobs that facilitate growth, enhance wealth and provide a stable tax base. From public to private, rural to urban and local to international, IEDC’s members ar

The EdTech Center at World Education is home to a collection of projects focused on digital literacy and the use of technology in teaching, including blended, distance and mobile learning. Our major projects include the IDEAL Consortium, E-Learning Professional Development, Tech Tips for Teachers, and new funding by Dollar General to support ELLs on waitlists taking online courses.

Samaschool offers open source online training for participants to become online freelancers using digital work platforms, such as Upwork.

Focus HOPE is a nationally recognized model initiative that has served very low-income communities with the goal of urban collaboration, educational innovation and meeting the needs of a variety of employers. They have worked to build entrepreneurship training programs -- among others – that have resulted in the creation of student-lead micro-enterprises.

CCC Maker Initiative is a network of California Community Colleges that host innovation labs and makerspaces for students to gain skills through inquiry-based learning by solving real world problems.

Samasource offers online and in-person training for basic tech skills in developing countries and low income communities:

New World of Work is a modular training program for community college students to gain competencies in entrepreneurship and soft skills for the 21st gig economy.

HP Life provide open source online training for entrepreneurs. The modules focus on competencies in entrepreneurship and leadership. The modules are available in several languages and can easily be integrated into existing training programs.

National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship