Youth Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Funders Initiative

About this grant

This grant to Community Initiatives will help support the Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN) in strengthening the youth entrepreneurship field through funder collaboration, ecosystem learning and shared storytelling that advance the Mott Foundation’s Youth Leadership strategy. Specifically, EFN will: 1) convene and facilitate the Youth Entrepreneurship Community of Practice, bringing together funding partners to build shared knowledge, aligned strategies and coordinated investments in youth entrepreneurship; 2) lead an Ecosystem-to-Impact Learning Initiative to better understand how investments in youth entrepreneurship pathways connect to and are influenced by broader entrepreneurial ecosystems; and 3) develop and test a Collective Narrative Campaign that elevates shared messages, lessons and stories across the field to increase visibility, understanding and support for youth entrepreneurship. Through these efforts, EFN will help strengthen field coordination, expand learning among funders and practitioners, identify effective ecosystem-building approaches, and position Flint as both a contributor to and beneficiary of national youth entrepreneurship and leadership field-building efforts.