ICA Fund provides Bay Area small business and entrepreneurs with the coaching, connections and capital to grow and to close the gender and racial wealth gap. People of color, especially women, start businesses at a higher rate, but are constrained by structural inequities, ICA is a Community Development Financial Institution fund that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate great businesses and builds an economy that works for all.
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST (NPT) is a public charity dedicated to providing philanthropic expertise to donors, foundations and financial institutions, enabling them to realize their philanthropic aspirations. There mission is to increase philanthropy in society, having made more than 492,000 grants totaling $17.5 billion to charities all over the world. They rank among the largest grantmaking institutions in the United States.
Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) is an independent nonprofit partner of the Nation Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and was created in 1973 with two goals in mind: (1) advancing knowledge and understanding of the humanities and (2) increasing public awareness of, access to, and support for the humanities in PA. In addition to their programs and initiatives to advance these goals, They also make grants to humanity organizations in the state, funded by NEH and other organizations.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), is primarily a graduate education university, that educates the largest number of health care professionals in Texas. It was created in 1972 by the UT System Board of Regents. UTHealth includes the schools of dentistry, biomedical informatics, medicine, nursing and public health, and the graduate school of biomedical sciences. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award certificate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees.
The mission of the MD Department of Health is to improve the health status of every Maryland resident and to promote access to quality healthcare. MDH regulates healthcare providers, facilities, and organizations, and manages direct services to patients, where appropriate. MDH has four major administrations or divisions: Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), Public Health Services Administration (PHS), and Healthcare Financing Administration (HCF or Medicaid or MA).
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is a pivotal state government agency dedicated to supporting and nurturing the labor force of New Jersey. NJDOL is responsible for administering a variety of programs that benefit workers (i.e., unemployment benefits, workforce training and development, occupational safety, etc.). A significant part of its function involves managing the Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Family Leave Insurance (FLI) programs, designed to provide partial wage replacement to eligible workers during times of personal or family health-related absences from work.
The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia is a non-partisan, international affairs nonprofit with 130 years of expertise in connecting Philadelphia to the world. The Council helps advance Philadelphia’s understanding of the world by creating the next generation of global citizens and furthering Philadelphia’s position as an international hub for business, education, culture, and sub-national diplomacy. The Council curates speaker programs, professional development, youth education, and public diplomacy. They host global delegations and travels the world reaching more than 125 countries annually.
The Y is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization. Founded in 1844, the Y provides crucial programs and services to more than 250,000 people every year. Through generous donations, they can provide more than $6 million in financial assistance to help members of their community get healthy and provide trusted care for their children. In the last 170+ years, the Y has grown tremendously and now engages with more than 10,000 communities across the US.
California State University East Bay, is a public university located in Hayward California. Formed in 1957, the university now offers over 130 undergraduate and 60 post graduate areas of study. The university is part of a 23-campus wide network forming California State University. Cal State East Bay consists of 3 total campuses located in Hayward, Concord and Oakland.
Pima, is a community college located in Tuscan Arizona. Formed in 1966, the university now offers approximately150 as a comprehensive two-year institution. The community college offers associate degrees, certificates, center for training and development certificates, and post-degree certificates. Pima Community College consists of 5 total campuses located in Tuscan.
Armstrong Flooring Inc. (AFI) is an enterprise manufacturing company who focuses on manufacturing flooring products. Their world-wide headquarters is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and their 3,600 employees operate across several offices and 15 manufacturing facilities in the United States, China and Australia. AFI has been confronted with many challenges in their go to market strategy and has had to focus more on a distribution model, rather than selling to retailers. This has led to a large change in the way they market and sell.
Originally registered in October 1968 as Armstrong-Nylex, this joint venture between Australian industrial giant Nylex Corporation and Lancaster Pennsylvania USA based Armstrong Cork Co, saw Armstrong-Nylex construct a vinyl flooring manufacturing facility at Braeside Victoria. In August 2022 and with over 50 years of continuous manufacturing at Braeside, Armstrong Flooring became Australian owned, and now with new focus and investment employ over 120 people and remain as Australia’s only manufacturer of commercial vinyl flooring.
Appareo is a subsidiary company of AGCO and is a product development and technology company based in Fargo, North Dakota that specializes in software and hardware for industrial and commercial electronics focused in the aviation space. We research, develop, design, and manufacture tangible technology that utilizes AI, mechatronics, and innovative electronics designed to deliver exceptional customer value for avionics technology.
The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) International Inc. Is a non-profit organization that helps foreign educated healthcare professionals live and work in the country of their choice by assessing and validating their academic and professional credentials. They are the world's largest credential evaluation organization for nursing and allied health professions since 1977. They have helped over 30 milion healthcare professionals from 189 countries.
Goshen College is a nationally-ranked college in Indiana; renowned for its purposeful and integrated curriculum, its distinctive hands-on, real-world educational opportunities, and its commitment to creating positive change in the world. It offers over 65 undergraduate areas of study; as well as best-in-class graduate programs in nursing, business administration, and environmental education.
Rutgers Global is the university-wide unit of Rutgers University committed to leading, developing, and promoting international initiatives and education. We foster global engagement that enriches the student experience, builds faculty excellence, and enhances Rutgers University’s national and international reputation as a preeminent teaching and research university. Rutgers Global nurtures the diversity of Rutgers and New Jersey, advances cross-cultural awareness, and cultivates citizens and leaders whose knowledge and skills can bridge the local and global.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Considered one of the most prestigious business schools in the world, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school.
Veltek Associates, Inc. (VAI), Sterile.com, designs innovative solutions to address the control of particulate and microbial contamination in pharmaceutical and biotechnology operations worldwide. VAI strives to develop meaningful technical relationships with our clients to ensure that VAI products meet, if not exceed, their unique requirements. The products from VAI’s four divisions build upon each other, making the company a full-circle, single-source supplier able to address any pharmaceutical or biotechnology contamination control requirements.
