U.S. National Ecosystem Building Resource Providers (NRP’s) List

National Ecosystem Building Resource Providers (or NRPs) are nonprofit and for-profit organizations that provide services, training, support programs, or funding to entrepreneurial ecosystem builders in at least three U.S. states (though most often nationally).

This list does not include ecosystem building consultants.

This is a living list and is not exhaustive or complete — though it’s fairly robust based on an NRP mapping effort undertaken by the Kauffman Foundation from 2016-2022.

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  1. ACA (Angel Capital Association)

  2. Aspen Latino & Society Program

  3. ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs)

  4. AEO (Association for Enterprise Opportunity)

  5. APLU (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)

  6. Association of Research Parks (AURP)

  7. AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers)

  8. Black Innovation Alliance (BIA)

  9. Blackstone Foundation

  10. Bridge for Billions

  11. Builders and Backers

  12. Bunker Labs (now part of IVMF)

  13. Center for American Entrepreneurship (CAE)

  14. Center for Black Innovation

  15. Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)

  16. CO.STARTERS (now part of FINSYNC)

  17. Common Future

  18. Different Funds

  19. E2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (formerly the Center on Rural Entrepreneurship)

  20. eBay Foundation

  21. EcoMap

  22. Economic Impact Catalyst (Startup Space)

  23. EIG (Economic Innovation Group)

  24. Empower by GoDaddy

  25. Endeavor Global

  26. Engine Advocacy

  27. Entrepreneurial Futures Network

  28. E For All (Entrepreneurship for All)

  29. Equall

  30. Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN)

  31. Established

  32. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  33. 1 Million Cups (Kauffman)

  34. FastTrac (Kauffman)

  35. FAS (Federation of American Scientists)

  36. Filene Research Institute

  37. Forward Cities

  38. gener8tor

  39. GCEG (Global Consortium of Entrepreneur Centers)

  40. GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network)

  41. GERN (Global Entrepreneurship Research Network)

  42. GIID (Global Institute on Innovation Districts)

  43. Google for Startups

  44. Impact Hub

  45. International Council for Small Businesses (ICSB)

  46. Institute for Justice - Clinic on Entrepreneurship

  47. Institute for Work & The Economy

  48. InBIA (International Business Innovation Association)

  49. IEDC (International Economic Development Council)

  50. JPMorgan Chase Foundation

  51. Kauffman Fellows

  52. Living Cities

  53. LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corp)

  54. Main Street America

  55. Make Startups

  56. MassChallenge

  57. MIT REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program)

  58. MIT Venture Mentoring Service

  59. The Global Venture Network (formerly the Global Accelerator Network, Global Startup Studio Network, and Morrow)

  60. NACCE (National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship)

  61. NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center

  62. National Coalition for Community Capital (NC3)

  63. NFTE: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

  64. National League of Cities (NLC) CIE Program

  65. NMSDC (National Minority Supplier Development Council)

  66. National Urban League

  67. National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)

  68. New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN)

  69. New Majority Ventures (formerly 1863)

  70. Next Street

  71. The Builder Platform

  72. Opportunity Hub (OHUB)

  73. Pacific Coast Ventures (PCV)

  74. Prospera

  75. Revolution - Rise of the Rest Fund

  76. Right To Start

  77. Rural RISE

  78. SEED SPOT

  79. Second Muse

  80. Slyngshot (Singleton Foundation)

  81. Sorensen Impact Institute

  82. Skoll Foundation

  83. Small Business Majority

  84. Social Venturers (Ecosystems For Change)

  85. Sorenson Impact Group

  86. SourceLink

  87. StartOut

  88. Startup Champions Network (SCN)

  89. Startup Commons

  90. Startup Genome

  91. SSTI (State Science & Technology Institute)

  92. Strategic Doing Institute

  93. Technical.ly

  94. Techstars - Startup Community Programs

  95. Techstars - Startup Weekend

  96. 2gether-International

  97. The Lemelson Foundation

  98. National Science Foundation TIP Directorate

  99. Third Eye Network

  100. USASBE (United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship)

  101. UEDA (University Economic Development Association)

  102. Urban Libraries Council (ULC)

  103. Mechanism (formerly Urban Manufacturing Alliance)

  104. US EDA - Economic Development Administration

  105. US EDA - Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIE)

  106. US SBA - National Women’s Business Council (NWBC)

  107. US SBA - Office of Investment and Innovation

  108. Venture Forward (NVCA)

  109. VentureWell

  110. C•CUBE (Venn Collaborative)

  111. Village Capital