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 often nationally).

This is a living list 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. AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers)

  7. BIA (Black Innovation Alliance)

  8. Blackstone Foundation

  9. Bridge for Billions

  10. Builders and Backers

  11. Bunker Labs

  12. CAE (Center for American Entrepreneurship)

  13. Center for Black Innovation

  14. CORI: Center on Rural Innovation

  15. CO.STARTERS (now part of FINSYNC)

  16. Common Future

  17. Different Funds

  18. eBay Foundation

  19. EcoMap

  20. Economic Impact Catalyst (Startup Space)

  21. EIG (Economic Innovation Group

  22. Empower by GoDaddy

  23. Endeavor Global

  24. Engine Advocacy

  25. Entrepreneurial Futures Network

  26. EforAll (Entrepreneurship for All)

  27. EFN (Entrepreneurship Funders Network)

  28. Established

  29. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  30. 1 Million Cups (Kauffman)

  31. FastTrac (Kauffman)

  32. FAS (Federation of American Scientists)

  33. Filene

  34. Forward Cities

  35. gener8tor

  36. GCEG (Global Consortium of Entrepreneur Centers)

  37. GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network)

  38. GERN (Global Entrepreneurship Research Network) GEN Research

  39. GIID (Global Institute on Innovation Districts)

  40. Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN)

  41. Google for Startups

  42. Hillman Family Foundation

  43. Impact Hub

  44. International Council for Small Businesses (ICSB)

  45. Institute for Justice - Clinic on Entrepreneurship

  46. Institute for Work & The Economy

  47. InBIA (International Business Innovation Association)

  48. IEDC (International Economic Development Council)

  49. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

  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. Morrow (formerly the Global Accelerator Network)

  59. NACCE (National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship)

  60. NFTE: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

  61. NLC (National League of Cities) CIE Program

  62. NMSDC (National Minority Supplier Development Council)

  63. National Urban League

  64. NetWork Kansas & E2 Ecosystems

  65. NGIN (New Growth Innovation Network)

  66. New Majority Ventures (formerly 1863)

  67. Next Street

  68. NSF Builder Platform

  69. OHUB

  70. Pacific Coast Ventures (PCV)

  71. Prospera

  72. Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation

  73. Renaissance Philanthropy

  74. Revolution - Rise of the Rest Fund

  75. Right To Start

  76. Rural RISE

  77. SEED SPOT

  78. Second Muse

  79. Sorensen Impact Fund

  80. Skoll Foundation

  81. Small Business Majority

  82. Social Venturers (Ecosystems For Change)

  83. Sorenson Impact Center

  84. SourceLink

  85. StartOut

  86. SCN (Startup Champions Network)

  87. Startup Commons

  88. Startup Genome

  89. SSTI (State Science & Technology Institute)

  90. Strategic Doing Institute

  91. Technical.ly

  92. Techstars - Startup Community Programs

  93. 2gether-International

  94. The Council on Foundations

  95. The Lemelson Foundation

  96. National Science Foundation TIP Directorate

  97. Third Eye Network

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

  99. UEDA (University Economic Development Association)

  100. ULC (Urban Libraries Council)

  101. UMA (Urban Manufacturing Alliance)

  102. US EDA - Economic Development Administration

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

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

  105. US SBA - Office of Investment and Innovation

  106. USASBE

  107. Venture Forward (NVCA)

  108. VentureWell

  109. Venn Collaborative (CCUBE)

  110. Village Capital

  111. Walton Family Foundation