Young Entrepreneur Grants

The Foundation has administered two grants to help develop financial literacy and entrepreneurial education in the Southwest Dubois County area. 

Junior Achievement and Business Professionals of America will benefit from the grants.  “The opportunities demonstrated by Ferdinand under the Hometown Competiveness grant inspired our Foundation to ask the question of financial literacy and entrepreneurship in our schools,” stated Brad Ward, Executive Director.  “We were delighted to see the various activities already going on, and JA and BPA offered clear objectives of how they could advance their causes with grant funds.”

Junior Achievement will receive $1,000 matching grant to provide funds for their programs in the elementary classrooms.  In addition, a pro-active grant for $500 will be used to make JA Company Program accessible to local high school students in the Southwest Dubois County School Corp.  Business Professionals of America will receive a $500 grant to strengthen the BPA program at Southridge High School, which focuses on basic financial, entrepreneurial and business economic skills to high school students.  In awarding the grants, Sue Hubster, Grants Chairperson said, “It is a great way to develop the skills of financial literacy in our next generation of responsible citizens and, hopefully, future entrepreneurs for our community.”