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Economic‑mobility and entrepreneurship offerings at FECs face funding cliff as Doris Duke grants end
Summary
Several FEC directors described entrepreneurship, small‑business and microgrant programs initiated with philanthropic support. Multiple providers warned that a Doris Duke Foundation grant that financed economic mobility work to three centers will expire Dec. 31, and urged the city to sustain microgrants and coaching.
Directors and community leaders told the council that economic‑mobility and entrepreneurship offerings — from crochet circles that led to small business experiments, to microgrants and MWBE certification support — have been a high‑value part of several Family Enrichment Centers but now face an uncertain funding future.
Nysha Solomon, director of Good Shepherd’s FEC (The Crib), described Doris Duke Foundation funding that enabled economic mobility work: local microgrants, a community success coach, and…
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