Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship
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| Company type | Non Profit Organization |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York |
Key people | Steve Mariotti, Founder & President J. David Nelson, Chief Operating Officer |
| Revenue | 18,774,187 United States dollar (2017)  |
| Total assets | 11,822,494 United States dollar (2022) |
| Website | www.nfte.com |
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, also referred to as NFTE (pronounced Nifty) or internationally as Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, is a non profit organization which teaches entrepreneurship to teens in public schools and low income communities.
History
NFTE was founded to help young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. Since 1987, NFTE has reached over 235,000 young people, and currently has more than 1,300 active Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers. It was founded by Steve Mariotti.
Mission
NFTE provides entrepreneurship education programs to young people from low-income communities.[1]
NFTE achieves its mission by:
- Creating engaging, experiential curricula and tools to improve academic, business and life skills;
- Training and supporting teachers and youth professionals;
- Partnering with schools, community-based organizations, and post-secondardy institutions;
- Offering volunteers meaningful opportunities that connect students to real world experiences;
- Linking the educational and business worlds in the classroom and beyond;
- Providing services to program graduates;
- Demonstrating outcomes of entrepreneurship education through research;
- Building public awareness to expand entrepreneurship education.
Locations
Headquarters[2]
120 Wall Street, 29th Floor
New York, New NY 10005
Baltimore
Emerging Technologies Center
3225 Ellerslie Avenue, Suite A307
Baltimore, MD 21218
Bay Area
University of San Francisco (School of Business & Management)
Malloy Hall, Rooms 401 & 402
2130 Fulton Street
San Francsico, CA 94117
Chicago
3717 N. Ravenswood, Suite 209
Chicago, IL 60613
Greater Dallas
7557 Rambler Road, Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75321
Fairchester (Fairfield County, CT and Westcehster County, NY)
70 West Raod Oak Lane
White Plains, NY 10604
Greater Los Angeles
5301 Beethoven, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90006
New England
PO Box 57340
Babson Park, MA 02457
Philadelphia
Temple University (Entertainment & Community Education Center)
1509 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Room 202
Phildelphia, PA 19121
Greater Pittsburgh
307 Fourth Avenue, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
South Florida
7210 Red Road, Suite 207
South Miami, FL 33143
Greater Washington, D.C.
1990 M Street NW, Suite 550
Washington, D.C. 20036
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