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Re: State Funding ?

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Originally Posted by annie1939 View Post
Well, kind of. The Kauffman Foundation pumped a lot of money to fund teams for 3 years. I think it was about 40 teams. Enough so that we didn't have to do much fundraising for the first two years. It jump started the teams in the Kansas City area ( KS and MO) Most of the teams are now in their 4th or 5th year so we are out of that funding now. Most of the big Corporations like Garmin and Cerner fund the regional instead of local teams. I know in some areas of the country, they have companies that open their shops and wallets for a certain team. I don't think we have any teams with major sponsorships like that from BIG companies. But we have about 30-40 teams in the KC area and we are all hitting the same companies for money.

Ann
Sounds similar to many Hawaii teams with our State funded, Act 111 funding.
When the funds run out, I hope they have a sustainability plan brewing.
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