National Foundation For Teaching Entreprenuership (NFTE)

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Community
  • Education & Literacy

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NFTE 505 Hudson StreetHartford, CT 06105 United States
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Mission Statement

NFTE's mission is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income young people, ages 11 through 18, so they can become economically productive members of society by improving their academic, business, technology and life skills.

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Founded in 1987 by Steve Mariotti (a former business executive and entrepreneur) while he was a public high school teacher in New York Cityâ  s South Bronx, NFTE began as a dropout prevention and academic performance improvement program for students who were at risk of failing or quitting school. Combining his business background with his desire to teach at-risk students, Steve discovered that when low-income youth are given the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship their innate â  street smartsâ  can easily develop into â  academic smartsâ  and â  business smarts.â  Through entrepreneurship, youth discover that what they are learning in the classroom is relevant to the real world.

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