The recipient entity's physical address:
           820 Olive Street,
Suite 315
Shreveport, LA 71101

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           820 Olive Street,
Suite 315
Shreveport, LA 71101

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          James K. Elrod Maxine E. Sarpy
2600 Greenwood Road 325 Holcomb Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71103 Shreveport, LA 71103

Reginald Abrams Jack Sharp
330 Marshall Street, 9814 Hilltop Drive
Suite 1410 Shreveport, LA 71118
Shreveport, LA 71101

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  8314

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $150,000

What type of request is this?  Both

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF BOARD

Dr. LaTasha Washington, President
9530 Royalton Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71118
CEO, LTW of Northwest Louisiana

Jeremy Green, Vice President
110 Augusta Avenue
Benton, LA 71006
Website Developer, Horntoad

Rena Arbuthnot, Secretary
3807 Scenic Drive
Shreveport, LA 71119
Retired, HR Director, Shriners Hospital for Children

Corine Ambler
3647 Elon
Shreveport, LA 71109
Job Corps, Workforce Specialist

Rosetta Boone
1961 Midway Street
Shreveport, LA 71108
Caddo Parish Public Schools Supervisor of Career
and Technical Education

Carl Franklin
910 Pierremont Road, #410
Shreveport, LA 71106
Attorney at Law, Franklin & Associates

Ashley Briggs
1800 Line Ave
Shreveport, LA 71101
N.S.U. - Director of Academic Services

Kaylon Johnson (Ad Hoc)
1545 Line Ave, Suite 330
Shreveport, LA 71101
IT Specialist, Entrepreneur

Lena Leviston (Ad Hoc)
757 Bernard Blvd
Shreveport, LA 71106
Retired, Caddo Parish Public Schools
Supervisor of Vocational Education

Tonja Prudhomme
525 Sophia Lane
Shreveport, LA 71115
Wiley College

Helen Godfrey-Smith
P.O. Box 32
Gilliam, LA 71029
Retired, CEO, Shreveport Federal Credit Union

Dellanee Wade
3501 Champion Lake Blvd. #1415
Shreveport, LA 71105
SUSLA-Adjunct Instructor

Rudy Morton, Managing Director
2602 Parham Drive
Shreveport, LA 71109

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           BizCamp
The Institute (ICEI) offers a variety of programs, most notably, BizCamp.  BizCamp is a FREE entrepreneurship training program for middle school, high school, and Job Corps students!

The Institute (ICEI) created and launched Shreveport BizCamp in 2001 to service the Shreveport-Bossier City area. BizCamp is an intensive entrepreneur training and life skills program designed to expose low-income, at-risk students living within the inner city of Shreveport, Louisiana and surrounding area to the idea of forming a successful business. Inner-city and at risk youth learn the necessary skills to handle all facets of business ownership that will allow them to revitalize their community.

The BizCamp (NFTE) teaching module was created in 1988 by Dr. Steve Mariotti, who founded The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). The NFTE teaching model is designed to provide entrepreneurial education to low-income youth from marginalized communities and igniting the entrepreneurial mindset and talents that already existed within them. The NFTE teaching model is approved by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Students take a pre-test and post-test to evaluate their progress; students learn to develop their own business plan (BizPlan) and present it to a panel of volunteer local business owner judges. Student are given seed money to create a small table-top business and compete at the BizCamp Young Entrepreneur Market Place (YEMP) held at a local mall.

BizCamp is presently a joint collaboration among ICEI, local universities, Caddo Parish Schools and Shreveport Job Corps Center. ICEI’s mission is “to create a new crop of entrepreneurs for the 21st century”.

The two week intense curriculum includes classroom and computer lab instruction; guest speakers; field trips, BizPlan competition, Young Entrepreneur Market Place (YEMP) and graduation ceremony.

The Institute (ICEI) also supports entrepreneurial education in Local after school programs. ICEI collaborates with Volunteers of America on their Lighthouse after-school program, utilizing NFTE’s World Series of Innovation (WSI) at  Atkins Elementary, a K-5 school; J.S. Clark Academy, a K-6 school, Teckneshia Lewis, a 1st Grade Teacher, is a BizCamp Alumna; and a Bossier Parish location that has grades K-8.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,700
          Professional Services. . . $7,000
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $53,050
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $18,725
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $36,340
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $21,000

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          PUBLIC PURPOSE

The Inner City Entrepreneur Institute (ICEI) was founded in May 1998. ICEI’s purpose is to research ways to redevelop Shreveport’s deteriorating inner city communities through entrepreneurial education, business and community development, and investment. 

"The Institute’s vision is to promote both business and residential initiatives resulting in the rebirth and growth of our own human potential by utilizing existing community assets and building national as well as international business relations."

The ICEI mission is "to start rebuilding Louisiana’s inner city economies (beginning with Shreveport/Bossier City) through entrepreneurial education and business investment, fostering a healthier inner city economy to create new jobs, increase income and wealth, and economic opportunities for inner city residents. ICEI’s youth mission is to create a new crop of entrepreneurs for perpetuity."

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Students learn the necessary skills to handle all facets of business ownership that will ultimately allow them to revitalize their communities.

1. Students will score higher on Post-assessment test versus Pre-assessment test.

2. Students will write a Business Plan and deliver a power-point presentation to a panel of local judges. Students are judged on Business Plan, with clear mission statement, support evidence and effective organization.

3. Students will design business cards and a table-top “Store Front” to display for the Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace activities.

4. Due to BizCamp being held in a college environment, the majority of our young students tend to adapt to their environment and appear more mature than their young ages. This is probably due to expectation and location.

5. After BizCamp, students are expected to become members of the Louisiana Young Entrepreneurs Club (LYE club). AS a member of the LYE Club, students participate in service and cultural enrichment activities such as the African American History Parade, Paint Your Heart Out and Sickle Cell softball tournament to encourage philanthropic and community involvement through volunteerism.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           Jan 2026 - Dec 2026

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 N/A
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                 N/A

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                 

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               N/A

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
               N/A

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
                N/A

          What is the nature of the relationship?  N/A

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 N/A

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               N/A


Contact Information
name:  Rudy Morton 
                                       address:  820 Olive Street,
Suite 315
Shreveport, LA 71101
                                       phone:  (318) 658-7275
                                       fax: 
                                       e-mail:  shreveportbizcamp@gmail.com
                                       relationship to entity:  Managing Director