Healthcare company-building profile
EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator
American Heart Association
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- American Heart Association
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Cohort-based business training and mentorship with a competitive pitch component
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; grant and prize funding awarded to selected participants, no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
The American Heart Association's EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator supports social entrepreneurs and community-based organizations working to remove barriers to health in under-resourced communities. Participants receive business training, mentorship and the chance to compete for non-dilutive funding awards. The program is part of AHA's broader health equity and community impact work.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Health equitySocial determinants of healthCommunity healthUnder-resourced communities
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Cohort-based business training and mentorship with a competitive pitch component
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; grant and prize funding awarded to selected participants, no equity taken
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