Hershey Center for Applied Research Inc

“Review of form 990 a draft of form 990 is reviewed & authorized by a member of the board of directors prior to filing with the irs. Additionally, a copy of the form 990 is provided to the board prior to filing.”

“Governing documents and policies the organization's form 990, governing documents and policies are available for public inspection at the organization's office during regular business hours upon request.”

“Organization's mission statement hershey center for applied research, inc's mission is: 1. Position hershey center for applied research as an integral part of the community dedicated to the purpose of bringing vital new life sciences and technology-based businesses to the south central pennsylvania region in order to promote economic development, employment, and retention of a skilled and educated labor force. 2. Facilitate the creation of new business through the transfer of technology and business skills among university, industry, government and non-profit institutions through educational courses, assistance with grant applications, and numerous networking opportunities. 3. Further stimulate economic development by hosting community events throughout the year to promote local businesses, local artists and musicians through the farmers market & summer concert series held weekly from may through october. 4. Provide a variety of programs free of charge to the community, such as our innovation caf, new tech meetup, entrepreneur's roundtable, sbir/sttr training, tech celerator, and attorney office hours.”

“We continue to develop the innovation/start up community component of hcar. Many of these activities are done in conjunction with the office of technology development penn state milton s. Hershey college of medicine. All educational programming in this regard is done together. In 2015, 21 educational sessions were held targeting this activity. The programming included: innovation cafe-bi-monthly new tech meetup-quarterly biostrategy partners practical knowledge series-quarterly attorney office hours-bi-annually entrepreneur's round table-quarterly sbir/sttr training program-annually in addition, we continue our goal of fostering economic development within the local community through our farmer's market & summer concert series. This program brings together local businesses, farmers, artists, and musicians on a weekly basis during may to october and is free to the community. There are also free healthcare checks available to the community during the events. We also held approximately 25 meetings aimed at economic development which ranged from meetings with local, state, and regional leaders to unite and work in tandem toward economic initiatives, to direct prospect development meetings, to community meetings and activity that help attract and retain talent in our region. Direct prospect development meetings, to community meetings and activity that help attract and retain talent in our region.”