Born Global Foundation

“Expenses bank charges 2,335 travel & lodging 9,962 total 12,297”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 12,216 14,216 due to born global 1,138 1,138”

“The funding for the foundation's planned activities involve supporting social entrepreneurship activities in rural areas that have suffered due to the closure of industrial sites, with a particular focus on communities where there are ongoing attempts to re-purpose those sites. The foundation's leadership believe it is the people, not the technologies, that make projects successful. The born global foundation supports the non-profit social and economic development programs around these re- purposing programs making it better for local economies, the land, water and livelihood of real people.”

“Undertaking or assisting others in job training programs and the creation of necessary infrastructure (e.g., housing, education, childcare) to support rural communities that are re-purposing distressed industrial sites. Example the integration of a montessori school program next to the 'living lab' project in jonesboro maine”

“Working to align the interests of normally unrelated stakeholders from forestry, agriculture, aquaculture, academic research, eco-tourism and other industries to frame an understanding of effective community development. Example graphene corridor project request to the department of energy to work on a contiguous multi-state effort to align stakeholders in a hub-spoke system to advance the commercialization of bio-innovations”

“Advocacy for zero-waste bio-economy models in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations and stakeholders. Example work with the biomass power association a non-profit, to advocate for new policy initiatives in ne-iso regional electricity market. Education and academic research programs. Example partnering agreement with the university of maine to develop composting materials from waste fly ash from boilers in biomass power plants. Advocacy for the awareness of natural agricultural practices and environmentally-friendly industries to the public through media campaigns showing the integration of the energy industry and food production with everyday life to increase acceptance and replicability of the closed-loop zero-waste model. Example video series under request from the sewall foundation to document the shrimp farm and tomato innovation centers.”

“4.promotion of eco-tourism and other possible economic activities to bring depth to the shallow economies in these rural areas. Example the innovate maine tourism program being developed in conjunction with the state of maine where a festival is being planned to include the best of maine from these industries. 5.promotion of social equity plans for employment of underserved and disadvantaged such as veterans, juveniles, battered women and others. Example work with the non-profit sunrise county economic council in machias, me to create a veteran training program as washington county has the largest number of veterans in the state. 6.developing a systems-based measurement system to capture the new dynamics of socio economics in these closed loop economic models example: creation of qualitative comparative analysis measurement system developed by dr. Kimberly samaha to capture a 2-dimensional weighting system as part of the prequalification system in the born global challenge and as submitted to the sewall foundation as a standard for measuring the economic impact of the closed loop ecosystems 7.developing replicable financial models to cascade a suite of local, regional and national grants that will support a more socio-economic model for project development that can be replicated regionally, nationally, and internationally. Ex: to date there are 6 federal grant submissions in process with other non-profits and state of maine is sponsoring a born global stakeholder breakfast at the advanced bioeconomy leadership conference in dc with key administrators from federal programs to affect this effort. 8.promoting innovation in agricultural economic models to promote better business models for operating costs and food to market channels. Example: work with stonewall kitchens and patagonia foods to create a new food delivery to home model where local grown maine products are promoted through the innovate maine application being developed in conjunction with the state of maine 9.commissioning feasibility and similar studies designed to identify opportunities for economic and social development in the communities. Example working with the non-profit for repurposing millinocket on the feasibility of creating an in-land port for clearing on exports of bio- based products from maine.”