Center for Entrepreneurial StudiesCES Created by students, for students
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$250 is one kid, one season.

Every dollar goes into the same place: a real young person, doing real work, learning what they're good at. We're a 501(c)(3) — your gift is tax-deductible, and you'll see exactly where it lands.

Two CES Changemakers running the store counter. 501(c)(3)every gift is deductible
Sponsor a Changemaker

Every gift maps to something real.

You're not funding an idea — you're funding a specific young person and the work they do. Sponsor one for a season and we'll tell you who, and what they made.

$25 Materials for a maker

Fabric, filament, kraft tags, findings — the raw stock a young person turns into inventory that sells.

$75 A skill-building workshop

Ignite imaginations through a workshop that introduces young entrepreneurs to anything from production of essential oils to CAD design.

$250 A full season, one youth

Everything: materials, mentorship, safety, and a full season in the program. We'll tell you who and what they made.

$1,000 A whole cohort project

Underwrite a team build — a market pop-up, a garden bed, a product line — start to finish, for a group of young people.

A CES Changemaker in the store.
You're not funding an idea — you're funding her.
The quiet hero

$25 a month keeps the doors open.

One-time gifts are wonderful. Recurring gifts are what let us plan a year instead of a quarter — to promise a young person the program will still be there in the spring.

Set it and forget it. Cancel anytime. It's the least glamorous line in our budget and the one that matters most.

A CES workshop session in progress in the makerspace.
The CES booth staffed at a regional event.
The tiny home built with thirty Maine business partners.
For businesses

Thirty companies built a house with us.

Corporate partners sponsor a workforce team, supply equipment, host a work placement, or put their name on the campus. The Tiny Home proved what happens when Maine businesses get behind young people — thirty of them, one house.

People give because this represents hope.

Youth are creating, working and thriving here. You're the reason it keeps happening.