Business Accelerator Fund (BAF)
Funding Amount
$14,000 (example award)
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Business Accelerator Fund (BAF)
Program Status: Active funding program
Funding Purpose: Provides legal and marketing services support to early-stage technology companies and startups
Award Example: $14,000 awarded to support Caregivers Insight LLC for legal and marketing services during pilot development and validation testing phases
Eligible Services:
Target Focus: Early-stage technology companies in the Great Lakes Bay Region
Partner Organizations:
Contact Information:
Program Notes: Administered as part of CMURC's broader business acceleration and commercialization support services
What Central Michigan University actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 31
- Total given
- $797K
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $6,660–$101K
- By dollars: Michigan >99%, Washington <1%. Top recipient cities: Saginaw, MI; Mt Pleasant, MI; Bay City, MI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Middle Michigan Development Corporation · Mt Pleasant, MI
Cslfrf
$101K
Saginaw Valley State University · Saginaw, MI
Cslfrf
$90K
Mid-Michigan College · Harrison, MI
Cslfrf
$89K
Central Michigan University · Mt Pleasant, MI
Baf
$32K
Hierographx · Saginaw, MI
Baf
$31K
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