IAE Friends
The Aspen Institute
Our friends at The Aspen Institute are working with The IAE to develop private/public partnerships in North Africa to launch our creative industries incubator that will bring US and Muslim artists together to learn how to build businesses in the arts.



Chicago Public Schools 
The IAE will be delivering career training through a series of workshops and online Life-Skills Modules for CPS high school students beginning in Sept of 2011.





Northern Illinois University
Our friends from the Music School at NIU are helping us with the video conferencing we need to teach in North Africa.




Grasshopper
The Virtual Phone System Designed for Entrepreneurs
Our friends at Grasshopper are huge supporters of the arts entrepreneurship movement and all of our students in The US will use be using their phone system to launch their businesses.





Greenhouse Theater Center

Our friends at The Greenhouse Theater Center donate space to The Bite-Size Arts Ensemble for our performances of The Bite-Size Variety Hour.





ING Direct

Our friends at ING Direct donate the ING Cafe to The IAE for our Create. Innovate. Repeat. networking nights.




Gorilla Tango Financial
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Together with our friends at Gorilla Tango Financial we have created a creative enterprise micro-finance fund to underwrite tuition and start-up expenses for our students. 





The Coleman Foundation
The Coleman Foundation has generously supported Boost Camp and contributed towards our curriculum development.