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Purpose University
Purpose University
Purpose University
Purpose University
Purpose University
Our expertise
Educational Technology
Technical & Grant Writing
Award Winning Curriculum
Students: Learn our proprietary process to launch a purpose-driven business or nonprofit in 24 hours right from your phone or tablet using the PurposeU Mobile App on Apple and Android
Faculty and Administrators:
Earn a certificates in our proprietary teaching methods made for 2020 learning. Our Inclusion Certificate uses Auto-ethnography
Students: Learn our proprietary process to launch a purpose-driven business or nonprofit in 24 hours right from your phone or tablet using the PurposeU Mobile App on Apple and Android
Faculty and Administrators:
Earn a certificates in our proprietary teaching methods made for 2020 learning. Our Inclusion Certificate uses Auto-ethnography and Narrative Inquiry to train faculty how to become "Story-Listeners". Additionally or PurposeU Curriculum (c) Certificate use 12 years of academic research. Through this certification faculty learn new techniques of how to teach online like:Racial Inclusion, 3-Dimensions, Institutional Growth, Dialogical Teaching, Asset Model, Celebrating Micro Enterprise, the Arc of Honesty and more with the goal to bring a new level of authenticity and meaning to instruction.
Award Winning Curriculum
Technical & Grant Writing
Award Winning Curriculum
As a award winner of the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovative Research grant, Our team turns cutting edge research into educational technology solutions. We offer a variety of proprietary research-based online courses designed to equip students and faculty to do their purpose in life. Join the study
The discovery from ou
As a award winner of the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovative Research grant, Our team turns cutting edge research into educational technology solutions. We offer a variety of proprietary research-based online courses designed to equip students and faculty to do their purpose in life. Join the study
The discovery from our first NSF research this is that schools do not have curriculum to help learners navigate finding their purpose and connecting it to employment or entrepreneurship.
The Solution= The Purpose University Mobile App and Online Curriculum
Our latest 2021 research wrestles with the question. "How can Ed Tech help unemployed workers on quarantine"
Technical & Grant Writing
Technical & Grant Writing
Technical & Grant Writing
We offer a wide variety of technical writing and research solutions including: grant writing, strategic planning, and fundraising. Through 18 years of business history our team has raised over $46,520,000 in grant awards. To get started book a grant search and consultation
"When we contacted Drakeford, Scott, & Associates for assistance wi
We offer a wide variety of technical writing and research solutions including: grant writing, strategic planning, and fundraising. Through 18 years of business history our team has raised over $46,520,000 in grant awards. To get started book a grant search and consultation
"When we contacted Drakeford, Scott, & Associates for assistance with a request for funding from the City of Durham that was due in four weeks, Dr. Drakeford politely reviewed the materials and agreed to work with us. Teaming up with Drakeford & Associates was the best experience; they are thorough and concise. Dr. Drakeford has a contagious winning attitude and that attitude translated into a winning proposal for $341,142.00"- Ms. Brenda Ruffin, ACRA of Durham
Clients
22 Years in Business with an A+ Rating with the BBB
Higher Education
•Antelope Valley College
•Fayetteville State University
•UNC Chapel Hill School of Education (Chapel Hill, NC)
•Bowie State University, The Maryland Center (Bowie, MD)
•Skyline College (San Bruno, CA)
•Sandhills Community College (Pinehurst, NC)
•Shaw University (Raleigh, NC)
•Hampton University (Hampton, VA)
•NCCU School of Law (Durham, NC)
•UNC-Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
•Gaston College (Gaston, NC)
•Duke University, Fuqua School of Business (Durham, NC)
•North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC)
•Prince George’s Community College (Landover, MD)
•The University of Maryland at College Park (College Park, MD)
Government and Nonprofit
•Maryland State House of Representatives (Annapolis, MD)
•The U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, DC)
•The Franklinton Center at Bricks (Whitakers, NC)
• Durham Regional Financial Center (Durham, NC)
• Lincoln Street Community Development Corporation (Durham NC)
• Tim Adams of SA-Tech (Largo, MD)
• Forbes Foundation for Youth (Durham, NC)
• Henderson Technical Institute (Henderson, NC)
• Our Flock, Inc.(Alamance, NC)
• Healthy Seniors, Inc. (Raleigh, NC)
• Seat Pleasant Community Development Corporation (Seat Pleasant, MD)
• Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce (Baltimore, MD)
• Tekoa Charter School (Beaumont, TX)
• CUSH Foundation (Beaumont, TX)
• Let Music Live, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
• Mary’s Kids Foundation (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Bowie Xpress (Bowie, MD)
• Emerging Minds Foundation (Glenarden, MD)
• The Maryland State General Assembly (Annapolis, MD)
• NeighborWorks America (Washington, DC)
• East District Family Resource Center (Richmond, VA)
• Doctors Community Hospital (Prince George's, MD)
• Veterans Empowering Veterans (Fayetteville, NC)
• The Center for Adolescent and Adult Services (Durham, NC)
• The Franklin County Foundation (Franklin County, NC)
• Open Arms Community Church (Alamance County, NC)
• My Goal Our Mission (Raleigh, NC)
• Historically Minority Colleges and Universities Consortium of North Carolina (Durham, NC)
• Triangle Urban League (Raleigh, NC)
• Empowerment Media (Jacksonville FL)
• Southern Hilgh School (Durham NC)
• Rachel's House Group Homes, (Windsor, NC)
• Durham Child Development Center (Durham, NC)
• UDI Community Development Corporation (UDI/CDC)
• The Give Back Organization, Inc. (Raleigh, NC)
• Caramore Community, Inc. (Chapel Hill NC)
• Read Seed, Inc.(Durham, NC)
• African American Dance Ensemble (Durham, NC)
• Chavis Community Center (Raleigh, NC)
• STAR Foundation (Durham, NC)
• Afrocentric Issues & Social Concepts (Pittsburgh, PA)
• M-Powerhouse, Durham NC (Pittsburgh, PA)
• The Raw Choice/ EVO Foundation
• Joshua Hands, Inc. , Alamance NC
• Clarence E. Lightner Endowment Fund, Raleigh NC
• North Carolina Leadership Institute Foundation (Raleigh, NC)
• Versenia Tours (Durham, NC)
• Triangle Youth Employment Support Center (Raleigh, NC)
• NCCU MPA Program (Durham, NC)
• Sweet Ivory Inc. (Durham, NC)
• Dynamic Sports Group (Raleigh, NC)
• Ecclesia community Development Corporation (Durham, NC)
• Collin’s Exxon (Durham, NC)
• Bull City Community Development Corporation (Durham, NC)
• Superlatives Fine Foods L.L.C. (Durham, NC)
• Joshua Hands Inc. (Orange County, NC)
• New Heights (Raleigh, NC)
• Bowie Xpress (Bowie, MD)
• Mechanics and Farmers Bank (Durham, NC)
• True Health Care (Fayetteville NC)
• Triangle Champions Track Club (Durham, NC)
• Swish Sports & Education Foundation (Columbia, SC)
Private Industry
• Steppingstones Management Services L.L.C. (Washington D.C.)
• Long Leaf Opera Company (Chapel Hill NC)
• The Carter Clinic (Raleigh, NC)
• Webbpatterson Communications (Greensboro, NC)
• Preferred Nursing Services (Raleigh, NC)
• Prince George’s Financial Services Corporation (Landover, MD)
• Spiritual Empowerment Center (Baltimore, MD)
• The Douglas Thompson Community Outreach Center (Lumberton, NC)
• The Tyler Center (Raleigh, NC)