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Brown Capital Management LLC (BCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Eddie C. Brown in 1983 and is solely owned by Brown Capital Management Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Brown Capital Management Esop Trust. BCM provides professional investment management services to institutions and individuals.

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is a non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurship education to middle school, high school, and postsecondary students in 30 states and 31 countries. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. NFTE aims to ignite the entrepreneurial mindset in students, empowering them to own their futures regardless of their family income, community resources, special needs, gender identity, race, or ethnicity. NFTE has educated over a million students through in-school, out-of-school, in-person, online, or hybrid programs. The company was founded in 1987 by Carl Press and Philip A. McNeill, and J.D. LaRock has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Putnam Investments LLC operates as an investment advisory company. The company was founded on May 14, 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.