The Cleveland Foundation [1] established the Civic Innovation Lab (CIL website) [2] to nurture "Civic Entrepreneurship" and CIL has in its first year provided $200,000 to 8 civic projects - details about CIL activities and outcomes are posted in this COIL [2]
Links:
[1] http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/
[2] http://www.civicinnovationlab.org/
[3] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/civic-innovation-lab-coil/notes-from-cils-meet-the-champions-11/16/04
[4] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/events/event-civic-innovation-labs-newest-champions-nov-2004