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by Jacob Watson, UpStart’s Director, Growth-Stage Programs UpStart is committed to meeting the needs of social entrepreneurs at all stages of their trajectory. The program that I oversee, the Venture Accelerator, is a stop along that journey to a sustainable, thriving venture. This program meets ventures at their growth stage, a phase of development akin […]

Originally published in Advocate on August 21, 2019 By Jeffrey Masters This interview was conducted as part of the interview series, LGBTQ&A, a weekly podcast that documents modern queer and trans history.  As a young boy, Gamal Palmer — Senior Vice President of Leadership Development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles — would sit in […]

By Molly Cram, UpStart’s Director of Network Programs, with contribution from Taylor Epstein, former UpStart Managing Director of Learning & Design Who we are, what we value, and how we approach our work are best described by the UpStart Team Philosophy: To dream with purpose, build the “what might be,” and grow the good. This […]

By Joni Blinderman, Executive Director, The Covenant Foundation In mid-May, The Covenant Foundation hosted its first in-person gathering since the start of the pandemic and in addition, we sponsored The Collaboratory: Grow the Good.  For three days at our annual PD meeting, we met outdoors with our grantees, award recipients and Pomegranate Prize recipients for […]

By Sasha Raskin-Yin, Interim Executive Director, Amplifier At Amplifier, powered by JFNA, we know how important community is to taking and sustaining action. We envision a world where everyone has the opportunity to create positive, powerful change through collaborative giving. We focus on collaboration because we know none of us have the capacity to do […]

Originally Published on LinkedIn on April 26, 2022 By Eli Malinsky Deputy Director, Business & Society Program, The Aspen Institute and UpStart Board Member It is well established that I hate hybrid events. In fact, I couldn’t even handle teleconferences when some people were in the room and others weren’t. I have always felt that […]