Insights

We are thrilled to welcome the following bold professionals to the UpStart Board this season: Andy Cheng, Vicki Perlmutter Dansky, Monica Rodriguez Kuniyoshi, and JCF Fed Fellow Michael Rosoff, as well as welcome Mark Achler in his new role as Board Chair. These professionals bring years of experience and expertise, as well as a deep passion […]

In good faith: How nonprofit leaders effect community change Thursday, June 10, 2021  |  9:00 AM EST As worldwide needs continue to morph at lightning speed, intrapreneurs and their institutions are forced to keep up. But more than ever before those needs are increasingly laced with community and user values. Enter faith-based intrapreneurs, a band […]

Meet Carrie Bornstein, the Chief Executive Officer of Mayyim Hayyim and member of UpStart Venture Accelerator Cohort 12. Carrie is driving meaningful Jewish engagement in the local Boston Jewish community and beyond. Mayyim Hayyim is a 21st century creation, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today. Now, with […]

For many members of our community, racial violence is a constant and persistent threat, reinforced and re-experienced when murders by public authorities – such as George Floyd’s – are committed and then recorded. This trauma is not eased by the conviction of Derek Chauvin. But in the struggle for justice, one in which our systems […]

UpStart and Jewish Funders Network are thrilled to announce the launch of GrantED: Stronger Relationships, Greater Impact, an groundbreaking program designed to fuel and connect grantseekers and grantmakers. UpStart has developed GrantED in partnership with Jewish Funders Network (JFN) to level the playing field and open the lines of communication between organizations and their funders. […]