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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. […]

UpStart is proud to announce the 52 professionals accepted into the four national cohorts of its Change Accelerator program. UpStart’s Change Accelerator equips intrapreneurs – the bold leaders making meaningful change within our community’s Jewish institutions – to employ an entrepreneur’s mindset, change course quickly, and develop creative solutions to meet the current moment. Over […]

    *Last Chance for 2020: Support entrepreneurial Jewish leaders with a tax-deductible gift by Thursday, December 31. Pivot or die. You’ve probably heard this expression in business thought leadership recently. At UpStart, we help bold leaders scale up, professionalize, and sustain Jewish ventures in order to tackle all kinds of challenges. This year, that has […]