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Connecting funders and grantees on GrantED

Posted 04/07/2021

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. […]

Announcing our First National Change Accelerator Cohorts

Posted 01/11/2021

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 […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Shana Erenberg, Libenu

Posted 12/22/2020

*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 […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Susannah Goodman, Detroit Jews for Justice

Posted 12/17/2020

*Reminder: Your first-time gift to UpStart will be doubled if received by Wednesday, December 23, doubling your impact on innovative Jewish programs like UpStarter Detroit Jews for Justice. “We Were Born For This Moment” Susannah Goodman was born to be a leader of Detroit Jews for Justice (DJJ). For starters, she was a child of […]

Virtual Event: UpStart’s Field Lab for Teen Program Providers

Posted 12/16/2020

We know this time can feel as uncertain for you as it is for the teens you work with. At UpStart, we want to provide the opportunity for professionals like you to seed new collaborations, cross-pollinate ideas, and create win-win partnerships that enable you to weather the current moment and thrive on the other side. […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Jory Hanselman Mayschak, BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy

Posted 11/12/2020

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, UpStart is highlighting inspirational stories of impact from our network. If ever there was a year to appreciate the outdoors, this has been the one. BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy – one of more than 100 groundbreaking organizations in the UpStart Venture Network – was thriving. Moreover, it was helping Jewish […]

UPLifting Bold Leaders | Eleyna Fugman, TischPDX

Posted 11/12/2020

In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, UpStart is highlighting inspirational stories of impact from our network. Raised in a rural California community and in an interfaith home, Eleyna Fugman grew up with a strong sense of social justice, but a weaker sense of what it means to be Jewish. Her family would celebrate Hanukkah, but […]

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