It’s wonderful to reconnect with our Impact Accelerator community and share some of the exciting work happening across our programs. The past few months have been filled with new ideas, meaningful connections, and opportunities to support changemakers working to strengthen our communities. One highlight was the selection process for Cohort 7 of the OU Impact Accelerator. Our Selection Committee, made up of […]
The Impact Accelerator cohort will consist of ventures tackling the issue of affordability and economic empowerment. This includes (but is not limited to) ventures that address underlying issues regarding food and shelter instability, career assistance, high cost of tuition, tutoring, or special needs education, help to create financial literacy, financial assistance and coaching, and anything else that […]
Happy Chanukah! We are constantly inspired and lit up by the Accelerator growth and success. This Chanukah, we are taking the opportunity to share 8 points of light.
With the end of the Jewish year approaching, we take the opportunity to reflect on the past year.
On Purim, we read about Esther and Mordechai, innovators and heroes of their time. They identified a problem, and worked proactively to create change. Through the Accelerator selection process, it is clear that our community is still following in their footsteps today.
While some people chill out over the summer, at the OU Accelerator, we’re just heating up. We’ve chosen our fourth cohort and are underway with curriculum, mentorship, and more to advance our next set of innovative nonprofits.
As the year comes to a close, we look back on the past few months and look forward to what’s coming next year.
Shana Tova!
Summer at the OU Impact Accelerator is jam-packed!
Read all about Cohort III here!
2021 started off on a high with the selection of Cohort III. Read all about it!
Staying in the loop: read about the cohort III Selection and cohort II Graduation
Read about Summer 2020 with the OU Impact Accelerator.
Read about the start of the Cohort II Education, Mentor Kick-Off, and Summer Experience 2020 with the OU Impact Accelerator.
The OU Impact Accelerator hasn’t slowed down since Demo Day. We’ve been reviewing the 81 venture applications, and after a careful selection process, from interviews to pitch night, we have selected the 4 nonprofit startups joining Cohort II of the OU Impact Accelerator.
We missed you at last week’s first-ever OU Impact Accelerator Demo Day. Here are some of the highlights from the event:
To Take You Up To Speed… Cohort II application requests are flying in! We’ve received over 160 since our launch last month.
Are you a Jewish nonprofit entrepreneur? Do you know of a great venture in your community? The OU Impact Accelerator Cohort II application is now LIVE. Cohort entrepreneurs receive education, mentorship and funding for their Jewish nonprofit ventures. Share our application with your community.
We sat down with Yosef Gillers to talk about GrowTorah’s accomplishments, highlights, and what’s to come
“The Impact Accelerator was developed to facilitate social entrepreneurship – to allow creative minds within our community to bring forward new and exciting programming to meet pressing, unmet needs,” said OU Executive Vice President Allen Fagin. “This creativity, coupled with guidance, mentorship and resources from the OU, will stimulate the growth and development of these […]
5 Ventures. 3 Seminars. 9 Days. 50+ Mentors. 70+ Hours of training. We’ve been busy at the OU Impact Accelerator. Our entrepreneurs have noted the Accelerator is time to work “on their businesses, rather than in them”. Here’s some of what we’ve been learning about.
