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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 crucial endeavors.”

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.