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Our Innovators

Discover Our Innovators

Our innovators are social entrepreneurs and worker leaders. They are problem-solvers and policy wonks. They are on the ground and imagining solutions to problems as they encounter them. They are visioning today what the future of work will be.  They are committed to social justice, equity, and inclusion. They are the inheritors of 20th century problems and the creators of 21st century solutions.

Our Innovators by Location

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Ones Up: Building Sustainable Communities through Opportunity Youth

Ones Up (a fiscally sponsored project of the Urban Affairs Coalition) empowers local Black and brown youth to transform the social and economic conditions of their communities. Based in Pennsylvania, Ones Up is piloting a career development program for young adults of color that engages them in structured civic engagement. In the program, the young adults gain professional experience and benefit from career counseling, mental and emotional wellness support, and connections to job opportunities.

Strategy: Job & Skills Training
Industry:
Educational Services,

People-Powered Analytics for the Gig Economy

We collaborate with gig workers to build the tools and organization they need to unlock the monetary and strategic value of the data they create through their labor.

Strategy: Technology Product
Industry:

Rural Ideas Network

Invigorating rural entrepreneurship doesn't require a complex solution. It's actually pretty simple: rural communities just need the same entrepreneurial resources and supports that exist in larger cities to remain competitive. What's tricky is figuring out how to actually deliver these solutions to rural communities with small populations and limited resources. Rural Ideas Network created "Entrepreneur Labs" to spark growth through coaching, peer learning, and access to industry experts. Following an initial successful pilot, the online support network is ready to expand "Entrepreneur Labs'' to support entrepreneurial success in more rural communities across the U.S.

Strategy:
Industry:
Not industry-specific,

Solving the Benefits Cliff

Leap Fund is a financial solution that lifts people over the benefits cliff, creating a path towards self-sufficiency and financial independence.

Strategy:
Industry:
Healthcare, Homecare, Hospitality & Accommodation, Manufacturing, Professional and Business Services,

Stabilizing Childcare Workers Incomes through Care Matching '

Implementing a secure, scalable, accessible, and accountable child care platform in English and Spanish that matches families needing care with unionized family child care providers so they can remain open.

Strategy: Technology Product
Industry:
Childcare,

Survivor Work Safety Lab

FreeFrom leverages technology and innovation to create pathways to financial security and long-term safety for survivors of gender-based violence.

Strategy: Organizing or Activism
Industry:
Not industry-specific,

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