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CIVIC ACCELERATOR | WHAT WE DO  

Points of Light is partnering with Village Capital to launch the first startup accelerator program focused on “civic ventures” – enterprises that inspire, equip and mobilize people to create positive change.

WHAT WE PROVIDE:

We help social entrepreneurs launch successful, innovative solutions to our nation’s most intractable problems by capitalizing on three powerful trends in the world today:

Social Entrepreneurship + Civic Engagement + Accelerator Models.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/altruhelp/2012/10/17/new-civic-accelerator-galvanizes-social-entrepreneurship-impact-investing/

Points of Light, originally founded in 1990 in response to President George H. W. Bush’s call for increasing national civic engagement, is changing the game with the launch of a new Civic Accelerator. The program, focused on helping social startups successfully launch innovative solutions to the nation’s most intractable problems, is a joint venture between Points of Light and Village Capital.  The Civic Accelerator provides funding, mentoring, entrepreneurial education and more to social entrepreneurs. With a rock-star team of supporters from PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc., to Starbucks Coffee Company and CSRwire, the Civic Accelerator will invest in nonprofit and for-profit startups that inspire, equip and mobilize people to create positive change!


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