UpPrize 2023 Community Engagement Event - The Corner

701 5th Ave,New Kensington PA 15068

09 May, 2023

Description

The UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge, administered by Innovation Works and fully funded by the BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, will return for a fifth year to bridge the gap between the nonprofit and entrepreneurial communities and increase the number of impactful technology-based solutions targeted to critical social challenges. For 2023, the UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge will focus on technologies supporting three areas: racial equity, economic justice, and sustainability while also strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion among entrepreneurs and businesses in southwestern Pennsylvania’s tech ecosystem. Since its launch in 2015, the UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge has allocated more than $2.5 million in investments, grants and technical assistance. The 2023 cycle will continue the mission of supporting impactful technology that improves nonprofit service delivery and the lives and experiences of people in the region. UpPrize applications will be accepted until July 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. UpPrize 2023 is calling for social entrepreneurs to compete for $300,000 in prize money to support the launch or growth of a startup that will solve an issue of racial or economic injustice. Applicants must: You must be 18 years old or older.The submitting nonprofit, business or individual must be based in one of these counties in Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington or Westmoreland.You must ensure that your participation does not violate employer’s policies or procedures, or any other third-party rights or obligations (e.g. non-competition agreements).You, and your immediate family members, must not be employed or affiliated with BNY Mellon