These innovative thinkers are changing North Texas for the better by improving access to education, income and health.
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas was founded nearly 100 years ago. Today, social innovation is part of every aspect of their impact work. They're constantly looking for and implementing innovative solutions to systemic problems in our community.
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas partners with nonprofit and for-profit social ventures that creatively address systemic challenges impacting North Texans in the areas of education, income and health.
The United Way Social Innovation Accelerator in collaboration with Accenture, is celebrating 10 years of impact this year. The program encourages innovative solutions to social issues by providing entrepreneurs with funding, mentorship and community connections to grow their ventures and amplify their impact.
Meet This Year’s Accelerator Fellows
Abide Women’s Health Services
A Black-led nonprofit that offers culturally informed prenatal and postnatal care. Abide offers low-cost access to healthcare with the goal of reducing infant and maternal mortality among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) folk.
Delighted to Doula
Social Innovation Incubator Graduate
A nonprofit offering anti-bias-based, judgment-free education and postpartum support to mothers in communities that traditionally receive the lowest quality of care. Delighted to Doula seeks to reduce maternal mortality rates and increase the number of mothers who have access to healthcare.
EntryWay
A national nonprofit that transitions individuals and families out of homelessness to economic self-sufficiency. EntryWay provides full-time employment, housing and career training opportunities in partnership with the real estate industry.
Healthy Hip Hop
A platform that seamlessly integrates hip-hop culture, literacy and social-emotional learning to elevate student learning environments.
Pasos for Oak Cliff
This organization’s Pasos All Stars Program is a four-week summer intervention program that works to close the learning gaps of rising ninth graders in literacy and math by combining academics with the fundamentals of sneaker design.
Preserve Owner Prosperity
An organization that works to stabilize and strengthen historically under-resourced neighborhoods, preserve and elevate their unique histories, and ensure that as revitalization advances, legacy homeowners can participate in the prosperous future of their communities
Reading Huddle
Social Innovation Incubator Graduate
Seeks to increase the number of kindergarten-ready preschoolers who have achieved an age-appropriate level of literacy development through family-led, at-home story time sessions.
Somos Tejas Community Initiative
Addresses education through civic engagement and community development
Tech Savvy DFW
Creates access to STEM education in lower-income communities in Dallas-Fort Worth area. Tech Savvy DFW has a mission to ensure that students in minority communities have a chance to future proof their own lives.
Wholly Informed Sex Ed
Social Innovation Incubator Graduate
A nonprofit community outreach program that delivers life-saving comprehensive sexual health education based in the acclaimed Our Whole Lives curriculum to K-12 students in the Dallas area, serving in schools and community spaces.
What’s Next for the Fellows
The Social Innovation Accelerator fellows are already going through an intensive bootcamp, with expert instruction that will help them refine their business plans and set important organizational milestone goals. They are also receiving one-on-one mentoring and coaching from a team of Social Innovation Accelerator mentors.
Early next year, five of the 10 fellows will be selected to participate in The Pitch, United Way's annual social innovation competition, where they will compete for tens of thousands of dollars in additional seed funding.
You’ll be seeing a lot more of these incredible organizations as they go through the Accelerator and compete for a spot at The Pitch. Stay tuned!
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