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74 Finalists
Selected in Race to Address Jobs Crisis
Girls Who Code,
Jobs for the Future, and YouthBuild Among Groups Vying to Outraise the Field Starting
Inauguration Day
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of finalists at bottom ***
Palo Alto, CA – Jan 16, 2012 – On Inauguration Day, when politicians
return to Washington to face the same jobs crisis, 74 organizations will begin a
crowd funding competition to demonstrate who has the most promising, scalable employment
solutions. They are finalists in the JobRaising Challenge, an innovative
competition to help job-creating nonprofits raise money and publicity. The
Skoll Foundation, The Huffington Post, and knowledge partner McKinsey &
Company have selected the most innovative, feasible, and scalable candidates of
the 210 applicants representing 31 states and 110 cities across America. Starting
on Monday, January 21st, the American people can choose to donate to
one or more of these organizations. Top
fundraisers will be eligible for $250,000 in prizes by The Skoll Foundation.
The
finalists represent innovative ideas to help fight the jobs crisis. Examples
include New York’s Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Inc., who has been
building a “jobs pipeline” to transition our returning servicemen and women
back into the workforce and gain critical work and life skills. Another
finalist, Women’s Bean Project, based in Denver, gives short-term jobs to
chronically unemployed women. The
Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington and CrowdRise co-founder and actor Edward
Norton recently explained the JobRaising
Challenge and
the finalist phase on HuffPost Live.
Beginning
January 21st, anyone can participate in the JobRaising Challenge at www.jobraising.com by donating to or fundraising
for one or more organizations they believe can best solve the jobs crisis. In
addition, McKinsey & Company will select one organization to offer pro-bono
mentoring services. The nonprofit that
raises the most money will get $150k, the second will get $50k, and the third
$30k from the Skoll Foundation. The
remaining $20k will be used for shorter-term incentives along the way. The
JobRaising Challenge intensively leverages these dollars with additional
donations though social media-driven crowdfunding.
The
effort is also enabled by The Huffington Post's platform and its 50 million
unique visitors in the U.S. per month
(comScore, November 2012). HuffPost will provide exposure throughout the
contest to participating organizations by inviting them to blog, and will tap
its community -- currently commenting at a rate of 9 million per month -- to
engage in the JobRaising Challenge.
“It’s been just terrific to
see the positive impact so many outstanding non-profit organizations are having
on the U.S. jobs market,” said Sally Osberg, president of the Skoll Foundation.
“The entrepreneurial finalists for this landmark competition are
generating jobs, vitalizing communities, and transforming lives.”
“We
wanted to do something constructive during this crisis, which has left more
than 25 million Americans unemployed or underemployed,” said Arianna Huffington,
chair, president, and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group. “We
also wanted to change the narrative, go beyond the fatalistic acceptance that
nothing can be done and tap into the ingenuity and resilience that have always
defined our country. So I’m delighted to be partnering with the Skoll
Foundation, CrowdRise, and McKinsey & Company to raise money, raise
awareness and help put Americans back to work.”
“It's so cool to
see The Skoll Foundation and The Huffington Post embrace such an innovative
approach to helping job creation in America,” said Edward Norton, cofounder of
CrowdRise. “We're psyched that so many organizations get to participate
and drive lots of dollars and awareness to their causes.”
The Skoll Foundation, The Huffington Post, CrowdRise, and
McKinsey & Company, announced the JobRaising Challenge at the Republican
and Democratic conventions. It is a new kind of philanthropic initiative to
help job-creating nonprofits raise money, raise awareness and help put
Americans back to work through highly engaged, cost-efficient incentive
fundraising.
JobRaising Finalists:
Accion International - Boston, MA
Anti-Displacement Project, DBA Alliance to Develop
Power/ADP - Springfield, MA
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
(ACCESS) - Dearborn, MI
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency, Inc. -
Atlanta, GA
Baker Industries, Inc. - Malvern, PA
Bayaud Enterprises Inc. - Denver, CO
Blue Jacket, Inc. - Fort Wayne, IN
Boaz & Ruth, Inc. - Richmond, VA
Businesses United in Investing Lending and
Development - Redwood City, CA
Capital Workforce Partners - Hartford, CT
Career Gear, Inc. - New York, NY
Career Wardrobe - Philadelphia, PA
Center for Employment Opportunities - New
York, NY
Challenge Industries Inc. - Ithaca, NY
Christian HELP Foundation, Inc. - Casselberry, FL
City Year, Inc. - Boston, MA
Code for America Labs - San Francisco, CA
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning -
Chicago, IL
Creating an Environment of Success, Inc. -
Nashville, TN
DC Central Kitchen - Washington, DC
Dress for Success Worldwide - New York, NY
Easter Seals TriState - Cincinnati, OH
Economic and Community Development Institute -
Columbus, OH
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. - Indianapolis, IN
FareStart - Seattle, WA
Getting Out and Staying Out, Inc. - New York, NY
Girls Who Code, Inc. - New York, NY
Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc -
Bridgeport, CT
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human
Rights, National Transitional Jobs Network - Chicago, IL
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement - Chicago,
IL
Homeboy Industries - Los Angeles, CA
Hot Bread Kitchen, Ltd. - New York, NY
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation - Chicago, IL
Interise - Boston, MA
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Inc. -
New York, NY
Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Service -
San Francisco, CA
Jewish Vocational Service (Boston) - Boston, MA
JVS Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
Jobs for the Future - Boston, MA
JobsFirstNYC - New York, NY
Juma Ventures - San Francisco, CA
Kiva - San Francisco, CA
Leap, Inc. d/b/a Brooklyn Workforce Innovations -
Brooklyn, NY
Midtown Assistance Center - Atlanta, GA
Nontraditional Employment for Women - New York, NY
NPower Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Opportunity Finance Network - Philadelphia, PA
Outside the Box - Indianapolis, IN
Pacific Diversified Services - San Anselmo, CA
Parents and Friends, Inc. - La Porte, IN
Programs Employing People (PEP) - Philadelphia, PA
Project Return, Inc. - Nashville, TN
Rubicon Programs Inc. - Richmond, CA
Samasource - San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
Community Center - San Francisco, CA
SER - Jobs For Progress Houston - Houston, TX
Startup Weekend - Seattle, WA
StepUp Ministry - Raleigh, NC
Student Veterans of America - Washington, DC
Students Rising Above - San Francisco, CA
Taller San Jose - Santa Ana, CA
The Corps Network - Washington, DC
The HOPE Program - Brooklyn, NY
The SkillSource Group, Inc. - Vienna, VA
Twin Cities RISE! - Minneapolis, MN
Upwardly Global - San Francisco, CA
Urban Alliance - Washington, DC
Venture for America, Inc. - New York, NY
Wardrobe for Opportunity - Oakland, CA
Women Helping Women - Santa Ana, CA
Women's Bean Project - Denver, CO
Year Up, Inc - Boston, MA
YouthBiz Inc - Denver, CO
YouthBuild USA Inc - Somerville, MA
About The Skoll Foundation
Jeff Skoll created The Skoll Foundation in 1999 to pursue
his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity. Led by CEO Sally
Osberg since 2001, its mission is to drive large scale change by investing in,
connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help
them solve the world’s most pressing problems. Social entrepreneurs are
society’s change agents, creators of innovations that disrupt the status quo
and transform our world. By identifying the people and programs already
creating positive change, Skoll Foundation empowers them to extend their reach,
deepen their impact and fundamentally improve society.
Over the past 12 years, the Foundation has awarded more than
$342 million, including investments in 91 social entrepreneurs and 74
organizations on five continents. In addition to grant-making, the Foundation
funds a $20 million+ portfolio of program-related and mission-aligned
investments. Skoll also operates the annual Skoll World Forum, the premier
conference on social entrepreneurship, and shares the stories of social
entrepreneurs through partnerships with leading film and broadcast
organizations including the PBS NewsHour and the Sundance Institute, to drive
awareness of social entrepreneurship and its potential to address the critical
issues of our time. For more information, visit
http://www.skollfoundation.org/.
About The
Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
is a Pulitzer Prize-winning source of breaking news, features, and
entertainment, as well as a highly engaged community for opinion and
conversation. The Huffington Post has 43.7 million monthly U.S. unique visitors
(comScore August, 2012) posting over eight million comments each month. The
site has over 30,000 bloggers -- from politicians, students and celebrities to
academics, parents and policy experts -- who contribute in real-time on the
subjects they are most passionate about. The Huffington Post has editions in
the UK, Canada, Quebec, France, Spain, and Italy.
About CrowdRise
CrowdRise is a fundraising site dedicated to the idea that
raising money for charity and giving back has got to be fun. CrowdRise's
custom-built platform and game mechanics provide fundraisers, charities and
events with a unique way to raise the most money for their causes and share
compelling philanthropic stories with their personal networks. The site lets
anyone turn their friends into an active base of donors for any cause. In 2011
CrowdRise topped Mashable's list of "Most Innovative Crowdfunding Platforms"
and was named a "Top 25 Best Global Philanthropist" by Barron's.
CrowdRise was founded by actor and activist Edward Norton ,
producer Shauna Robertson, and the founders of Moosejaw, Robert and
Jeffro Wolfe. Thousands of charitable organizations, events, celebrities and
everyday donors have made CrowdRise their philanthropic base for giving back.
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