Acceleration

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Acceleration

Multiplying impact for good

The Impact Factory connects promising or evidence-based ventures to potential funding, community partners and human capital, enabling access to new markets and multiplying impact on health and economic disparities. See below for current and alumni programs.

Breaktime

Breaktime

Breaktime works to end young adult homelessness through job training and transitional employment. Amid COVID-19, Breaktime launched the "Double Impact Initiative," empowering 20 young adults with career-launching jobs producing 50,000 meals and delivering 500,000 pounds of groceries to their neighbors in need.

Follow Breaktime on Twitter: @breaktime_ma

Dell Children's Express

Children's Health Express

Children's Health Express was a mobile clinic of Dell Children's Medical Center bringing high-quality health care and social services to children without health insurance. Children’s Health Express was the medical home for over 600 children experiencing poverty, food insecurity and homelessness in Central Texas.

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Dollar For

Dollar For crushes medical debt. The nonprofit helps patients navigate nonprofit hospitals' federally mandated charity care policies to save money, avoid bankruptcy and improve overall health.

Follow Dollar For on Twitter: @Dollarfor_

Little Red Box Grocery

Little Red Box Grocery

Little Red Box Grocery is democratizing access to good food. The company is a tech-enabled and community-driven platform that brings the benefits of healthy food and pantry staples, located conveniently and priced affordably, to families in under-resourced communities.

Follow LRB Grocery on Twitter: @LRBGrocery

Miracle Messages

Miracle Messages

Miracle Messages is on a mission to end relational poverty on the streets. The nonprofit offers family reunification services, direct cash transfers and a phone-based buddy system to shatter stigmas about and strengthen social supports for people experiencing homelessness.

Follow Miracle Messages on Twitter: @MiracleMessages