Twin Cities

October 6, 2016 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. As we look forward

September 19, 2016 Vincent (Vinny) Badolato recently joined Voqal as the director of the Education Venture Fund. Vinny has over 10 years of experience working with nonprofit and educational organizations. Most recently, he worked as the Merage Foundations’ Strategic Partnerships Director where he identified, cultivated and executed development and partnership opportunities for the foundations to maximize

September 13, 2106 New Collaborative, Data Driven Media Strengthens Communities in Chicago For Voqal Fellow Andrea Hart, frustrations with Chicago’s current media ecosystem and its focus on leveraging crises for a sensational headline, inspired her to create a media organization more reflective of the community it served. “We created City Bureau because we believe that

September 6, 2016 Applications are now open for the 2017 Voqal fellowship, which provides progressive, social entrepreneurs financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. We are searching for young entrepreneurs, change-makers and thought leaders who want to launch their next “big idea” that will transform progressive politics or remedy

September 2, 2016 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. This week we take

              The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans.

July 28, 2016 The Voqal Fund is excited to announce two new grants to organizations working in the Twin Cities area to enhance the community and strengthen social equity. The grants to FairVote Minnesota and TakeAction Minnesota reflect the Voqal Fund’s commitment to support progressive movements for social change. FairVote Minnesota FairVote Minnesota works for better democracy

July 15, 2016 Voqal Fellow and founder of Spendrise, Eric Shih, is scheduled to participate in the New Tools Shootout at Netroots Nation 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri on July 16. Eric’s project, Spendrise, is a digital organizing platform for launching online petitions where consumers create change using an all-or-nothing crowdfunding engine and user interface.

July 8, 2016 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. This week we take

June 24, 2016 OutFront Minnesota works to create a safe, equitable and affirming climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in Minnesota. It is a catalyst for an expansive network of leaders throughout the state who speak out for equity and organize to create progressive change in Minnesota. It aims to create