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LiftUp Enterprises
Chicago, US · 8 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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LiftUp Enterprises is a for-profit, MBE-certified social enterprise that builds and grows businesses managed with dignity, creating jobs with benefits and wraparound support services for employees. It aims to advance the economic stability and mobility of low-income communities through its portfolio companies.
Also known as LiftUp · Liftup Chicago · LiftUp Chicago · LiftUp Enterprises · LUE
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026LiftUp Enterprises (LUE) is a Chicago-based for-profit social enterprise and holding company that creates, grows and scales operating businesses with the stated aim of bridging the wealth gap and expanding opportunity for low-wage workers. Started in 2018, the platform is described as a vertically integrated economic development vehicle that incubates, grows and accelerates the social enterprise initiatives of The Resurrection Project (TRP), a community development organization with a 29-year track record in affordable housing, community wealth building, immigration services and community organizing.
The portfolio is currently comprised of Do Right Services Company — an MBE-certified professional services business offering commercial cleaning (routine janitorial, project-based cleaning, and COVID-19 cleaning and disinfection), commercial landscaping (landscape design, installation, hardscaping, maintenance such as cutting, edging and line trimming, plus winter snow management) and painting — and TRP Realty, which operates in home purchase. Do Right Services operates in the Chicagoland area using commercial-grade chemicals and equipment with trained and certified personnel.
LiftUp's operating model is built on "dignity based" principles intended to lower employee turnover: it first seeks to create a livable job offering basic benefits, career building opportunities, profit sharing, a livable wage and a fair and engaging workplace, then leverages TRP's social services to provide wraparound support intended to increase employee stability and mobility.
Founding story
LiftUp was created in 2018 as a solution to underemployment and the conditions facing low-wage workers, emerging from The Resurrection Project's community development work in Chicago. Job postings reference a co-founder working directly with new hires; Julian Posada serves as President and CEO.
Business model
LiftUp operates as a for-profit holding company that owns and scales operating service businesses rather than selling a single product. Its portfolio companies generate revenue by delivering commercial services — cleaning, landscaping and painting — to business clients in the Chicagoland area, alongside TRP Realty in home purchase. Employment practices (benefits, livable wages, profit sharing and wraparound social services delivered through The Resurrection Project) are positioned as a retention and turnover-reduction mechanism within the operating model.
Traction
A third-party business information listing reports three employees and estimated revenue of $1–10M, with named staff including a marketing director, business development manager and business operations manager. The company was actively recruiting an early-career analyst for its Impact Accelerator, and one investor platform lists Cleveland Avenue as a backer. A separate startup data platform shows no known external funding.
Latest developments
LiftUp has posted an opening for a General Analyst within its Impact Accelerator, a two-year-oriented early-career role supporting data analysis, research, project management and process improvement, working closely with the co-founder. Applications are directed to Julian Posada.
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Market position
LiftUp is characterized as a seed-stage company on the F4 investor platform, categorized under enterprise software with a for-profit social enterprise model and one disclosed backer. One third-party business data listing estimates revenue in the $1–10M range and three employees.
LiftUp combines conventional commercial services businesses with dignity-based employment practices — basic benefits, livable wages, profit sharing, career pathways — and access to wraparound social services through its affiliation with The Resurrection Project, a community development organization with a 29-year history. Its Do Right Services subsidiary is MBE-certified.
Go-to-market
Portfolio company Do Right Services positions itself as a partner rather than a vendor to commercial clients, marketing MBE certification, trained and certified personnel, and year-round service coverage including winter snow management. LiftUp also maintains a mailing list and recruits directly through job postings on its own website.
Businesses and commercial property clients in the Chicagoland area needing janitorial, project-based or disinfection cleaning, landscaping and snow management, and painting services. On the employment side, the platform targets low-wage and underemployed workers and their communities.
Geography
Headquartered at 1805 South Paulina Street, Chicago, Illinois. Portfolio company Do Right Services operates across the Chicagoland area.
History
LiftUp was started in 2018 as an approach to addressing issues affecting low-wage workers, structured as a for-profit platform to incubate and scale the social enterprise initiatives of The Resurrection Project. Its organization profile on Idealist was created in June 2019. As of the current job posting, the portfolio consists of Do Right Services Company (cleaning, landscaping, painting) and TRP Realty (home purchase).
Compiled by commissioned research from 11 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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launches, deals, and filingsLiftUp was started in 2018 as an approach to addressing issues affecting low-wage workers, building and scaling companies that offer employees benefits, livable wages and growth opportunities.
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- Liftupchicagoliftupchicago.org · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does LiftUp Enterprises do?
- LiftUp Enterprises is a Chicago for-profit social enterprise that builds and scales companies offering quality jobs to low-wage workers.
- Who are LiftUp Enterprises's investors?
- LiftUp Enterprises's investors include Cleveland Avenue.
- Where is LiftUp Enterprises headquartered?
- LiftUp Enterprises is headquartered in Chicago, US.