Impact & Social Good Startups

UpFrom is a technology platform that connects volunteers, nonprofits, churches, households, and supporters into a single network to deliver mentorship and link families to resources such as tutoring, career growth, mental health care, and everyday needs. It provides tools for communication, coordination, operations management, and real-time impact measurement, aimed at nonprofit and faith-based organizations serving families.

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Uplift Education operates college and career preparatory schools with a focus on personalized learning and teacher quality. The organization serves students from elementary through high school across multiple campuses.

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The Upside Foundation of Canada is a registered charity that manages a legally binding equity pledge program, letting founders and VCs of high-growth Canadian tech companies commit a portion of their exit proceeds to charity. It also runs a network of events, investor connections, and ecosystem opportunities for its member founders.

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UpSocial is a social innovation consultancy that helps organizations and institutions design, evaluate, fund, and scale evidence-based solutions to complex social challenges such as poverty, inequality, and exclusion. Its services include program design, strategic evaluation, outcomes-based financing, prototyping, grant writing, and applying AI for social good.

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Upsolve is a nonprofit that helps low-income Americans overcome debt and rebuild credit, operating a financial education website and a free DIY bankruptcy filing tool. It is expanding into AI tools to help people resolve financial distress earlier.

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Upworthy is a digital media company that publishes stories highlighting positive human examples and social good, aiming to inspire readers through narrative journalism. The platform primarily serves audiences seeking uplifting, values-driven content that fosters community and shared humanity.

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Urban Impact is a Seattle-based nonprofit working to break the cycle of generational poverty by supporting community relationships, education, youth opportunities, and local economic stability. It engages pastors and ministry leaders and takes a faith-rooted approach to community development.

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Urban Roots London is a non-profit that converts underused urban land in London, Ontario into farmland to grow organic produce, using a "Model of Thirds" social enterprise approach that donates, sells below market, and sells at market rate to improve local food security. It serves community organizations, social enterprises, restaurants, and residents in under-served neighbourhoods through donations, pop-up markets, a farmgate market, and CSA food box memberships.

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Urban Assembly is a network organization focused on social-emotional learning integration and school support services for public education institutions. The organization works with schools and districts across multiple U.S. cities to advance equity and innovation in educational practices.

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Ureca uses technology to address environmental challenges and create measurable real-world impact. The company is focused on sustainability-driven solutions.

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The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance is an advocacy organization focused on advancing impact investing in the United States, including submitting formal comment letters to regulators such as the SEC on climate-related disclosure and non-financial reporting rules.

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US SIF is a US-based membership association that promotes sustainable and impact investing through public policy advocacy, education, research, and industry convenings. It serves asset owners, financial advisors, asset managers, institutional investors, and other capital markets participants across the United States.

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A nonprofit advocacy organization focused on literacy and autism support systems in Utah, connecting business leaders, educators, and families to improve educational outcomes and system coordination for individuals with dyslexia and autism.

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Utah Humanities is a non-profit organization that strengthens communities through public humanities programs and partnerships focused on literature, heritage, education, and civic dialogue. The organization serves communities across Utah, emphasizing mutual respect, diverse perspectives, and understanding of the human experience.

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A fund in Sweden that finances social and health interventions through outcomes-based funding and social impact bonds, partnering with municipalities and regions to improve welfare delivery. It focuses on preventive care, elderly care, youth services, and education.

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UtilDeco is a Romanian sheltered unit and work-integration social enterprise that employs people with disabilities and from vulnerable groups to produce goods and services for clients across industries. Founded by Fundaţia Alături de Voi România (ADV) in 2008, it provides employment, vocational orientation, and qualification for disadvantaged people throughout Romania.

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Utkarsh CoreInvest Limited (formerly Utkarsh Micro Finance Limited) is a non-banking financial holding company that serves as the promoting institution for Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited. Originally providing microfinance and related credit products such as Joint Liability Group loans, micro enterprise loans, housing loans, and micro pension products to unbanked populations in India, it now operates as an NBFC-CIC.

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Uttrayan Financial Services is an RBI-registered non-banking financial company (NBFC-MFI) that provides small-ticket micro-credit to poor women and underprivileged groups in rural and semi-urban areas through a group-based lending system, and also offers gold loans. It serves low-income borrowers in India, operating from its head office in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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United Way of Salt Lake is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes community resources to help families meet basic needs and ensure children access quality education in Utah.

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uYilo is South Africa's national electric mobility programme, active since 2013, that supports the eMobility ecosystem through government lobbying, industry engagement, pilot projects, grant funding, and technical facilities including ISO 17025 accredited battery testing, materials characterisation, electric vehicle systems, and a smart grid live testing environment. It serves government, OEMs, startups, and local manufacturers across South Africa and Africa, operating as an initiative of the Technology Innovation Agency.

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Uzaje operated industrial washing sites for reusable containers and packaging, serving the food service and agri-food industries in France to support the shift toward packaging reuse. The company, founded in 2019, ceased operations in May 2026 after failing to reach a sustainable business model.

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A non-profit educational foundation serving middle school students in San José and the Mid-Peninsula region, providing mathematics instruction and support to help students advance into high school algebra courses and pursue STEM careers. The organization was founded to continue the work of José A. Valdés, a mathematics educator who advocated for underserved Hispanic students.

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Valor Collegiate Academies operates a network of three tuition-free public charter schools in Nashville, Tennessee, serving about 1,900 students in grades 5-12. It uses its Compass social-emotional learning model to combine college-ready academics with whole-child development, and licenses that model to 60+ partner schools nationally.

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Valor Education operates tuition-free K-12 classical charter schools and an institute focused on educating students within authentic communities, emphasizing character development and wisdom alongside traditional academics.

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