The Winner of PitchFest 2024 is....

Andre Ware, Founder of Bee University

We hosted over eighty members of our network -- supporters, staffers, funders, journalists and fellow travelers -- on a lively zoom call. The Fellows 4.0 were AMAZING and when the votes were tallied, Andre Ware, founder of Bee University, was the winner! Congrats Andre!!

Thank you to all of you who helped us judge PitchFest!

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Our Two Runner-Ups:

Shoshana Barzel

New Neighbors Partnership

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Tai Abrams

Admission Squad

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Our new strategy for supporting the sector

THE FAFSA FIASCO

The EGF Accelerator co-sponsored an important seminar on the trouble with FAFSA and how it is impacting vulnerable students

EGF Fellow Shoshana Akabas Barzel speaks at the Pro Bono Summit

Shoshana Akabas Barzel, founder and director of New Neighbors Partnership (and PitchFest runner up!) was invited to speak on the

opening panel at the 2024 U.S. Pro Bono Summit hosted by the Taproot Foundation in New York. She joined partners from corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors for a deep dive into how we can strengthen the pro bono community and build the future of skills-based volunteering.

EGF Accelerator VP Peg Tyre Writes

Policy Paper for Georgetown

University's Future-Ed

EGF Accelerator VP Peg Tyre wrote a policy paper for Georgetown University's Future-Ed, a think tank, on the tension between equity and academic excellence and how some schools are getting it right. Worth a read!

Read Peg's Policy Paper Here

We Love to See Visionaries in Our

Network Connecting!

Here, Peter Gault, EGF Accelerator alum, and founder of Quill.org and Gabriel Reyes, EGF Accelerator Fellow, and founder of FliSci talked education and equity at the NewSchools Summit last month in San Francisco.

Promoting Equity and.... Tennis

Use Our Discount

@ the Asian American Dream's Tennis Fundraiser on June 8th

Nothing wrong with trying to remake the world and have a good time, too. Accelerator Fellow Kevin Ha, founder of the Asian American Dream, is holding a tennis fundraiser at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. EGF community members, including fellows past and present, get $50 off the registration fee.

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The EGF Accelerator is supporting strong leaders in sustainable nonprofits that are working to improve the education and life outcomes for low-income New Yorkers. We offer incubation, advanced leadership development, a remote Fellows program, and fund journalism about educational equity. Want to know more? Drop us a line. Peg@egfaccelerator.org