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Everything you need to know about becoming a Global Good Fund Fellow

We invest in leaders who are committed to driving positive change and have ambitious goals. Those who despite the obstacles will not let anything get in their way of progress, even during the toughest of times. What makes GGF different from other Accelerators is that we care about you, the real you. Our community (staff, […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on May 19, 2023

Apply now for The GoodBiz Leadership Program

Goodwill Industries and The Global Good Fund launch “GoodBiz,” a 6-month entrepreneurial business leadership program, for new and budding entrepreneurs. The program consists of a 360 MIRROR assessment, followed by group coaching, and concluding with mentoring from Global Good Fund alumni, with business skills workshops conducted throughout the program. Join us to advance your individual […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Nov 28, 2022

THE MENTOR-MENTEE RELATIONSHIP: FT BOBBY HENEBRY & KAVETO TJATJARA

Giving Tuesday is 1 week away! Our #PayItForward campaign celebrates the mentors in our own lives, and challenges us to provide a similar life-changing opportunity to another young entrepreneur. Below we shed light on the special mentor-mentee relationship between Bobby Henebry and Kaveto Tjatjara (“KV”). Please join us on our mission to provide another deserving young leader with […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Nov 21, 2022

The Mentor-Mentee Relationship: ft Paige Dickow & Edward Yee

Giving Tuesday is 2 weeks away, and soon the entire world will be talking about generosity, how it manifests in different ways, and why it’s critical to building the society we want to live in. Our #PayItForward campaign celebrates the mentors in our own lives, and challenges us to provide a similar life-changing opportunity to […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Nov 15, 2022

Now & Then: The Importance of Mentorship

In 2019 Kevin Gibbons, co-founder of Health Access Connect, was paired up with Pfizer executive Majorie Norman to advance his leadership and social impact. These two, who remain in close contact today, Marjorie sits on Kevin’s Board of Directors, sat down with us for an interview about the important role mentorship has played in their […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Nov 10, 2022

Welcome Larissa Harari and Melissa Hayes

We welcome Larissa Harari as Client Engagement Manager at The Global Good Fund Consulting Services, where she is responsible for the relationship with the clients and overseeing the Program’s operation and management. She supports research and analysis, program design for new proposals, and program evaluations. Larissa Harari has been working for 8 years at the […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Sep 28, 2022

The Global Good Fund, Microsoft and Goodwill join forces to support Black and Brown owned businesses

Businesses led by black and brown entrepreneurs produce over $400 billion dollars in annual revenue and actively employ, either directly or indirectly, more than 2.2 million people. They additionally contribute close to $49 billion in local, state and federal tax revenues. When COVID hit, the pandemic impacted black and brown business communities the hardest. 53% of […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Sep 28, 2022

Now & Then: Featuring Neha Arora

Neha Arora is the Founder of Planet Abled. At university she studied electrical engineering, and prior to starting her social enterprise, she worked for big corporations like Excel and Nokia. Neha found a passion for social entrepreneurship through her personal experiences. She is the daughter of two disabled parents; her father is blind, and her mother is a […]

Posted by globalgoodfund on Sep 13, 2022

Now & Then: featuring Kiron Chandy

By day, 2018 Global Good Fund Fellow, Kiron Chandy is a Public Policy Manager at Google, and on nights and weekends, she is the CEO of Consult Your Community (“CYC”). Consult Your Community is a nonprofit organization pairing small businesses with college students to drive community change. Through semester-long, skills-based consulting projects, CYC mobilizes college students to leverage their education, […]