Dual Investment Program
The mission of Joshua Venture Group is rooted in the concept of a dual investment — in visionary leaders and in groundbreaking ideas. We believe that the cultivation of both leaders and the enterprises they seek to build has that much more potential to profoundly impact the Jewish world and the world Jewishly.
Joshua Venture Group invites the next generation of Jewish social entrepreneurs to the communal table to achieve their visions for social impact. Through our intensive two-year Dual Investment Program, these emerging leaders will gain the skills, resources, and exposure to enable them to grow and sustain their ventures, as well as to complement the existing mainstream Jewish infrastructure.
This Dual Investment Program will provide Fellows with the following resources:
Early-stage capital
In addition to health benefits, each Fellow receives $40,000/year for two years to start up or scale their venture.
A social entrepreneur toolkit
Individual coaching and semi-annual retreats help Fellows obtain the skills necessary to build sustainability and scalability.
Access to professional and communal networks
Affiliation with Joshua Venture Group and its community will connect Fellows with key players in the social entrepreneurial and Jewish worlds.
Increased exposure of their ventures
Recognition as a Fellow confers legitimacy upon emerging leaders and their ventures, as well as provides a vehicle through which to amplify their work.
Jewish learning and reflection
As Jewish values and intellectual thought inform our work, so too do they frame the experiences of social entrepreneurs effecting change in the Jewish world.
The application process for the 2010-2012 Dual Investment Program is now closed. We are currently reviewing applications to select the eight Fellows that will comprise this year’s cohort.