Accelerating STEAM Non-Profits
in Orange County

Octane’s Non-Profit Accelerator

The Non-Profit Accelerator provides non-profits with the tools they need to expand their impact in the community, specifically those non-profits that serve under-represented people in STEAM and healthcare.
By adapting Octane’s award-winning LaunchPad SBDC evaluation process, non-profits receive a similar evaluation of their organization and expert advice. The graduates of the Non-Profit Accelerator emerge more empowered and capable of improving the lives and communities of the people they serve.
The Non-Profit Accelerator is made possible by a generous grant from Edwards Lifesciences Foundation.

Octane Non-Profit Accelerator First Cohort

The purpose of the Non-Profit Accelerator is to help non-profit organizations optimize their resources, build capacity and improve sustainability.

Increasing Impact

By providing opportunities, expertise, and coaching, we believe that Non-Profits will create more impact in the local community. The three goals we are focusing on are:

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Increasing Community Reach

Using our LaunchPad SBDC Accelerator process, we can help non-profits make a greater impact in the community.
Support this initiative by volunteering to serve as a subject matter expert.

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Increasing Grants & Funding

The Non-Profit Accelerator program helps non-profits prepare more effective strategies for grants and funding.

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Increasing Sustainability

We believe that people and communities are better served when non-profits and their missions are capable of reliably delivering their services. The Non-Profit Accelerator experience helps these organizations build the capacity and effectiveness necessary to achieve long-term sustainability.