Top Massachusetts Social Impact Startups (36)

Britebound is changing the way kids learn about careers and navigate postsecondary pathways through exploration, work-based learning, and free digital experiences. We meets students both in and beyond the classroom with digital tools, resources, and information to empower their career planning journeys. We believe that exploring career possibilities, as early as middle school, and having equitable access to education-to-career pathways aligned...

Project Evident harnesses the power of data, evidence, and technology for greater impact in the social and education sectors. They empower practitioners to drive their own impact and strengthen the surrounding ecosystem to scale effective solutions.

BME Strategies is a specialty public health consulting firm that partners with government bodies, non-profits, and community groups to drive sustainable, equity-centered change through strategic planning and program design.

At HqO, we transform how people connect with each other and the places they work by bringing together a full suite of tools that combines digital, physical, and personal amenities and services — all in one app. The HqO Workplace Experience Platform lets companies and commercial property teams create high-end and personally curated environments that foster safety, sustainability, creativity, and...

Mentor Collective is the premier Mentorship Operating System, enabling organizations to embed mentorship ecosystems into their institutions using their unique goals and data. Our proven approach supports learner and employee success, improves retention, and builds stronger talent pipelines, transforming the fragmented journey from education to meaningful employment. Backed by the most extensive dataset on mentorship outcomes and student and employee...

We are one of the largest workforce development agencies in New England, changing people’s lives and strengthening our communities. We are located located in Boston financial district. Out mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire,develop,and retain them.

Clean Air Task Force is a U.S.-based nonprofit that advances technologies and policies to reduce carbon emissions across the economy, aiming for a zero-emissions, high-energy planet at an affordable cost.

Upstream USA works to expand opportunity by reducing unplanned pregnancy across the U.S. We work in partnership with health centers to strengthen reproductive care and autonomy by increasing equitable access to the full range of contraceptive options. Founded in 2014, Upstream is on track to achieve nationwide impact at scale. Our goal through 2024 is to partner with health centers that...

Addgene is a self-sustaining, thriving nonprofit life sciences organization that was created to help scientists share DNA-based research materials called plasmids. ‌Our mission is to accelerate research and discovery by improving access to useful research materials and information. Since its founding in 2004, Addgene has grown and innovated in order to assist the research community by archiving and sharing useful...

Commonwealth strengthens the financial opportunity and security of financially vulnerable people by discovering ideas, piloting solutions, and driving innovations to scale. We understand broad change requires market players to act. That’s why we take a unique approach to collaborate with consumers, the financial services industry, employers, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. The solutions we build are grounded in real life, based...

The GreenLight Fund works at the intersection of community need and social innovation. GreenLight helps open opportunities for children, youth and families experiencing poverty by engaging deeply with the community and running a consistent annual process to: elevate priority issues not yet being addressed; invest in innovative, proven programs that have a significant, measurable social impact; and galvanize local support...

Women's Lunch Place is a safe, welcoming day shelter community providing healthy meals, essential items, and individualized services for women experiencing hunger, homelessness, poverty, and other challenges. The organization aims to restore dignity and promote hope, healing, and opportunity.

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to steering transformative technologies—such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and nuclear technology—away from extreme, large-scale risks and toward outcomes that benefit humanity. Through grantmaking, educational outreach, and policy advocacy, FLI works with governments and international institutions to ensure that powerful technological advancements are developed and deployed safely, responsibly, and...

Robbins Children's Programs is a non-profit organization operating a Preschool and After School program in one building.

Center for Responsive Schools is a nonprofit educational development organization and publishing house committed to developing high-quality social and emotional learning (SEL) programs, products, and services for students and educators. They focus on promoting kindergarten through grade 8 education that emphasizes social, emotional, and academic development.

Last Mile Health partners with governments to build strong community health systems, equipping professional community health workers to provide essential primary healthcare to remote communities and save lives.

FlyTechnista™ is a mobile app which provides women & girls direct access to curated education, employment, and entrepreneurship resources and opportunities in technology; from over 800+ partners in the global tech ecosystem. We exist to bridge the opportunity and information gap; by equipping women & girls with 21st-Century technical skills.

Otis is an alternative investment platform that makes it possible for almost anyone to invest in shares of cultural assets -- from rare comics and sneaker grails to sports memorabilia and contemporary art. Every week we drop new cultural assets on our app and members can trade with one another 24/7. Our long-term ambitions are to create a NASDAQ of...

NeighborSchools is on a mission to reinvent child care from the ground up. Today in America, working-parents with young children spend over $75B a year on child care, but the caregivers, the hard-working women* who actually work hands-on with our children, they get paid peanuts. The problem is that big child care centers are so expensive to run that they...

AceUp empowers professionals at all levels to maximize their potential through transformational coaching enabled by technology, powered by science, and backed by data. We combine the power of one-on-one leadership coaching, group coaching, and behavioral technology to ensure transformative growth on core leadership and management competencies, and maximize employee engagement, performance, and retention at all levels of an organization. With...