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Put your name behind the most ambitious student founders building for social good, and help bring the best of them to Stanford.

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The organizing team reads every note and replies by email.

Equity-free funding for ventures placing first through twelfth, so the best ideas keep going after finals day.

Flights and stays for finalists from outside the Bay Area, so where a founder studies never decides whether they compete.

A full day of live pitches at Stanford for founders, judges, donors and the campus community.

Fund the prizes
Contribute to the prize pool awarded to the 12 finalists, from first place through the 10th to 12th tier.
Fly a finalist
Cover travel for a finalist team coming from outside the Bay Area, and meet them on finals day.
Support finals day
Help cover the venue, meals and production for finals day at Stanford.
Something else
In-kind support or another idea. Tell us what you have in mind.

Together they raised $42,500 for student founders in the first year of the competition.

Taube Philanthropies
A Bay Area philanthropy that has supported Jewish life, education and civic institutions for decades.
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Koret Foundation
A San Francisco foundation that invests in Bay Area institutions and Jewish community life, and the namesake of the Koret Pavilion where the 2026 finals were held.
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Lubetzky Family Foundation
The foundation of Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND and Builders. Daniel also gave the 2026 winners a one-on-one session.
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
A global philanthropy working to strengthen Jewish life and open doors to opportunity for young people.
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Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
The Jewish federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma and Silicon Valley.
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Stanford ASES
The Affiliated Stanford Entrepreneurial Students, a student organization that builds entrepreneurial communities on campus and around the world.
Stanford SENSA
The Stanford Social Entrepreneurial Students' Association, a student group that grows the social entrepreneurship community at Stanford.
Hillel at Stanford
Stanford's home for Jewish student life. Hillel launched the competition in 2026 and continues to support it, rooted in the value of tikkun olam.
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