Attention social entrepreneurs focused on public safety: You can apply to a new Philadelphia-based accelerator that recently won a $1 million grant.
Called FastFWD, the “super-group” accelerator was formed by the City of Philadelphia, along with GoodCompany Group, a nonprofit, social enterprise accelerator in the city, and the Social Impact Initiative at the Wharton School, after winning Bloomberg Philanthropies 2012-2013 Mayors Challenge, along with four other cities. (They included Providence, Chicago, Houston and Santa Monica).
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