Propeller is proud to announce the 15 ventures selected for its nationally recognized 2025 Impact Accelerator: Growth Track. This 5-month program equips mission-driven entrepreneurs with coaching, community-building, tailored curriculum, and technical assistance designed to grow businesses grounded in financial viability, equity, and social impact.
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Creating A Thriving Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Propeller is a nonprofit organization that helps entrepreneurs grow their small businesses and nonprofits to tackle social and environmental disparities in New Orleans.
Our strategy is to build a critical mass of small businesses and nonprofits working to tackle disparities in community economic development, education, food, health, and water.
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Propeller’s experience gave me a lot of things that I can put into practice. It was challenging, like going to school for me. But without a doubt, I wouldn’t change doing it because it was necessary for our growth to make these steps.
Touré Folkes Turning Tables (Impact Accelerator 2021)
Propeller’s network is so vast and so clear that we got exactly what we needed when we needed it. What we needed to do was to figure out how we were going to finance this project and build a model a few years out so that it’s sustainable.
Joy Okoro Eden Project (Impact Accelerator 2021)
Propeller gave me EVERYTHING that I needed to continue successfully building my business. Every individual and group meeting was carefully planned to make the best of the time spent with the program.
Journey Allen Founder, Artist Journey Allen Gallery Studio (Impact Accelerator 2019)
Propeller’s experience gave me a lot of things that I can put into practice. It was challenging, like going to school for me. But without a doubt, I wouldn’t change doing it because it was necessary for our growth to make these steps.
Touré Folkes Turning Tables (Impact Accelerator 2021)
Propeller’s network is so vast and so clear that we got exactly what we needed when we needed it. What we needed to do was to figure out how we were going to finance this project and build a model a few years out so that it’s sustainable.
Joy Okoro Eden Project (Impact Accelerator 2021)
Propeller gave me EVERYTHING that I needed to continue successfully building my business. Every individual and group meeting was carefully planned to make the best of the time spent with the program.
Journey Allen Founder, Artist Journey Allen Gallery Studio (Impact Accelerator 2019)
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May 14, 2025 “Where Entrepreneurs Come to Grow” is the tagline of Propeller, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs grow their small businesses and nonprofits to tackle social and environmental disparities […]
May 13, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Propeller, the nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental disparities in New Orleans, proudly announces the transition of leadership to […]
May 1, 2025 Thank you so very much for your partnership and support of Propeller since our founding. Because you have been a part of Propeller’s journey and evolution to […]
The Financial Wellness Collaborative – a partnership between Propeller, Thrive NOLA and Fund 17 – helps small-business owners in New Orleans bolster their overall financial health through a series of workshops and more.
Drawing on the co-leadership of CORE (Community Organizations Reimagining Ecosystems), a national cohort of eight place-based intermediaries—Co.act, Community Wealth Partners, Mission Capital, Propeller, Radical Partners, Rooted in Vibrant Communities, Social Innovation Forum, and Social Justice Partners Los Angeles—as well as research from ideas42, this article explores how PBIs leverage their local knowledge and provide tailored support to cultivate sustainable, impactful change.
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