Program areas at Voqal Twin Cities
Voqal Twin Cities participates in the education opportunity project (eop). The eop aims to measurably reduce educational opportunity gaps by providing capital and strategic advice to entrepreneurs and organizations working to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged populations. Voqal nonprofits collectively spent $427,669 in the fiscal year 2024 program with Voqal Twin Cities contributing $125,064 to the program.
On behalf of Voqal Twin Cities, mobile citizen places lte wireless broadband accounts with schools and nonprofits both locally in Minnesota and nationwide. The estimated number of lte wireless broadband accounts is based on Voqal Twin Cities' ownership percentage of all active accounts at fiscal year-end. The estimated market value, based on $50/month, of active accounts is more than $2.2 million. Voqal Twin Cities provides schools in the Twin Cities metro area with free and subsidized high-speed wireless broadband internet accounts. The schools are both public and private, servicing grades k-12. We estimate that the fair market value of these free and subsidized accounts is over $52,680 annually.
Voqal Twin Cities is proud to be part of the Voqal fellowship. The Voqal fellowship is an investment in people as individuals and budding entrepreneurs; a talent and startup accelerator aimed at giving those often overlooked by traditional funders a chance to enact their visions. In fiscal year 2024, eight individuals were selected as fellows after a rigorous search process. Their projects focused on issues ranging from civic media to online tools. Voqal nonprofits collectively spent $384,103 in the fiscal year 2024 program with Voqal Twin Cities contributing $111,207 to the program.voqal Twin Cities maintains a separate grantmaking program. In fiscal year 2024, Voqal Twin Cities made grants totaling $385,250 to 10 grantees. Expenses total $110,317.
On behalf of Voqal Twin Cities, mobile citizen places lte wireless broadband accounts with schools and nonprofits both locally in Minnesota and nationwide. The estimated number of lte wireless broadband accounts is based on Voqal Twin Cities' ownership percentage of all active accounts at fiscal year-end. The estimated market value, based on $50/month, of the donation of free and subsidized accounts is more than $2.2 million. Voqal Twin Cities provides schools in the Twin Cities metro area with free and subsidized high-speed wireless broadband internet accounts. The schools are both public and private, servicing grades k-12. We estimate that the fair market value of these free and subsidized accounts is over $52,680 annually.