About Us
Our Name
Pace from the Latin word for Peace, and Able for improving the individual’s capacity for a fulfilling, productive life.
Our Team
Bart Burstein
Leslie White
Lindsay Stradley
Vinai Sirkay
Bay Area Native, love for business development and negotiation in and for startups – hoping to help social impact entrepreneurs with the same.
Stan Getui
Based in Nairobi, supporting bold and crazy ideas
Jenna Wachtel Pronovost
Jenna Wachtel Pronovost is the Executive Director of the Ravenswood Education Foundation. Having served over 20 years in education as a former kindergarten and first grade teacher, preschool coach and non-profit leader and board member, she is passionate about the power and potential of high-quality educational opportunities, especially for our most vulnerable children and families. Jenna and her husband Robert, a fellow educator, are raising their two young children in Redwood City, CA.
How We Work
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Who We Fund
Agriculture
Technology that improves farmers’ productivity and profitability.
Partners:
Capacity Building
Innovations that create jobs and increase the capacity of society.
Partners:
Education
Programs that boost school achievement for children of color.
Partners:
Health
Partners:
Partner Stories
Our grantee partners span from Gulu, Uganda to Hanoi, Vietnam. And they all have committed teams working hard to improve lives through their social ventures. Read their blog posts to learn how they incorporated startup know-how to get their business basics right.