Voqal Chicago

Voqal Chicago 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 Chicago contributing $302,605 to the program.

On behalf of Voqal Chicago, mobile citizen places lte wireless broadband accounts with schools and nonprofits both locally in Colorado and nationwide. The estimated number of lte wireless broadband accounts is based on Voqal Chicago's ownership percentage of all active accounts at fiscal year-end. The estimated market value, based on $50/month, of active accounts is more than $5.4 million. Voqal Chicago provides schools in the Chicago 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 $26,400 annually.

Voqal Chicago 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 Chicago contributing $272,897 to the program.voqal Chicago maintains a separate grantmaking program. In fiscal year 2024, Voqal Chicago made grants totaling $1,539,750 to 30 grantees. Expenses total $271,778.