Stand Up for Education

What Stand Up for Education does

Stand Up for Education is a private US-based nonprofit organization that runs a fundraising social movement to combat antisemitism and hate on North American university campuses. The organization was established in the wake of the October 7, 2023 surge in campus antisemitism and serves Jewish students and faculty facing threats, harassment, arson, and assault, alongside campus organizations working to counter hate. Its beneficiary base is concentrated on a named set of universities including Drexel, Cornell, Concordia, MIT, Columbia, and Harvard, with operational reach extending into both the US and Canada.

The organization delivers a multi-component program portfolio rather than a single product. Its flagship is the Friday Night Shabbat Dinner Series, which serves as both a community engagement vehicle and a fundraising mechanism. A Campus Organization Support Program provides funding and resources to student-led anti-hate organizations. The Mastercard Gift Card Rewards Program deploys Mastercard-branded gift cards directly to students' mobile phones as incentives for participation across a four-pillar qualification framework covering campus organization involvement, mental health support, inclusive Shabbat dinners, and community outreach. Additional programs include Mental Health and Wellbeing Support (mindfulness workshops, peer support groups) and broader Community Outreach and Student Support activities.

Stand Up for Education operates on a donation-based revenue model with no fees charged to beneficiaries. Contributions are processed through the DonorDrive platform (maplereleaf.donordrive.com and standupforeducation.donordrive.com), supplemented by event-based fundraising tied to the Shabbat Dinner Series. The organization has no disclosed revenue, headcount, board composition, or audited financials. Its distribution relies on a Wix-hosted website, organic social channels on Instagram and X, an email newsletter, and earned media coverage in Jewish community outlets including the Jewish Tribune, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, B'nai Brith, and AJC. The Mastercard partnership functions as the organization's primary structural differentiator and core operational asset for its rewards program.

Name

Stand Up for Education

Legal name

Stand Up For Education

Website

https://standupforeducation.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stand Up for Education is a US-based nonprofit running a fundraising movement to combat antisemitism on North American university campuses, delivering Shabbat dinners, campus organization grants, Mastercard-funded gift card rewards, and mental health support to Jewish students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Advocacy and Campus Community Programs

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Nonprofit education advocacy
• Antisemitism awareness programs
• Campus community engagement
• Student support services
• Shabbat dinner events

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable donations from individuals and organizations supporting the mission to combat antisemitism. Fundraising campaigns managed through DonorDrive platform with event-based fundraising components including the Friday Night Dinner Series.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stand Up for Education is a nonprofit fundraising social movement that combats antisemitism and hate on North American university campuses. It supports, motivates, and empowers Jewish students and their allies through a portfolio of programs including the Friday Night Shabbat Dinner Series, direct funding for campus anti-hate organizations, a Mastercard mobile gift card rewards program for student participation, mental health and wellbeing support, and community outreach. Programs are free to student beneficiaries and financed by charitable donations processed through the DonorDrive platform.

Product overview

Stand Up for Education is a fundraising social movement to battle antisemitism and hate on North American campuses. The organization operates a multi-component program portfolio centered on community engagement, student support, and educational awareness. The core offerings include the Friday Night Dinner Series (community Shabbat dinners), Campus Organization Support (funding for antisemitism-fighting groups), the Mastercard Gift Card Rewards Program (incentivizing student participation), Mental Health and Wellbeing Support (mindfulness and peer support), and Community Outreach initiatives. The organization does not offer a software technology product; rather, it delivers social programs and fundraising campaigns aimed at empowering students and combating hatred on campus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Friday Night Shabbat Dinner Series

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MastercardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMastercard partnership enables the unique gift card deployment program where students receive Mastercard gift cards directly to their phones as rewards for participating in positive anti-antisemitism activities. This is a key differentiator and core program component of Stand Up for Education.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Birthright Israel Foundation: Funds educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults. Comparable donor base and beneficiary population (Jewish students), but mission is experiential/cultural rather than advocacy-focused.

Emerging players

• Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE): Campus-focused free speech and civil liberties organization addressing related issues of student expression, harassment, and institutional accountability. Adjacent mission space with overlap on campus climate concerns.

Regional players

• CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America): Media watchdog organization focused on Middle East coverage accuracy, with active campus programming. Operates in an adjacent advocacy space addressing campus narratives around antisemitism.

Direct peers

• Jewish Student Union: High school and college Jewish student organization with programming to combat antisemitism and promote Jewish identity. Comparable beneficiary and mission focus on student-level Jewish engagement.
• Chabad on Campus: Jewish outreach organization operating on 500+ campuses. Direct peer in delivering Jewish student programming and community engagement at North American universities, though focused on religious observance rather than anti-hate advocacy.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): Long-standing Jewish civil rights organization focused on combating antisemitism and hate. Directly comparable mission to SU4E with broader national scope and longer operating history.
• Hillel International: Largest Jewish campus organization worldwide, serving students at hundreds of universities. Comparable beneficiary population (Jewish students) and campus-based program model, with broader scope including cultural, religious, and social programming.
• Simon Wiesenthal Center: Jewish human rights organization focused on Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism. Comparable mission and recipient of similar donor segments, with a global operational scope.

Broad incumbents

• Jewish Federation of North America: Umbrella fundraising and service organization for the North American Jewish community. Comparable donor network and could be a potential institutional funding source for campus anti-hate programs.
• American Jewish Committee (AJC): Major global Jewish advocacy organization. Cited as a media validator for SU4E. Overlaps in mission (combating antisemitism, supporting Jewish communities) but operates at a much larger institutional scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stand_education
• Instagraminstagram.com/standupforeducationorg

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