JEWELS

What JEWELS does

JEWELS (Jewish Empowered Women Encouraging Leadership and Success) is a nonprofit mentorship network built by Jewish women for Jewish women, dedicated to supporting emerging female leaders through mentorship, career exploration, community engagement, and leadership opportunities. The organization operates a tailored one-on-one mentorship program that matches mentors with mentees (high school students, undergraduates, and career seekers) based on interests, goals, and other information submitted through application forms on its website. Mentorship pairs are introduced via email and then determine their own meeting cadence, with a minimum requirement of one connection per pair; JEWELS supplements this with networking events for its members. The organization is co-founded by Kayla Saul and Eden Marco, both medical students at the University of Toronto, and operates with approximately 6 employees. Its community has grown to over 100 women spanning mentors and mentees, with the mentor roster including senior professionals from enterprises such as Mastercard Canada, BDO, Wealthsimple, Nudestix, Vialto Partners LLP, and St. Michael's Hospital.

The organization has no underlying technology platform in the traditional sense; it functions as a community service initiative with website-based applications (built on Wix), social media presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok, and manually coordinated matching and events. There is no mobile app, no disclosed APIs or integrations, and no proprietary software product. Distribution is direct-to-individual via the joinjewels.org application portals, supplemented by word-of-mouth and referrals from existing members and mentors.

JEWELS operates on a freemium participation model with no fees charged to either mentors or mentees, and the source data discloses no revenue model, funding rounds, sponsorships, or donations. The organization is private and founder-led, with no parent company, institutional investors, or subsidiaries indicated. Its sole commercial dependency is the continued voluntary engagement of its mentor base and the operational capacity of its two co-founders, both of whom are concurrently pursuing medical studies.

Name

JEWELS

Legal name

Jewish Empowered Women Encouraging Leadership and Success

Website

https://joinjewels.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JEWELS is a nonprofit mentorship network for Jewish women, providing free one-on-one mentor-mentee matching, networking events, and leadership programming. Founded in 2023 by two University of Toronto medical students, it serves over 100 women across Canada with no fees or revenue model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Mentorship Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

Keywords

• Women mentorship programs
• Professional networking
• Leadership development
• Career mentoring
• Community networking

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. No Revenue Model: JEWELS is a free mentorship network. The organization does not charge mentors or mentees to participate in the program. There is no disclosed revenue generation model - the organization operates as a community service initiative for Jewish women.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JEWELS is a nonprofit mentorship network that runs a free, tailored one-on-one mentorship program matching Jewish women mentors with mentees based on interests, goals, and other relevant information. Members gain access to the JEWELS Network community of 100+ women, networking events, and leadership opportunities designed to support career exploration and empower the next generation of female leaders.

Product overview

JEWELS (Jewish Empowered Women Encouraging Leadership and Success) operates as a mentorship network organization offering two core services: the JEWELS Mentorship Program (a tailored one-on-one mentorship matching service) and the JEWELS Network (access to networking events and leadership opportunities). The organization does not offer a software product or technology platform — it functions as a community network connecting mentors with mentees through a matchmaking process, with members gaining access to events and resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• JEWELS Mentorship Program A tailored one-on-one mentorship program matching Jewish women mentors with mentees (high school students, undergraduates, or career seekers) based on interests, goals, and other relevant information provided in applications. Free for both mentors and mentees.
• JEWELS Network A growing community of 100+ Jewish women providing access to networking events and leadership opportunities for members of the mentorship program.
• JEWELS Events Networking event opportunities for network members to connect, learn, inspire, and engage with the broader JEWELS community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ women have joined the JEWELS network

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Birthright Israel Foundation: Major Jewish nonprofit connecting young Jewish adults to leadership and identity programming. Broad incumbent — comparable audience of young Jewish professionals but different mission (heritage/identity rather than professional mentorship).
• 92nd Street Y (92NY): Large Jewish community and cultural center offering programming including mentorship, leadership, and professional development. Broad incumbent because it serves Jewish community members broadly with much wider programming rather than a focused mentorship niche.

Emerging players

• Everwise: Mentorship and career development platform focused on women and underrepresented talent. Emerging player because it shares the women-focused one-on-one mentorship model and overlapping mentor populations, though it operates as a paid enterprise platform.
• ADPList: Global mentorship platform connecting mentees with professional mentors across many communities. Emerging player because it offers similar one-on-one mentorship mechanics but without the Jewish women community focus or curated matching.
• Mentorloop: Mentorship platform designed for organizations to run structured mentoring programs. Emerging player with direct overlap in the matching and ongoing mentoring model, though it is a B2B SaaS rather than a free community network.

Direct peers

• Jewish Women's International (JWI): Jewish women's organization focused on empowerment, safety, and economic security. Direct peer because it targets the same Jewish women membership base with programs aimed at leadership and professional self-sufficiency.
• National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW): Jewish women's advocacy and community organization focused on leadership, education, and social justice. Direct peer because it serves the same Jewish women demographic with programming emphasizing leadership development and community engagement.
• Hillel International: Jewish campus organization supporting Jewish students at universities worldwide. Direct peer because JEWELS specifically serves Jewish university students and draws mentors from a similar demographic, with comparable community-led mentorship and networking programming.
• Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America: Large Jewish women's organization focused on education, advocacy, and leadership development. Direct peer because both target Jewish women as their primary membership audience and emphasize female leadership and professional development, though Hadassah is far broader in mission.

Others

• HopSkipDrive (Careers): Not a direct peer — included here as a placeholder alternative. Replaced with a more relevant peer: Ellevate Network, a professional women's networking and mentorship community for career-focused women, comparable in audience and mentorship-driven model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/joinjewels
• Instagraminstagram.com/jewels.network
• TikToktiktok.com/@jewels.network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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