Have a civic idea? (earlier stage)

The Context

Our work is grounded in the idea that some of our hardest challenges - posed by increasing inequality and climate change - are some of our biggest collective opportunities to innovate.

As a civic incubator, Edge partners with public, private, and nonprofit organizations to tackle systemic economic challenges in Stockton. With a focus on three key areas – jobs and workforce, climate, and community wealth – Edge seeds and supports partner-led initiatives with a range of tools. These tools include access to capital, talent, policy support, and coalition-building.

As we identify those 'edge' challenges, we partner with organizations to design creative, non-traditional solutions to them - and incubate them (anywhere from several months to several years), until the point at which they're ready to be 'spun out' to live on their own. By virtue of the way that we work, we are always interested in learning how others think about these things.

The Engagement

Don't see a role that's a good fit for you, but intrigued by our work as a civic incubator? We'd love to hear from you. While we have a small and mighty team that is focused on incubating existing initiatives (in Stockton, CA), we're open to meeting individuals across the US who are in pursuit of tackling civic challenges. For individuals who want to share their emerging interests and learn from the way that Edge Collaborative does civic incubation, please apply with a proposal.

If you have a pressing civic challenge or idea to share, we'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to outline the answers to these questions in your proposal, in addition to whatever else you'd like to share with the Edge Collaborative team.

Part A

1. What civic challenges do you believe are being ignored? Why are these critical to address now?

2. What idea (earlier stage) or concept (later stage) would you like to work on? What compelled you to think that it needs to be further explored and better understood? What initially inspired you?

3. Are you proposing to affiliate with Edge Collaborative for a shorter or longer period of time? Do you have a sense of what type of support you might require from the Edge team? Examples: intellectual sounding board, access to community relationships, technical assistance, fundraising support, etc. Are you interested in a volunteer position, or a paid one?

The Context

Our work is grounded in the idea that some of our hardest challenges - posed by increasing inequality and climate change - are some of our biggest collective opportunities to innovate.

As a civic incubator, Edge partners with public, private, and nonprofit organizations to tackle systemic economic challenges in Stockton. With a focus on three key areas – jobs and workforce, climate, and community wealth – Edge seeds and supports partner-led initiatives with a range of tools. These tools include access to capital, talent, policy support, and coalition-building.

As we identify those 'edge' challenges, we partner with organizations to design creative, non-traditional solutions to them - and incubate them (anywhere from several months to several years), until the point at which they're ready to be 'spun out' to live on their own. By virtue of the way that we work, we are always interested in learning how others think about these things.

The Engagement

Don't see a role that's a good fit for you, but intrigued by our work as a civic incubator? We'd love to hear from you. While we have a small and mighty team that is focused on incubating existing initiatives (in Stockton, CA), we're open to meeting individuals across the US who are in pursuit of tackling civic challenges. For individuals who want to share their emerging interests and learn from the way that Edge Collaborative does civic incubation, please apply with a proposal.

If you have a pressing civic challenge or idea to share, we'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to outline the answers to these questions in your proposal, in addition to whatever else you'd like to share with the Edge Collaborative team.

Part A

1. What civic challenges do you believe are being ignored? Why are these critical to address now?

2. What idea (earlier stage) or concept (later stage) would you like to work on? What compelled you to think that it needs to be further explored and better understood? What initially inspired you?

3. Are you proposing to affiliate with Edge Collaborative for a shorter or longer period of time? Do you have a sense of what type of support you might require from the Edge team? Examples: intellectual sounding board, access to community relationships, technical assistance, fundraising support, etc. Are you interested in a volunteer position, or a paid one?