Support Opportunity Journalism℠
Every day, entrepreneurs, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and job seekers miss out on grants, contracts, funding, training, and business opportunities—not because they lack talent or ambition, but because they never knew the opportunity existed.
That's why Urban Business Journal exists.
Through Opportunity Journalism, we connect people with the knowledge, relationships, resources, and opportunities that help businesses grow, careers advance, and communities thrive.
Instead of simply reporting the news, we help people discover what's possible.
Why Opportunity Journalism Matters
- Access to information is one of the greatest drivers of economic mobility.
- When entrepreneurs learn about funding opportunities, businesses hire.
- When nonprofits discover new resources, communities are better served.
- When people connect with the right partners, education, and programs, local economies become stronger.
Your partnership helps ensure that these opportunities reach everyone—not just those with the largest networks or the deepest pockets.
What Your Partnership Makes Possible
- Publish opportunity-focused business journalism that is free and accessible.
- Report on grants, loans, contracts, and business resources.
- Spotlight local entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and community leaders.
- Cover economic development, workforce initiatives, and public policy.
- Produce the UBJ Daily newsletter, podcast, and digital content.
Expand our reach throughout the Inland Empire, connecting more people with life-changing opportunities.
Become a Partner
When you partner with Urban Business Journal, you're doing more than supporting journalism.
- You're investing in local entrepreneurs.
- You're helping small businesses grow.
- You're strengthening nonprofit organizations.
- You're advancing economic mobility.
- You're helping build a more inclusive and prosperous Inland Empire.
As a Thank You...
Partners receive:
- Recognition on our website (optional)
- Invitations to exclusive UBJ briefings and community conversations
- Early access to select reports, research, and special publications
- Updates showing the impact your support is making across the Inland Empire
- The satisfaction of knowing you're helping create opportunities that change lives and strengthen our local economy
Whether your gift is $25, $100, $500, or more, every contribution helps place opportunity into the hands of someone ready to build a business, create jobs, or transform their community.
Invest in Opportunity
Urban Business Journal is a publication of Urban Business Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advancing economic mobility and inclusive prosperity by connecting people to the knowledge, relationships, resources, and opportunities they need to thrive.
Together, we can ensure that opportunity is not reserved for a few—but accessible to everyone.
Make your tax-deductible gift today and help us turn information into opportunity.
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Join Us in Building Bright Futures for Transitional Aged Foster Youth . . .
Join Us in Building Bright Futures for Transitional Age Foster Youth
Every year about 4,000 youth "age out" of the foster care system in California, with 65% leaving with no place to call home. These young citizens are more likely to experience such hardships and vulnerabilities as human trafficking, joblessness, early parenthood, substance abuse, homelessness, and other challenges on their paths to successful adulthood.
What We Do
Urban Excellence's Successful Living Program is a FREE coaching and mentoring program for today's emancipating foster youth. The program is currently available live in the Greater Los Angeles region -- and virtually, nationwide - and adapts principles of the evidence-based Transition to Independence Process (TIP) model, offering strength-based, non-stigmatizing, future-focused services, including:
- experiential learning-based transformational success trainings;
- one-on-one and peer group coaching, mentoring and support;
- health, finance, social, education, scholarship and resources navigation; and
- strategies, structures and support in developing their gifts, talents, interests, skills, and abilities in creating thriving and prosperous lives that positively contrbute their community and world.
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