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GoalUp Financial Empowerment Program By DoorDash & National Urban League

DoorDash PROJECT
GoalUp Financial Empowerment Program By DoorDash & National Urban League by DoorDash

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Title
  • GoalUp Financial Empowerment Program By DoorDash & National Urban League
Entrant
  • DoorDash

About This Project

Summary

GoalUp.org offers professional, financial counseling as a free service for Dashers & NUL clients to address their financial challenges, needs & take more control over their futures. GoalUp offers multimedia courses on topics like building credit, budgeting, growing savings & applying for mortgage financing. DoorDash & NUL recognized the need to expand economic opportunity in underserved communities but also to make the tools for that expansion accessible in our increasingly digital world.

Goals & Objectives

DoorDash & the National Urban League partnered to create GoalUp as a first-ever digital platform offering NUL’s proven financial literacy education offerings in an accessible, mobile-friendly online format. The launch was announced as part of DoorDash’s five-year, $200M Main Street Strong Pledge.

Results & Impact

GoalUp officially launched September 29, 2021 & as of April 2022, GoalUp had 10,286 total users, 5,696 enrolled courses, and 2,601 total courses completed. GoalUp was only available to the Dasher community by invitation as a free subscription service to provide financial literacy for all Dashers.

the team

Sueli Shaw
  • Head of Social Impact
  • DoorDash
John Horton
  • Head of Public Engagement
  • DoorDash
Emma Glazer
  • Director of Dasher Marketing
  • DoorDash
Joseph Lam
  • Policy Program Manager
  • DoorDash
Keith Fernandez
  • Senior Manager, Social Impact Communications
  • DoorDash
Leigh Thorpe
  • Vice President, Partnerships and Advancement
  • National Urban League
Cy Richardson
  • Senior Vice President for Programs
  • National Urban League