Asan Nanum Foundation signed an agreement on the 15th with the 2025 growth track selection organization of the 'Asan Non-profit Startup' program, which supports the expansion of impact and strengthening of innovation capacity of non-profit startups.
'Asan Nonprofit Startup' is a program that provides multi-faceted support to new nonprofit organizations so that they can establish a foundation for business and organizational growth. In this 'Growth Track' selection process that recruited nonprofit organizations and corporations in the early stages of establishment within 7 years, a total of 8 teams were selected: ▲Gyedan Pusher Club ▲Dream Building School ▲New Ways ▲Lovely Paper ▲Spring Shine ▲Ocean Campus ▲Resource ▲Small Actions to Protect the Earth.
Starting with the signing ceremony, Asan Nanum Foundation will actively support the eight selected organizations to expand their social impact with innovative social innovation solutions for approximately six months. ▲Project support fund of 65 million won ▲Team-specific mentoring and startup-tailored strategic consulting ▲Mobilization into the short-term office space ‘Marusidzone’, etc., providing various acceleration benefits for non-profit startups.
In addition, the selected team will be given the opportunity to stand on the stage of the 'Nonprofit Startup Conference' held in the second half of the year. They will share the results and insights of each team's project that solves social problems with startup strategies with those in the social sector, and discuss ways for nonprofit startups to grow sustainably.
Seok Da-hyun, CEO of Ocean Campus, who was selected for the 2025 Asan Nonprofit Startup, said, “Following last year’s Asan Nonprofit Startup’s ‘Challenge Track’ and being selected for this year’s ‘Growth Track,’ I look forward to sustainable growth and advancement as an early-stage nonprofit organization.” He added, “This year as well, we will strive to introduce startup growth strategies into the way we solve social problems so that we can expand our social impact in various ways.”
Park Seong-jong, head of the Social Innovation Team at the Asan Nanum Foundation, said, “We welcome the eight teams of the Asan Nonprofit Startup ‘Growth Track’ that have been selected as the partner organizations of the Asan Nonprofit Startup,” and “We will spare no support so that nonprofit startups can demonstrate their capabilities in an optimal environment and expand the social impact of each project.”
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