Nonprofit accelerator unveils third cohort

LONGMONT – Officials for the Colorado Nonprofit Social Enterprise Exchange have announced the third class of nonprofits that soon will start building businesses with assistance from the accelerator.

The Exchange is a joint project run by Longmont-based interSector Partners L3C – a consulting company that works with nonprofits and socially purposed businesses – and Denver-based JVoyles Nonprofit Consulting.

The Exchange operates like a startup accelerator, helping nonprofits launch businesses that create jobs for the communities that they serve and/or sustainable revenue streams to help support their missions. As an example, a nonprofit with a mission of helping homeless people might launch a…