Joltage champions innovative solutions to social challenges. We believe community members closest to the problems often come up with the best solutions. We work alongside these community members to design, iterate and incubate micro-ventures: small-scale, community-driven and sustainable projects that respond to complex social challenges. We partner with community-based organizations and institutions to fund, support and scale, when appropriate, these community-driven, proven solutions. In the course of our work, we use and teach design thinking and strengths-based approaches, techniques, and tools that help community members develop innovative solutions. We embrace the philosophies of "Think Big, Start Small" and "Act Locally, Think Globally"