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Peace Gala 2021
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Bogdonoff launched a company during the pandemic and recently participated in Y Combinator, a prestigious startup accelerator through which he raised a $1.5 million seed round from investors and founders of many successful companies. He said his “deeper goal is to contribute directly to the many fields that are not financially rewarded for the value they create in the world,” and to support SUA’s growth to help it “become a household name for generations to be associated with fostering humanitarian peacemakers, cultural leaders from around the world, and timeless educators.”
President Ed Feasel noted that about 88% of Soka students receive needbased financial aid. In the last 15 years, students have received $191 million in financial assistance. Having surpassed the amount raised for the Soka scholarship endowment at last year’s Peace Gala, this year’s event was a meaningful step toward ensuring that no student is denied a world-class education at Soka due to financial barriers.
