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Yass Prize from CER

Total Funding:
$1,000,000
Application Opens:
5/21/2025
Application Deadline:
7/15/2025
Grant

The Center for Education Reform announced the official launch of the 2025 Yass Prize competition — offering $1 million to the education provider that most powerfully demonstrates Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless (STOP) education.

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Location:
Remote
$75K and above
Center for Education Reform
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Stage 4
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Education
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Fellowship

Civic Innovators Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
7/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/16/2025
Fellowship

The Civic Innovators Fellowship is designed for young leaders who are passionate about solving community issues and want to channel their passion into innovative action.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Stage 1
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

digitalundivided: Do You Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
6/18/2025
Application Deadline:
7/16/2025
Fellowship

The Do You Fellowship is a specialized, comprehensive, and interactive seven-week program designed to empower a cohort of 10 entrepreneurs with the essential skills, knowledge, and mentorship needed to grow and scale their businesses.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Fall 2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
digitalundivided
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Stage 4
Education
Technology
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Accelerator

So Ambitious HBCU Pre-Accelerator Program

Total Funding:
Application Opens:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/20/2025
Accelerator

Black Ambition’s So Ambitious Pre-Accelerator Program is an 8-week, cross-institutional program powered by ACT House; participatns must be a current student (undergrad or graduate) or recent (within 5 years) graduate of an HBCU.

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Location:
Virtual
Black Ambition
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Stage 2
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Education
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Fellowship

Gary Community Ventures Fellowship: Early Career

Total Funding:
$1,000
Application Opens:
6/2/2025
Application Deadline:
7/21/2025
Fellowship

A 9-month fellowship predominantly for leaders of color in Metro Denver that creates a path-changing experience for those who are approximately 2-5 years into their careers and work.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Location:
Metro Denver, CO
Under $10K
Gary Community Ventures Piton Fellowship
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Stage 2
Stage 3
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Education
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Fellowship

Leadership in Government Fellowship

Total Funding:
Application Opens:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/24/2025
Fellowship

The Leadership in Government Fellowship program supports outstanding individuals who have played a significant role in advancing social change from within government in the United States and its territories.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
2025 - 2026
Location:
United States
$75K and above
Open Society Foundations
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
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opportunity
Grant

Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Total Funding:
$2,500 – $50,000
Application Opens:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/25/2025
Grant

We will give small, early-stage grants of $2,500–$50,000 toward projects working on climate change and human health.

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Duration:
Location:
Global
$10K - $49,999
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Nonprofit ENG(INE) 2025 Application

Total Funding:
Application Opens:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/30/2025
Accelerator

In 2025, we’ll work with 2 nonprofits to give several months of AI engineering team support. Focus areas for 2025: health, workforce, government services.

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Location:
United States
Nonprofit ENG(INE) Powered by AlleyCorp
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Fund 17: Property Ready

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
7/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/31/2025
Accelerator

Property Ready Program is a 12 week program that provides entrepreneurs with real estate education, opportunities to network with real estate professionals, and personalized 1:1 assistance to prepare to buy and/or lease commercial property for their business in coordination with real estate partners.

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Duration:
Sept - Dec 2025
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Fund 17
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: SF Parc (Generalist)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
8/1/2025
Fellowship

sf parc is a home for creative technologists, people who build tech while embracing their artistic creativity. we provide housing and co-working space so you can live and work with equally ambitious peers. you can think of us as “college” meets “accelerator."

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Duration:
Sept - Dec 2025
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Under $10K
The Residency
Stage 1
Stage 2
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: SF2 (Hardware)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
8/1/2025
Fellowship

sf2 is a hacker house like no other. the vibes are all about ‘shipping fast’ and deep tech. we provide housing and co-working space so you can live and work with equally ambitious peers. you can think of us as “college” meets “accelerator”.

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Duration:
Sept - Dec 2025
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Under $10K
The Residency
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Stage 2
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Social Impact
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Accelerator

Talent x Opportunity Accelerator

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
8/1/2025
Accelerator

A 16-week training and mentorship accelerator program with a mix of in-person and online curriculum curated for culture-driven startups.

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Location:
Hybrid, San Francisco
$75K and above
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LIFT - Southern Worker's Opportunity Fund 3

Total Funding:
$75,000 to $500,000
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/10/2025
Grant

The Southern Workers Opportunity (SWO) Fund is a program launched in 2022 by the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund. Fund 3 invites proposals from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana*, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

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Location:
Southeast United States
$75K and above
The LIFT Fund
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Accelerator

gener8tor Electrify Nevada Accelerator 2025 - Reno-Tahoe

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/6/2025
Accelerator

gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
September 25 - December 19, 2025
Location:
Reno-Tahoe, NV
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Accelerator

gener8tor Electrify Nevada Accelerator 2025 - Las Vegas

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/6/2025
Accelerator

gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
September 25 - December 19, 2025
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Social Impact
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Fellowship

The Ganas Network: Activate Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
4/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Fellowship

We are currently recruiting 20-25 early career charter school alumni for our Fall Activate Fellowship! The program will launch August 31st and we will meet weekly for 3 months.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
The Ganas Network
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Education
Technology
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opportunity
Fellowship

Global Good Fund Fellowship

Total Funding:
$10,000
Application Opened:
5/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Fellowship

A 12-month hybrid leadership program for social entrepreneurs around the world.

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Duration:
2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
The Global Good Fund
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Berkeley Haas: Launch Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
4/22/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Accelerator

The three-month-long accelerator helps startups (with at least one UC alum or founder) quickly discover and develop scalable business models.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Hybrid in California
Under $10K
Startup@Berkeley
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Social Impact
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opportunity
Accelerator

Google Accelerator: AI for Energy

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
3/6/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Accelerator

The Accelerator runs for a period of ten-weeks with a mix of remote and in-person, 1-to-1, group learning sessions, sprint projects and mentorship.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Sept - Nov 2025
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
Google for Startups
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opportunity
Fellowship

Chinook Fund: Giving Project

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Fellowship

Chinook Fund’s democratized grantmaking brings together a diverse cohort of people from all income levels who are passionate about social change and interested in developing in fundraising, grantmaking, and community building.

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Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Under $10K
Chinook Fund
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Education
Technology
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opportunity
Grant

Boettcher Foundation: Leadership Practitioner Catalyst Grants

Total Funding:
$1,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
6/2/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Grant

The Leadership Practitioner Catalyst Grant Program strengthens the capacity of leadership organizations that are working to create a more inclusive and accessible leadership ecosystem in Colorado.

Funding Period:
Notified August 1
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Notified August 1
Grant
Under $10K
Boettcher Foundation
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

gener8tor Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator Summer 2025

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Accelerator

gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
August 15 - November 21, 2025
Location:
Great Lakes Area
$75K and above
gener8tor
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StartOut Growth Lab

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
5/29/2025
Application Deadline:
6/27/2025
Accelerator

StartOut Growth Lab is a startup accelerator that offers top quality mentoring, education, and networking opportunities for companies that happen to be founded or co-founded by LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
TBD
Location:
Virtual
StartOut
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Education
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Free Virtual Incubator for Nonprofits (August/September)

Total Funding:
$5,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
5/24/2025
Application Deadline:
6/23/2025
Accelerator

The Greater Sum is a private operating foundation that awards grants via a pitch competition and a matching gifts campaign. Both grant award programs are open to graduates of our free Virtual Incubator Program. VIPs also receive access to our network of subject matter experts.

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Duration:
August - September 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
The Greater Sum Foundation
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