Discover Opportunities
The Entrepreneurial Support Hub has diverse opportunities for taking a leap into entrepreneurship. Filter below by the categories that apply to you and your ideas.
Opportunities that accept applications on a rolling basis are listed as an "all-year" deadline.
Current Opportunities
Boettcher Foundation: Doers & Difference Makers Fellowship
The fellowship is a nine-month program designed with the belief that leadership is an activity, not a position or title, and everyone can lead.
Chinook Fund: Grant
Grants range from $4,000 to $10,000 and are selected from community members in The Giving Project.
JHTV: Social Innovation Lab
A 6-month program open to any applicant from the greater Baltimore area.
JHTV: I-Corps - Fall
A free, 4-week program developed by the National Science Foundation for researchers, faculty, students, and community entrepreneurs. Participants will engage in customer discover research to inform how to take their innovation from idea to market.
Fast Forward Accelerator 2026
The Accelerator is Fast Forward’s longest-standing program for early-stage tech nonprofits. Through the program, tech nonprofits get a $25K grant, mentorship, community, and more. It bridges the gap between the tech and nonprofit sectors, providing training tailored to the challenges entrepreneurs face.
Tulane Changemaker Institute
The Changemaker Institute (CI) supports budding social entrepreneurs who are graduate students or undergrads at Tulane university who are interested in building a business or program with social or environmental impact.
Obama Foundation Scholars: Columbia University
The Obama Foundation offers a robust curriculum of leadership development, training, networking activities, and customized support throughout the academic year to help the Obama Scholars gain the real-world skills, tools, and experiences they need to expand the impact of their work.
Idea Village: VILLAGEx
VILLAGEx is our industry-leading, mentor-driven accelerator program for venture-scale startups on the path to raise at least $1M in the next 24 months in the Gulf South.
Blue Ridge Labs: Catalyst
Blue Ridge Labs incubates innovative, community-driven tech solutions to the real-world problems of people experiencing poverty.
Robin Hood: Grantee Interest
Robin Hood is a strategic grantmaker; we source grantees and offer funding opportunities in collaboration with organizations in the field, rather than via unsolicited proposals. Applications received on a rolling basis.
Vela Foundation: Grant
The Vela Foundation is a private grant making foundation dedicated to promoting improved nutrition and wellness in Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts. Applications received on a rolling basis.
Kapor Capital: Grants
Kapor Capital is an Oakland-based venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming startups. Applications received on a rolling basis.
Stay Tuned. New Opportunities coming your way soon! In the meantime, please check out our Past Opportunities for an idea of what’s to come.
Past Opportunities
Y Combinator: Next Batch
Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Spring 2025 Batch funding cycle. Groups work in-person from April - June 2025 in San Francisco.
Montessori Credential Grant
Our goal is to train and foster communities of practice for 60+ Black Montessori educators over the next two years. Through the Montessori Credential grant, we do just that by funding scholarships for Black educators interested in obtaining a Montessori credential.
Google Accelerator: Cloud AI
A new ten-week accelerator class for high potential AI first technology startups based in the U.S. and Canada.
Village Capital: US Women in Tech Accelerator
Obama Leaders Program
For leaders working in the public sector, civil society, and the private sector who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the common good.
Watson Institute: The Retail Readiness Entrepreneurship Training Program 2025
A 16-week program to support underserved agricultural entrepreneurs to become retail ready, funded by Wal-Mart.
EdLoC: Boulder Fund
Fund 17: BenchMarks Incubator
BenchMarks Incubator is an 8 week program that pairs early-stage entrepreneurs with Business Case Managers to work on a defined goal in: Marketing, Legal, Finance, or Business Planning.
Watson Institute: BMO Fellowship 2025
The BMO Fellowship, powered by Watson Institute, empowers promising sustainability entrepreneurs with a virtual program and funding.
Watson Institute: Ford Philanthropy Mobility Fellowship 2025
A fully-funded virtual program to empower mobility and transportation focused entrepreneurs and community leaders
Village Capital: Sage Impact Entrepreneurship
Our program will focus on startups creating solutions for people and the planet in key areas like clean energy, biodiversity, sustainable infrastructure, circular economy, climate-resilient health, environmental justice, and data analytics and climate intelligence.
Truist Foundation Fellowship
Equipping Georgia-based entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit founders with the skills and network to scale their impact.
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