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Boston Impact Initiative: Pitch Interest

Total Funding:
$100,000+
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

BII Fund II prioritizes investments in enterprises that address an unmet need or issue affecting communities of color, including enterprises owned by people of color and commercial and residential real estate projects in MA and the Northeast. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Grants, Stocks, Loans
Duration:
Location:
Massachusetts and Northeast
Grants, Stocks, Loans
$75K and above
Boston Impact Initiative (BII)
Stage 4
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Bridgespan: Leading for Impact

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
6/18/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Fellowship

Leading for Impact® is a cohort-based experience for nonprofit executive teams that helps them strengthen their overall leadership skills while also making progress on a specific strategic goal.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Six Months
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
The Bridgespan Group
Stage 3
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

CZI: Grant Interest - Education

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes grants to organizations working in support of our mission. We are invested in education and education technology. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Varies
Grant
$50K - $74,999
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Detroit Children's Fund: Partnership

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

We are non-profit committed to helping Detroit children receive the quality education they deserve. We do this by making leaders stronger, teachers more effective and school systems more successful. Interest received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Detroit, MI
Under $10K
Detroit Children's Fund
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 2
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

DVRGNT Ventures: Interest

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

A pre-seed and seed fund focusing on tech-enabled startups in the most economically and culturally diverse regions of America, Middle America or as we call it The Great 38™️. Applications received on a rolling basis.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Middle America
$10K - $49,999
DVRGNT Ventures
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

ESO: Operate Incubator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

A free program for Black and Latino small business owners. The Operate Incubator focuses on helping existing businesses optimize operations and scale effectively. Applications on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
California
Under $10K
ESO Ventures
No items found.
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

ESO: ReEntry Incubator

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

The ReEntry Incubator is an 18-week program that provides training, coaching, and community enrichment resources for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs. Applications on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Santa Clara County, CA
$10K - $49,999
ESO Ventures
No items found.
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

ESO: Create Business Incubator

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

A FREE, 8-week incubator is specifically designed for entrepreneurs who are just starting out and have generated $0 - $10,000 in revenue.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
California
$10K - $49,999
ESO Ventures
No items found.
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

Four Bands Community Fund: Business Loans

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

Four Bands’ loan fund program is available for Native American and permanent residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, as well as enrolled tribal members who reside in the state of South Dakota. Variety of help available, applications accepted on rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Loan
Duration:
Location:
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and South Dakota
Loan
$10K - $49,999
Four Bands Community Fund
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Four Bands Community Fund: CREATE Business Training

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

We provide business training for Native American and permanent residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, as well as enrolled tribal members who reside in the state of South Dakota.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Varies
Location:
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and South Dakota
Under $10K
Four Bands Community Fund
Stage 1
Stage 2
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Harlem Capital: Pitch

Total Funding:
$1,000,000+
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

We are currently making investments of $1mm-$3mm in Seed rounds by diverse founders.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
U.S., LatAm, or Africa-based companies
Investment
$75K and above
Harlem Capital
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

Hopelab: Pitch

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

As investors, we accelerate innovation to support equity-centered solutions that improve the mental health and well-being of young people. Pitches accepted on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Hopelab
Stage 3
Stage 4

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EdPioneers: Impact Fellowship

Total Funding:
$58,000
Application Opened:
3/4/2025
Application Deadline:
5/27/2025
Fellowship

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Sep 2025 - May 2026
Location:
In-Person, Varies
$50K - $74,999
Education Pioneers
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

CZI: Global Science Scholar

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opened:
12/17/2024
Application Deadline:
5/27/2025
Fellowship

An up to two-year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Japan designed to advance excellence in bioengineering and biomedical research.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2027
Location:
USA & Japan
$75K and above
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Latina Leaders in Tech: Essential Skills Cohort Program

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
3/2/2025
Application Deadline:
5/25/2025
Fellowship

A free 7-week cohort program is designed for Latinas ready to develop skills, build community, and become a catalyst for change in the tech industry.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
June - Aug 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
#LatinaGeeks
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Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

The Promise Sandbox Award from Promise Venture Studio

Total Funding:
$20,000
Application Opened:
4/16/2025
Application Deadline:
5/21/2025
Grant

$20K for changemakers with firsthand insight into early childhood challenges

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Remote
$10K - $49,999
Promise Venture Studio
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Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
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Fellowship

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship 2026

Total Funding:
Travel and Curriculum Covered
Application Opened:
4/10/2025
Application Deadline:
5/15/2025
Fellowship

The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellowship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is designed to empower the next generation of leaders. This year, we'll select 250 leaders.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fellowship
Location:
United States
Under $10K
IREX
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

gener8tor Milwaukee Accelerator

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/11/2025
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:
July 31 - October 31, 2025
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

gener8tor Cox Cleantech Accelerator Fall 2025

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/11/2025
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:
July 31 - October 31, 2025
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Social Impact
past
opportunity
Rally SEA Winter 2024 Cohort
Accelerator

Rally SEA Summer 2025 Cohort

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
2/25/2025
Application Deadline:
5/9/2025
Accelerator

Rally’s 16-week accelerator helps early-stage entrepreneurs build ventures with measurable impact. Fellows receive mentorship, launch real-world pilots in Central Florida, and develop business and impact models—all at no cost. Open to global changemakers.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Jul 2025 - Nov 2025
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
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Social Impact
past
opportunity
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Accelerator

Thriving Communities: Climate Resilience US (Village Capital)

Total Funding:
25,000
Application Opened:
4/22/2025
Application Deadline:
5/9/2025
Accelerator

Village Capital's Thriving Communities: Climate Resilience will support 10 place-based climate startups to drive a more sustainable economy and address gaps across the US.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
June 2025 - September 2025
Location:
Virtual, 1 in person workshop in Chicago
$10K - $49,999
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

The Rally Accelerator Program

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
2/17/2025
Application Deadline:
5/9/2025
Accelerator

Rally's social enterprise 4-month, no-cost accelerator aims to help people transform their early-stage work into sustainable ventures that have positive and measurable social or environmental impact.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Accelerator
Location:
Remote with an in-person Orlando summit
Under $10K
Rally SEA
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Education
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

The Opportunity Trust: Reinvention by Community (St. Louis)

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opened:
4/3/2025
Application Deadline:
5/3/2025
Grant

Historically, those most directly impacted by racial and education inequality have little to no voice. The RBC Fund was established to give grant-making power to members of our community.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Missouri
$10K - $49,999
The Opportunity Trust
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Education
Social Impact
past
opportunity
National Center for Civil and Human Rights - Civil Rights Teaching Fellowship
Grant

Dobbs Foundation: Summer 2025 Grant Cycle

Total Funding:
$50,000+
Application Opened:
4/4/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Grant

The Dobbs Foundation is now accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for our Summer 2025 grantmaking cycle, with a streamlined process designed to meet the urgency of this moment.

Funding Period:
June 20th
Funding Type:
Unrestricted
Duration:
Location:
United States
June 20th
Unrestricted
$50K - $74,999
The R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation
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