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LIFT - Southern Worker's Opportunity Fund 3

Total Funding:
$75,000 to $500,000
Application Opens:
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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Education
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Yass Prize from CER

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

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Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Stage 1
Social Impact
Technology
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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.

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Duration:
Fall 2025 - Fall 2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
digitalundivided
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Stage 4
Education
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Social Impact
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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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Virtual
Black Ambition
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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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Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Location:
Metro Denver, CO
Under $10K
Gary Community Ventures Piton Fellowship
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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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Duration:
2025 - 2026
Location:
United States
$75K and above
Open Society Foundations
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Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
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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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Location:
Global
$10K - $49,999
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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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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United States
Nonprofit ENG(INE) Powered by AlleyCorp
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Education
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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
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Social Impact
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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
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Stage 2
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Social Impact
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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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Sept - Dec 2025
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Under $10K
The Residency
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500 Global’s Flagship Accelerator invests in early-stage tech startups across regions and industries.
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500 Flagship Accelerator: Batch 36

Total Funding:
$150,000
Application Opened:
2/17/2024
Application Deadline:
10/11/2024
Accelerator

Take your startup to the next level with our Flagship Accelerator in Silicon Valley. We empower founders to transform their bold visions into disruptive impact.

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Duration:
Q1 2026
Location:
Palo Alto, CA
$75K and above
500 Global
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Fellowship

Echoing Green Fellowship

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
Application Deadline:
10/8/2024
Fellowship

The Echoing Green Fellowship is for people whose enterprises are at an early stage and who are experts on the challenge they’ve chosen to confront. We seek leaders who reflect the community they serve and bring deep knowledge of the issues into their work.

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Duration:
2025
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
Echoing Green
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Accelerator

REI: Path Ahead Ventures - Embark

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
10/3/2023
Application Deadline:
11/20/2023
Accelerator

A free 3-month program for US. based companies that inspire and equip people in their outdoor lives through products, services, and experiences. We focus on supporting founders of color across Black, Indigenous, Latina/o/x, and AAPI communities.

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Duration:
https://www.rei.com/path-ahead/embark
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
REI Co-Op Path Ahead Ventures
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Education
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Fellowship

LULAC Academy

Total Funding:
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/0025
Fellowship

Hosting nearly 300 youth aged 18 to 25, the Academy will feature a series of targeted plenaries alongside advocacy visits on Capitol Hill.

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Summer 2025
Location:
League of United Latin American Citizens
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