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IFEL: Free Grow Your Business Workshop

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

We specialize in pairing business owners with the expertise needed to strengthen their business core, connecting entrepreneurs to networks of influence, and breaking down barriers that limit access to capital. Best of all, many services are FREE of charge due to grant support.

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Remote
Under $10K
Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
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https://latinageeks.com/member/
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#LatinaGeeks Membership

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

Membership is free. You will join a vibrant community of builders, dreamers, and doers who support each other’s professional growth.

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Remote
Under $10K
#LatinaGeeks
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Lightship Capital: Pitch

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

Lightship Capital invests in remarkable businesses led by FOC (Founders of Color), LBGTQ+, Women & Innovators with Disabilities. We're interested in Consumer Packaged Goods, E-Commerce, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, and Health Tech.

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Funding Type:
Investment
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Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Stage 4
Technology
past
opportunity
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Plain Sight Capital: Pitch

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

Pitch Plain Sight on a rolling basis. We invest in pre-seed and seed product-led B2B SaaS companies that can scale horizontally.

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Funding Type:
Investment
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Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Plain Sight Capital
Stage 4
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past
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Accelerator

Plug In Ventures: Pre-Accelerator

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

Designed for Black and LatinX founders in Southern California, our Pre-Accelerator Program equips you with the essential tools to validate your business ideas and prepare for growth.

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Location:
Southern California
Under $10K
Plug In Ventures
Stage 3
Stage 4
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Accelerator

Plug In Ventures: Accelerator

Total Funding:
Up to $100,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

Designed for Black and LatinX founders in Southern California, our Accelerator Program is for founders ready to take their startups to the next level. Hybrid participation options and up to $100K in equity investment are available.

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Location:
Southern California
$75K and above
Plug In Ventures
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Stage 4
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New Profit: Discovery Grantee Interest

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

We provide funding to nonprofit organizations led by high-impact social entrepreneurs who are expanding access and opportunity in America by leveraging their proximity to the genius, talent, and vision of the communities they serve. Discovery forms are accepted on a rolling basis.

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Funding Type:
Grant Interest
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Location:
Remote
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Under $10K
New Profit
Stage 3
Stage 4
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Education
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Fellowship

Startups on the Blocks Community

Total Funding:
Variable
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Fellowship

Startups on the Blocks was created to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem for historically marginalized black and brown communities so that they may recognize, utilize, and benefit from the resources that surround them in creating and building their businesses.

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Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Kukua Institute
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National Grassroots Organizing Program

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

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.

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Location:
United States
$50K - $74,999
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
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Stage 4
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Education
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opportunity
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Vermont Community Action Teams (CATs)

Total Funding:
Under $2,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
United States
Under $10K
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
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Stage 2
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
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Vermont Equity & Justice Grants

Total Funding:
Up to $15,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
United States
Under $10K
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
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Accelerator

Berkeley Haas: Student Entrepreneurship Program

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
12/15/2025
Application Deadline:
1/12/2026
Accelerator

A 10 week startup incubator program that connects UC Berkeley community members with complementary skills and helps bring their ideas into the world.

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Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Berkeley, CA
Under $10K
Startup@Berkeley
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EdLoC: Boulder Fund

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opened:
1/6/2025
Application Deadline:
1/25/2025
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$50K - $74,999
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Accelerator

Fund 17: BenchMarks Incubator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
1/20/2025
Accelerator

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.

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Jan - March 2025
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
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Watson Institute: BMO Fellowship 2025

Total Funding:
0-$4,000
Application Opened:
11/1/2024
Application Deadline:
1/19/2025
Fellowship

The BMO Fellowship, powered by Watson Institute, empowers promising sustainability entrepreneurs with a virtual program and funding.

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Mar 2025 - June 2025
Location:
Virtual
$10K - $49,999
Watson Institute
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Watson Institute: Ford Philanthropy Mobility Fellowship 2025

Total Funding:
$6,000
Application Opened:
12/13/2024
Application Deadline:
1/12/2025
Fellowship

A fully-funded virtual program to empower mobility and transportation focused entrepreneurs and community leaders

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Duration:
February 2025 - June 2025
Location:
Virtual
Under $10K
Watson Institute
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Village Capital: Sage Impact Entrepreneurship

Total Funding:
$10,000 - $50,000
Application Opened:
11/18/2024
Application Deadline:
1/10/2025
Accelerator

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.

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March 2025 - June 2025
Location:
Virtual, 1 in person workshop in Atlanta
$10K - $49,999
Village Capital
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Truist Foundation Fellowship

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opened:
10/1/2024
Application Deadline:
1/5/2025
Fellowship

Equipping Georgia-based entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit founders with the skills and network to scale their impact.

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Duration:
February 8th to June 12th
Location:
Virtual
Under $10K
Watson Institute
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Accelerator

Techstars: Anywhere Accelerator

Total Funding:
$120,000
Application Opened:
8/6/2024
Application Deadline:
11/23/2024
Accelerator

Techstars provides founders with a 3-month, mentorship-driven accelerator program, a $120K investment, and access to the Techstars network.

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Duration:
March 10 - June 5, 2025
Location:
Remote with In-Person Summits
$75K and above
Techstars
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Fellowship

Mountaintop Fellowship

Total Funding:
$3,600 - $5,000
Application Opened:
9/24/2024
Application Deadline:
11/8/2024
Fellowship

Mountaintop’s flagship program is a paid, one-year, full-time fellowship for the most promising local leaders to stay in or return to their home communities and contribute to systems change in lower-income places around the world.

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Duration:
July 2025 - July 2026
Location:
Remote with in-person retreats
Mountaintop International
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2024 NewSchools Funding Opportunity

Total Funding:
$150,000 - 250,000
Application Opened:
Application Deadline:
10/31/2024
Grant

We invest in the ideas and energy of education leaders and entrepreneurs who are advancing innovative solutions that expand the definition of what works.

Funding Period:
Single Year
Funding Type:
Unrestricted
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Single Year
Unrestricted
$75K and above
NewSchools
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2025 Tiny Fellowship

Total Funding:
$5,000
Application Opened:
Application Deadline:
10/28/2024
Fellowship

From Kitchen Napkin to Classroom: We Back Ideas at Day Zero. A three-month sprint to refine your idea, craft a Pilot Plan, and launch. Fellows get coaching, seed funding, and a tight-knit community of founders.

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Duration:
Jan 1, 2025 – Jan 30, 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
4pt0
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Fellowship

Halcyon Health Fellowship (2025)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
8/27/2024
Application Deadline:
10/18/2024
Fellowship

This fellowship empowers entrepreneurs improving physical and mental healthcare outcomes and reducing barriers to quality, affordable healthcare.

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Duration:
February - April 2025
Location:
Washington, D.C.
Under $10K
Halcyon
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Fellowship

Halcyon: DMV Climate Innovation Fellowship (2025)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
8/27/2024
Application Deadline:
10/18/2024
Fellowship

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January - April 2025
Location:
DC, Maryland, and Virginia
Under $10K
Halcyon
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