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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
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
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opportunity
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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Investment
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Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Stage 4
Technology
past
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Grant

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
Technology
Social Impact
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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Grant

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
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
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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Grant

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 2
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Stage 4
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Education
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opportunity
Grant

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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Location:
United States
Under $10K
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

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:
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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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RAY Fellowship

Total Funding:
$1,000
Application Opened:
3/3/2025
Application Deadline:
3/31/2025
Fellowship

The RAY Fellowship Program is a two-year paid fellowship designed to equip recent college graduates from underrepresented backgrounds with the tools, experiences, support, and community they need to become leaders in the conservation and clean energy sectors.

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Summer 2025 - Summer 2027
Location:
Under $10K
Ray Fellowship
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Accelerator

IDEAinstitute

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/10/2025
Application Deadline:
3/31/2025
Accelerator

IDEAinstitute is a 10-week idea-stage accelerator program that introduces innovative entrepreneurs and aspiring startup founders to the tools they need to turn an idea into a scalable venture.

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Spring 2025
Location:
Hybrid: New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Idea Village
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Accelerator

Google Accelerator: AI for AI for Nature and Climate

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Application Opened:
3/3/2025
Application Deadline:
3/31/2025
Accelerator

A ten-week accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in North America and LATAM, bringing the best of Google to startups working toward nature protection, conservation, and restoration.

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May - Aug 2025
Location:
Hybrid
Google for Startups
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The Moonshot Innovation Space
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Moonshot Innovation Space: Cohort 8

Total Funding:
$2,000
Application Opened:
2/24/2025
Application Deadline:
3/27/2025
Fellowship

The Moonshot Innovation Space is a 9-month program for innovative leaders in the Metro Denver area who are working in youth-serving spaces, such as education, healthcare, local government, environment/sustainability, housing, food, the arts, and more.

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Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Location:
Hybrid: Denver, CO
Under $10K
Moonshot
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Fellowship

Resolution Project: WorldMUN

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Application Opened:
3/16/2025
Application Deadline:
3/20/2025
Fellowship

Resolution Fellows are selected through our Social Venture Challenges (SVC) – multi-stage competitions, combining web-based submissions, live rounds of presentations, and a due diligence process. We host our SVCs in partnership with conferences around the world that attract talented and passionate young people.

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Accelerator

Seed Spot: Impact Accelerator

Total Funding:
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
3/17/2025
Accelerator

The Impact Accelerator program is eight weeks of expert training, quick-start tools, and personalized coaching to achieve tremendous leaps of growth in revenue and investment readiness in a short amount of time.

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April - May 2025
Location:
Remote
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Grant

Boettcher Foundation: Rural Catalyst Grants (Winter)

Total Funding:
$1,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
2/14/2025
Application Deadline:
3/14/2025
Grant

The Rural Catalyst Grant Program strengthens the internal capacity of organizations as they work to achieve goals.

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

gener8tor Curql Accelerate (FinTech)

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
3/9/2025
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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Duration:
May 29 - August 22, 2025
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Fellowship

Drexel Fund School Founders Program

Total Funding:
Paid
Application Opened:
9/30/2024
Application Deadline:
3/5/2025
Fellowship

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Summer 2025 - Fall 2026
Location:
Remote; State Limitations
The Drexel Fund
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Accelerator

2025 START Program

Total Funding:
0
Application Opened:
1/27/2025
Application Deadline:
2/28/2025
Accelerator

START, our flagship pre-revenue program is built to ignite early-stage entrepreneurs’ journeys. Through a virtual learning experience grounded in Lean Startup principles, participants will develop a dynamic Business Model Canvas, transforming fresh ideas into thriving business models.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
April 1 - April 17
Location:
Hybrid - virtual session with an In-person event
Under $10K
Digitalundivided
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Accelerator

gener8tor Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator Spring and Fall 2025

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
2/28/2025
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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Duration:
April 22 - November 20, 2025
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Your Vision, Your School, Our SupportStart Your Own Microschool
Fellowship

KaiPod Catalyst Training Program

Total Funding:
0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
2/28/2025
Fellowship

The core information you need to start your own school is delivered via an online course, so you can work through it at your own pace in the evenings or weekends. In addition, you will be a part of a small group of other Founders for regular accountability meetings.

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Duration:
Spring/Summer 2025
Location:
Virtual
Under $10K
Kaipod Learning
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