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gener8tor Electrify Nevada Accelerator 2025 - Las Vegas

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/6/2025
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:
September 25 - December 19, 2025
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
$75K and above
gener8tor
Stage 4
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past
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gener8tor Electrify Nevada Accelerator 2025 - Reno-Tahoe

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/6/2025
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:
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Duration:
September 25 - December 19, 2025
Location:
Reno-Tahoe, NV
$75K and above
gener8tor
Stage 4
Social Impact
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Grant

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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Stage 2
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Education
past
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Grant

Yass Prize from CER

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

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
Stage 3
Stage 4
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.

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

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Fall 2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
digitalundivided
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
Technology
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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
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Education
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opportunity
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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Stage 2
Stage 3
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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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
2025 - 2026
Location:
United States
$75K and above
Open Society Foundations
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
past
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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
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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 2
Stage 3
Technology
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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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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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Sept - Dec 2025
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
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NewSchools: GenAI Math Tutoring Funding Opportunity

Total Funding:
$300,000
Application Opened:
3/10/2025
Application Deadline:
4/15/2025
Grant

We’re excited to announce a new funding opportunity focused on GenAI math tutoring solutions built on specialized foundation models. We’re offering up to $300,000 in grant funding along with tailored technical assistance, product feedback, and piloting and evaluation support.

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Remote
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$75K and above
NewSchools
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Fellowship

READY Design Studio Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
2/15/2025
Application Deadline:
4/14/2025
Fellowship

Are you an educator or aspiring education entrepreneur with a connection to Rochester? Have you identified a problem in your school or community but aren’t sure what to do next? Apply to the READY Design Studio Fellowship.

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Location:
Rochester, NY
Under $10K
READY
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Fellowship

776 Foundation: Climate Fellowhsip

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
3/12/2025
Application Deadline:
4/14/2025
Fellowship

The 776 Fellowship is a two-year, full-time program for 18 - 24 year olds, across the world. Fellows will receive a $100,000 grant over two years to work on projects to fight climate change instead of pursuing a university degree.

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Duration:
Spring 2025 - Spring 2027
Location:
Remote
$75K and above
776 Foundation
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Accelerator

Seed Spot: Retail Brand Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
2/2/2025
Application Deadline:
4/14/2025
Accelerator

Fully-funded 10-week accelerator for maturing, diverse-founded retail brands

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Duration:
May - July 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
SEED SPOT
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Social Impact
Technology
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Accelerator

Miller Center for Entrepreneurship - Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
4/13/2025
Accelerator

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
July 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
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Fellowship

Camelback Fellowship 2025

Total Funding:
$40,000
Application Opened:
3/17/2025
Application Deadline:
4/7/2025
Fellowship

The Camelback Fellowship is a 16-week hybrid accelerator that supports entrepreneurs with $40,000 in capital, coaching, curriculum, connections, and community.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Unrestricted
Duration:
Summer 2025
Location:
Remote with in-person Summits
Unrestricted
$10K - $49,999
Camelback Ventures
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Propeller grows and supports entrepreneurs to tackle social and environmental disparities.
Accelerator

Propeller Impact Accelerator 2025: Growth Track

Total Funding:
$0 - $5,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
4/6/2025
Accelerator

Our work centers Black, native New Orleanians entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders who view their businesses as a catalyst for positive change and those who advance anti-racism initiatives.

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Duration:
April - July 2025
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Propeller
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The Opportunity Trust: School Improvement Funding

Total Funding:
$10,000 - $50,000
Application Opened:
2/21/2025
Application Deadline:
4/4/2025
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We provide grants to traditional and charter public school systems to foster accelerated improvement and increase access to quality public schools for all students.

Funding Period:
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Duration:
May 2026 - May 2026
Location:
Missouri
$10K - $49,999
The Opportunity Trust
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The Opportunity Trust: Charter School Program (Missouri)

Total Funding:
Varies, $50,000+
Application Opened:
2/21/2025
Application Deadline:
4/4/2025
Grant

We invite all eligible charter schools in Missouri to apply for this transformative subgrant and join us in advancing educational opportunities for our students.

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Duration:
May 2026 - May 2026
Location:
Missouri
$75K and above
The Opportunity Trust
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Fellowship

The Residency: Calculus (Research)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
4/1/2025
Fellowship

calculus is a home for high agency researchers who are obsessed with solving a hard, open-ended problem. 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:
June - August 2025
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Under $10K
The Residency
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Fellowship

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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Duration:
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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Duration:
Spring 2025
Location:
Hybrid: New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
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