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Blue Ridge Labs: Catalyst

Total Funding:
Up to $100,000
Application Opens:
10/20/2025
Application Deadline:
11/15/2025
Accelerator

Blue Ridge Labs incubates innovative, community-driven tech solutions to the real-world problems of people experiencing poverty.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
February 2026 - June 2026
Location:
NYC for length of program
$75K and above
Robin Hood
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator 2026

Total Funding:
$220,000
Application Opens:
Application Deadline:
11/19/2025
Accelerator

The Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator is a three month program that focuses on addressing the challenges of the modern dynamic labor market through innovative technologies. We seek Founders who are maximizing human potential through workforce, education, and economic mobility solutions.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
March 2026 - June 2026
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
Stage 3
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Black Wildflowers Fund: Ignite Grant

Total Funding:
$30,000
Application Opens:
11/1/2025
Application Deadline:
11/30/2025
Grant

Grant program giving Black educators access to a small, yet impactful grant of $10,000 to support their existing Wildflower School.

Funding Period:
Jan 2026 - Dec 2026
Funding Type:
Unrestricted
Duration:
Location:
Jan 2026 - Dec 2026
Unrestricted
Under $10K
Wildflower Foundation
Stage 3
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Robin Hood: Grantee Interest

Total Funding:
Up to $100,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/15/2025
Grant

Robin Hood is a strategic grantmaker; we source grantees and offer funding opportunities in collaboration with organizations in the field, rather than via unsolicited proposals. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Variable
Funding Type:
Grnat
Duration:
Location:
New York, NY
Variable
Grnat
$75K and above
Robin Hood
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

Vela Foundation: Grant

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/15/2025
Grant

The Vela Foundation is a private grant making foundation dedicated to promoting improved nutrition and wellness in Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Massachusetts
Grant
$10K - $49,999
Vela Foundation
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Stage 2
Stage 3
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Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Kapor Capital: Grants

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/15/2025
Grant

Kapor Capital is an Oakland-based venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming startups. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Oakland, CA
Grant
$10K - $49,999
Kapor Capital
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

NationSwell Council

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

An application-based community for leading senior thought leaders, change makers, and social impact amplifiers. Members are committed to scaling change through cross-sector collaboration, inspiration, and connection. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Annual Membership
Location:
Remote, with NYC-based events
Under $10K
NationSwell
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Charter School Growth Fund: Seed Funding

Total Funding:
$250,000+
Application Opens:
10/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/15/2025
Grant

A grant for charter schools looking to serve 250 to 1,000 additional students in the next two years.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
June 2025 - June 2026
Location:
United States
$75K and above
Charter School Growth Fund
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Charter School Growth Fund: Scale Funding

Total Funding:
$750,000+
Application Opens:
3/19/2025
Application Deadline:
12/15/2025
Grant

A grant for charter schools looking to serve 1,000+ additional students in the next 3-5 years. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Rolling
Location:
United States
$75K and above
Charter School Growth Fund
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Gary Community Ventures Fellowship: Mid-Career

Total Funding:
$1,000
Application Opens:
11/3/2025
Application Deadline:
12/30/2025
Fellowship

With a strong focus on racial equity, diversity and inclusion, the Mid-Career Cohort is a free 8-month experience that focuses on supporting diverse business, policy and philanthropic professionals — predominately people of color — on their leadership journeys.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Feb - Sept 2026
Location:
Metro Denver, CO
Under $10K
Gary Community Ventures Piton Fellowship
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
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Accelerator

The Clubhou.se: Make Startups

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

Make Startups is a business incubator program centered on a 12-week Certificate program in entrepreneurship, followed by an optional 6 months of structured mentoring, business support, and office space.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Rolling applications. New cohort each season.
Location:
Augusta, GA
Under $10K
theClubhou.se
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Technology
past
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Accelerator

Access Mode: MVP Lab

Total Funding:
$20,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

MVP Lab is Access Mode’s unique Accelerator model that prepares BIPOC tech founders for venture ready capital by helping to evolve their minimum viable product and gain paid traction.

Funding Period:
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Duration:
Accelerator
Location:
Denver, CO
$10K - $49,999
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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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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.

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Location:
Missouri
$10K - $49,999
The Opportunity Trust
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National Center for Civil and Human Rights - Civil Rights Teaching Fellowship
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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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Social Impact
Education
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Fellowship

Blue Ridge Labs: Launch Fellowship

Total Funding:
$18,000 Stipend
Application Opened:
4/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Fellowship

This 13-week program is designed to support early-stage tech founders who are committed to launching a venture-scale company.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
2025 - Details TBD
Location:
NYC for length of program
$10K - $49,999
Robin Hood
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Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: HSR House (Generalist)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Fellowship

the house invites successful founders as mentors every week to get feedback on work that builds their startup. 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”.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
June - Sept 2025
Location:
Bangalore, India
Under $10K
The Residency
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Technology
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opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: V2 (Creative Tech)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Fellowship

a collaborative space in vancouver that brings together the best of both worlds. 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”.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
July - December 2025
Location:
Vancouver, Canada
Under $10K
The Residency
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Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: Arcadia (Generalist)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Fellowship

big ideas are discussed here with a love for mankind. it is our biggest home w/ 14 bedrooms. vibes are at the intersection of startup and academia with college vibes at its core.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
July - December 2025
Location:
Berkeley, CA
Under $10K
The Residency
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Technology
Social Impact
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opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: Londinium (AI)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Fellowship

londinium is the home for those locking in on ai. from researchers to startup founders, the house exudes innovation. home to a tight-knit group, this 5 bedroom home is connected to the heart of london.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
July - December 2025
Location:
London, England
Under $10K
The Residency
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Technology
Social Impact
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Fellowship

The Residency: Homebrew (Generalist)

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
5/1/2025
Fellowship

homebrew is a home and experimental college for scientists, engineers, and technologists. 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”.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
July - December 2025
Location:
New York, NY
Under $10K
The Residency
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Social Impact
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Fellowship

MLT: Private Equity Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
2/14/2025
Application Deadline:
4/30/2025
Fellowship

A seven-month program designed to support recent college graduates (including Black, Latine, Native American, and other individuals) to a career in Private Equity.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
June 2025 - May 2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
MLT
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Technology
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Acelerator

DAV Patriot Bootcamp

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
3/26/2025
Application Deadline:
4/30/2025
Acelerator

DAV Patriot Boot Camp is a transformative program consisting of comprehensive entrepreneurship start-up education, mentorship, access to resources, and networking. Spring 2025: May 14 - 16 in Kentucky. Free to veterans and spouses.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
In-Person Event: Kentucky
Under $10K
DAV Patriot Bootcamp
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Education
Technology
past
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Fellowship

Obama Foundation Scholars: University of Chicago

Total Funding:
$10,000
Application Opened:
3/11/2025
Application Deadline:
4/30/2025
Fellowship

The Obama Foundation offers a robust curriculum of leadership development, training, networking activities, and customized support throughout the academic year to help the Obama Scholars gain the real-world skills, tools, and experiences they need to expand the impact of their work.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Location:
Chicago, IL
Under $10K
Obama Foundation
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