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Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship

Total Funding:
Paid, Varies
Application Opens:
10/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Fellowship

REA is a four-month paid apprenticeship designed to provide a viable pathway beyond the conventional Western approach to explore and jumpstart a career in investment and financial management designed by and for Indigenous matriarchs.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
2026
Location:
Tiwa Lands, NM
Under $10K
Roanhorse Consulting
Stage 1
Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

100x Impact Accelerator

Total Funding:
£150,000
Application Opens:
10/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

100x is looking for highly scalable models, that can be for-profit or non-profit, addressing global challenges in the areas of climate and environment, democracy, education, health, and social cohesion, among others.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Accelerator
Location:
London, England
$75K and above
100x Impact Accelerator
Stage 4
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassador

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

The Program helps early to mid-career Native American professionals strengthen, within an Indigenous cultural context, their ability to improve the well-being and growth of their communities. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Two-Year Fellowship
Location:
Varies
Under $10K
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Stage 1
Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Ashoka Fellowship

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

Once selected, each Ashoka Fellow embarks on a tailored timeline of investments and support over their lifetime. Applicants are nominated by peers on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
Ashoka
Stage 1
Stage 2
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

AT&T Ventures: Pitch Interest

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

AT&T Ventures invests in companies that drive innovation in connectivity, IoT, artificial intelligence and more. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$10K - $49,999
AT&T Ventures
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Blacks in Technology: Membership

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

A free global membership for Blacks in technology providing resources, guidance, networking, and opportunities for members to share their expertise and advance their careers. Applications received on a rolling basis.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
$0
Under $10K
Blacks in Technology
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Boston Impact Initiative: Pitch Interest

Total Funding:
$100,000+
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

BII Fund II prioritizes investments in enterprises that address an unmet need or issue affecting communities of color, including enterprises owned by people of color and commercial and residential real estate projects in MA and the Northeast. Applications received on a rolling basis.

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Grants, Stocks, Loans
Duration:
Location:
Massachusetts and Northeast
Grants, Stocks, Loans
$75K and above
Boston Impact Initiative (BII)
Stage 4
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Bridgespan: Leading for Impact

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
6/18/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Fellowship

Leading for Impact® is a cohort-based experience for nonprofit executive teams that helps them strengthen their overall leadership skills while also making progress on a specific strategic goal.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Six Months
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
The Bridgespan Group
Stage 3
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

CZI: Grant Interest - Education

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

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes grants to organizations working in support of our mission. We are invested in education and education technology. Applications received on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Varies
Grant
$50K - $74,999
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Detroit Children's Fund: Partnership

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

We are non-profit committed to helping Detroit children receive the quality education they deserve. We do this by making leaders stronger, teachers more effective and school systems more successful. Interest received on a rolling basis.

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Location:
Detroit, MI
Under $10K
Detroit Children's Fund
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 2
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

DVRGNT Ventures: Interest

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

A pre-seed and seed fund focusing on tech-enabled startups in the most economically and culturally diverse regions of America, Middle America or as we call it The Great 38™️. Applications received on a rolling basis.

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Location:
Middle America
$10K - $49,999
DVRGNT Ventures
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

ESO: Operate Incubator

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

A free program for Black and Latino small business owners. The Operate Incubator focuses on helping existing businesses optimize operations and scale effectively. Applications on a rolling basis.

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Location:
California
Under $10K
ESO Ventures
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Idea Village: VILLAGEx

Total Funding:
Funds Available
Application Opened:
9/15/2025
Application Deadline:
11/1/2025
Accelerator

VILLAGEx is our industry-leading, mentor-driven accelerator program for venture-scale startups on the path to raise at least $1M in the next 24 months in the Gulf South.

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Duration:
January - May 2026
Location:
Hybrid: New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Idea Village
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Central Florida’s civic innovation platform where entrepreneurs co-create, test, and scale solutions.
Accelerator

Rally SEA Winter 2025 Cohort

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
8/25/2025
Application Deadline:
10/31/2025
Accelerator

The Rally Accelerator is the core engine of Central Florida’s Living Lab. Over 16 weeks, early-stage social entrepreneurs from around the world co-create, test, and scale solutions aligned with the region’s priorities, gaining coaching, tools, and networks to drive measurable impact.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Jan 2026 May 2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
Rally SEA
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Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Obama Foundation Scholars: Columbia University

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
8/1/2025
Application Deadline:
10/31/2025
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 2026 - Summer 2027
Location:
New York, NY
Under $10K
Obama Foundation
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Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Community Health Matching Grant Program (Michigan)

Total Funding:
$25,000 Over 2 Years
Application Opened:
8/15/2025
Application Deadline:
10/29/2025
Grant

We offer up to $25,000 for two years to Michigan-based nonprofits. We want to develop population-led, community-inspired programs or implement evidence-based programs to address community-identified needs, and evaluate measurable programmatic and health outcomes.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Michigan
$10K - $49,999
BCBSM Foundation - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
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Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

NDN Community Action Fund

Total Funding:
$20,000
Application Opened:
1/29/2025
Application Deadline:
10/16/2025
Grant

This grant supports Indigenous frontline, grassroots, community-based groups and organizations, Tribes, communities and villages, and individuals leading direct action or movement-building work in their effort to DEFEND Indigenous People’s rights, and protect their land, air, water, and natural resources.

Funding Period:
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Duration:
Location:
Virtual
$10K - $49,999
NDN Collective
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Social Impact
past
opportunity
Mountaintop Executive Fellowship: A 12-week program for leaders in low-income communities to scale companies and build teams.
Fellowship

Mountaintop Business Executive Fellowship

Total Funding:
$30,000
Application Opened:
8/4/2025
Application Deadline:
10/15/2025
Fellowship

The Mountaintop Business Executive Fellowship is a 12-week program for business leaders seeking to scale their companies and build flourishing teams in low-income communities worldwide. Offered in partnership with the NYU Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing. Includes one-week intensive at NYU Stern.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
5th January 2026 - 22nd March 2026
Location:
Hybrid (Virtual and New York City)
Under $10K
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Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Tulane Changemaker Institute

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
10/1/2025
Application Deadline:
10/15/2025
Accelerator

The Changemaker Institute (CI) supports budding social entrepreneurs who are graduate students or undergrads at Tulane university who are interested in building a business or program with social or environmental impact.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Spring 2026
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Tulane Changemaker Institute
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Social Impact
past
opportunity
"Echoing Green: Purpose in Community. Join the Fellowship of Social Innovators at echoinggreen.org/apply."
Fellowship

Echoing Green Fellowship 2026

Total Funding:
100000
Application Opened:
9/17/2025
Application Deadline:
10/8/2025
Fellowship

Invest in you. Invest in your community. Apply to Echoing Green’s Fellowship to join a global community of nearly 1,000 Fellows working in health, education, business, human rights, and more to improve their communities and create a better future for all. Interested in learning more about the application process?

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Duration:
Jul 2026 - Jan 2028
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
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Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

JHTV: I-Corps - Fall

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
8/14/2025
Application Deadline:
9/30/2025
Accelerator

A free, 4-week program developed by the National Science Foundation for researchers, faculty, students, and community entrepreneurs. Participants will engage in customer discover research to inform how to take their innovation from idea to market.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
October - November 2025
Location:
Hybrid in Baltimore, MD
Under $10K
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
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Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

JHTV: Social Innovation Lab

Total Funding:
$5,000 - $20,000
Application Opened:
8/11/2025
Application Deadline:
9/30/2025
Accelerator

A 6-month program open to any applicant from the greater Baltimore area.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
December 2025 - June 2026
Location:
Hybrid in Baltimore, MD
Under $10K
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
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Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

Chinook Fund: Grant

Total Funding:
$4,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
9/1/2025
Application Deadline:
9/30/2025
Grant

Grants range from $4,000 to $10,000 and are selected from community members in The Giving Project.

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Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Under $10K
Chinook Fund
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Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Boettcher Foundation: Doers & Difference Makers Fellowship

Total Funding:
Up to $10,000
Application Opened:
9/1/2025
Application Deadline:
9/30/2025
Fellowship

The fellowship is a nine-month program designed with the belief that leadership is an activity, not a position or title, and everyone can lead.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Nine Months
Location:
Colorado
Under $10K
Boettcher Foundation
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