Discover Opportunities
The Entrepreneurial Support Hub has diverse opportunities for taking a leap into entrepreneurship. Filter below by the categories that apply to you and your ideas.
Opportunities that accept applications on a rolling basis are listed as an "all-year" deadline.
Current Opportunities

Obama Foundation Scholars: Columbia University

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.

Rally SEA Winter 2025 Cohort

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.

Idea Village: VILLAGEx

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.

Blue Ridge Labs: Catalyst

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

Robin Hood: Grantee Interest

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.

Vela Foundation: 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.

Kapor Capital: Grants

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

NationSwell Council

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.

Charter School Growth Fund: Seed Funding

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

Charter School Growth Fund: Scale Funding

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

Gary Community Ventures Fellowship: Mid-Career

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.

The Clubhou.se: Make Startups

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.
Stay Tuned. New Opportunities coming your way soon! In the meantime, please check out our Past Opportunities for an idea of what’s to come.
Past Opportunities

Camelback Ventures Fellowship 2026

40k in capital, coaching, connections, curriculum and access to a community of 200+ entrepreneurs just like you! If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur in Education or Tech, apply for Camelback Ventures’ 2026 Fellowship. The application is open from August 11 — September 10.

Fast Forward Accelerator 2026
The Accelerator is Fast Forward’s longest-standing program for early-stage tech nonprofits. Through the program, tech nonprofits get a $25K grant, mentorship, community, and more.

Boettcher Foundation: Community Connection Grant (Fall)

These grants often help fund the construction of facilities with multi-use spaces, bring together nonprofit organizations and cross-sector partners in shared locations, or make strategic investments that elevate successful initiatives to the next level.

Valentine Foundation Grants

Our grants are primarily available to nonprofit organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area that focus on improving the lives of women, girls, and non-binary individuals. Applicants can apply for grants ranging from $7,000 to $15,000, and multi-year options available.

NationSwell Fellows

The NationSwell Fellowship aims to equip young (Gen Z) leaders with the resources, tools, and network they need to translate their passion into effective community-focused, intersectional solutions.

Fund 17: Be the Boss Accelerator

Be the Boss Accelerator (BtB) is a 6 week program where Fund 17 partners with trepwise to provide one-on-one business coaching and bi-weekly educational workshops for entrepreneurs who are ready to operate their business full-time and/or hire their first employee or contractor.

Propeller: Impact Accelerator: 2025 - Startup Track
Our work centers Black, native New Orleans-entrepreneurs.
Game On-Community Places to Play

Game On-Community Places to Play is an initiative of The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC. The goal is to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local athletic spaces for young people. Grant awards will range from $50,000-$100,000 and will require 1:1 match funding.

JBS Corp 20th Anniversary Pitch Competition

Open to business owners based in Massachusetts with annual gross revenue between $100,000 and $1,000,000. Applicants must complete a two-phase application process and be available to pitch in person in November 2025.

NC IDEA MICRO & SEED Grants

Non-dilutive grants supporting NC founders leading early stage growth-oriented companies on a path to be a multi-million dollar company or be investable.
This Fellowship program will provide $5K in non-dilutive funding and hands-on, business-oriented workshops to 15 founders who are representative of Greater Boston’s rich racial and gender diversity. Applications for VHBOS are open now through 8/22!

Summer 2025 Open Call Funding Opportunity
The Public Benefit Innovation Fund (PBIF) is awarding $5 million in non-dilutive funding to accelerate AI-enabled solutions that help governments respond to recent federal policy changes and funding constraints in safety net programs.
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