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Valentine Foundation Grants

Total Funding:
Application Opens:
6/30/2025
Application Deadline:
8/31/2025
Grant

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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Greater Philadelphia Area
Under $10K
Valentine Foundation
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Stage 2
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Boettcher Foundation: Community Connection Grant (Fall)

Total Funding:
$20,000 - $75,000
Application Opens:
8/1/2025
Application Deadline:
9/1/2025
Grant

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.

Funding Period:
Notified Oct 1
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Notified Oct 1
Grant
$50K - $74,999
Boettcher Foundation
Stage 4
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Technology
past
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Accelerator

digitalundivided: Breakthrough

Total Funding:
$5,000+
Application Opens:
8/5/2025
Application Deadline:
9/22/2025
Accelerator

Powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co., BREAKTHROUGH empowers founders to accelerate their revenue past the 5-figure mark and scale their digitally disruptive businesses. A 3-month virtual accelerator.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
digitalundivided
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

digitalundivided: BIG Pre-Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
8/5/2025
Application Deadline:
9/22/2025
Accelerator

A fast-paced pre-accelerator program for high-potential, women-led startups.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
digitalundivided
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Stage 3
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Education
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Boettcher Foundation: Rural Catalyst Grants (Fall)

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

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

Funding Period:
Notified October 30
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Notified October 30
Grant
Under $10K
Boettcher Foundation
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
Education
past
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Fellowship

Boettcher Foundation: Doers & Difference Makers Fellowship

Total Funding:
Up to $10,000
Application Opens:
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
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

Chinook Fund: Grant

Total Funding:
$4,000 - $10,000
Application Opens:
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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Under $10K
Chinook Fund
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

JHTV: Social Innovation Lab

Total Funding:
$5,000 - $20,000
Application Opens:
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
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

JHTV: I-Corps - Fall

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
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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Stage 2
Technology
Social Impact
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Fast Forward Accelerator 2026

Total Funding:
$25,000
Application Opens:
Application Deadline:
9/30/2025
Fellowship

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. It bridges the gap between the tech and nonprofit sectors, providing training tailored to the challenges entrepreneurs face.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
February 2026 - June 2026
Location:
Hybrid
$10K - $49,999
Fast Forward
Stage 3
Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
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Accelerator

Tulane Changemaker Institute

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Spring 2026
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Tulane Changemaker Institute
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Education
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Grant

NDN Community Action Fund

Total Funding:
$20,000
Application Opens:
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.

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Location:
Virtual
$10K - $49,999
NDN Collective
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Global Good Fund Fellowship

Total Funding:
$10,000
Application Opened:
5/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Fellowship

A 12-month hybrid leadership program for social entrepreneurs around the world.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
The Global Good Fund
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Accelerator

Berkeley Haas: Launch Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
4/22/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Accelerator

The three-month-long accelerator helps startups (with at least one UC alum or founder) quickly discover and develop scalable business models.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Hybrid in California
Under $10K
Startup@Berkeley
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Accelerator

Google Accelerator: AI for Energy

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
3/6/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Accelerator

The Accelerator runs for a period of ten-weeks with a mix of remote and in-person, 1-to-1, group learning sessions, sprint projects and mentorship.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Sept - Nov 2025
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
Google for Startups
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past
opportunity
Fellowship

Chinook Fund: Giving Project

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Fellowship

Chinook Fund’s democratized grantmaking brings together a diverse cohort of people from all income levels who are passionate about social change and interested in developing in fundraising, grantmaking, and community building.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Under $10K
Chinook Fund
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Education
Technology
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opportunity
Grant

Boettcher Foundation: Leadership Practitioner Catalyst Grants

Total Funding:
$1,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
6/2/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Grant

The Leadership Practitioner Catalyst Grant Program strengthens the capacity of leadership organizations that are working to create a more inclusive and accessible leadership ecosystem in Colorado.

Funding Period:
Notified August 1
Funding Type:
Grant
Duration:
Location:
Colorado
Notified August 1
Grant
Under $10K
Boettcher Foundation
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

gener8tor Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator Summer 2025

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
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:
Funding Type:
Duration:
August 15 - November 21, 2025
Location:
Great Lakes Area
$75K and above
gener8tor
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StartOut Growth Lab

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
5/29/2025
Application Deadline:
6/27/2025
Accelerator

StartOut Growth Lab is a startup accelerator that offers top quality mentoring, education, and networking opportunities for companies that happen to be founded or co-founded by LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
TBD
Location:
Virtual
StartOut
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Social Impact
Technology
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opportunity
Accelerator

Free Virtual Incubator for Nonprofits (August/September)

Total Funding:
$5,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
5/24/2025
Application Deadline:
6/23/2025
Accelerator

The Greater Sum is a private operating foundation that awards grants via a pitch competition and a matching gifts campaign. Both grant award programs are open to graduates of our free Virtual Incubator Program. VIPs also receive access to our network of subject matter experts.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
August - September 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
The Greater Sum Foundation
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Fellowship

Fully-funded program for underserved and impact-driven entrepreneurs and community leaders who are solving environmental sustainability challenges across the Denver Metro Area. Fellows will gain expert-led training, mentorship, pitch coaching, and funding to host a community-driven Basecamp workshop.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
August 2025 – November, 2025
Location:
Virtual (In Person Kick Off in Denver)
Under $10K
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Technology
Social Impact
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Rising Leaders of Mexico Fellowship, apply by June 22, 2025
Fellowship

2025 Rising Leaders of Mexico Fellowship

Total Funding:
$1000
Application Opened:
4/22/2025
Application Deadline:
6/22/2025
Fellowship

The Rising Leaders of Mexico Fellowship powered by Watson Institute, is now accepting applications! This is a virtual program for impact-driven entrepreneurs in Mexico.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
August - December 2025
Location:
Virtual
Under $10K
Watson Institute
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Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship Announcement Post
Fellowship

Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship

Total Funding:
0
Application Opened:
4/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/22/2025
Fellowship

Fellowship for impact-driven leaders leveraging AI and technology to help solve their communities' biggest challenges. Open to applicants in select Google Data Center regions in Austell GA, Council Bluffs IA, Omaha NE, Berkeley County SC, Loudoun County VA, Hamina (Finland), or Waltham Cross/London (UK).

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Sept 2025 - Dec 2025
Location:
Virtual
Under $10K
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Technology
Social Impact
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Fellowship

Watson Institute Flagship Fellowship

Total Funding:
N/A
Application Opened:
4/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/22/2025
Fellowship

The Watson Institute Flagship Fellowship is a fully funded Fellowship that equips impact- and growth-driven entrepreneurs with the tools to achieve product-market fit and scale their ventures.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
16 weeks
Location:
Boulder, CO/Virtual
Under $10K
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