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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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Detroit, MI
Under $10K
Detroit Children's Fund
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Stage 4
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Stage 2
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Social Impact
Education
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opportunity
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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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Funding Type:
Duration:
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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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
California
Under $10K
ESO Ventures
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Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

ESO: ReEntry Incubator

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

The ReEntry Incubator is an 18-week program that provides training, coaching, and community enrichment resources for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs. Applications on a rolling basis.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Santa Clara County, CA
$10K - $49,999
ESO Ventures
No items found.
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

ESO: Create Business Incubator

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

A FREE, 8-week incubator is specifically designed for entrepreneurs who are just starting out and have generated $0 - $10,000 in revenue.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
California
$10K - $49,999
ESO Ventures
No items found.
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

Four Bands Community Fund: Business Loans

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

Four Bands’ loan fund program is available for Native American and permanent residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, as well as enrolled tribal members who reside in the state of South Dakota. Variety of help available, applications accepted on rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Loan
Duration:
Location:
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and South Dakota
Loan
$10K - $49,999
Four Bands Community Fund
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Four Bands Community Fund: CREATE Business Training

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

We provide business training for Native American and permanent residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, as well as enrolled tribal members who reside in the state of South Dakota.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Varies
Location:
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and South Dakota
Under $10K
Four Bands Community Fund
Stage 1
Stage 2
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Harlem Capital: Pitch

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

We are currently making investments of $1mm-$3mm in Seed rounds by diverse founders.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
U.S., LatAm, or Africa-based companies
Investment
$75K and above
Harlem Capital
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

Hopelab: Pitch

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

As investors, we accelerate innovation to support equity-centered solutions that improve the mental health and well-being of young people. Pitches accepted on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Hopelab
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

LearnLaunch Accelerator

Total Funding:
Up to $200,000
Application Opens:
9/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

A 12-week accelerator program in Boston for education technology

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
2026
Location:
Hybrid, Boston
Investment
$75K and above
LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator
No items found.
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Milestone Circles: Women Entrepreneurs

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
3/25/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Fellowship

A free 12-week program for women entrepreneurs through the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
12 Weeks
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Reach Capital: Pitch

Total Funding:
$1,000,000+
Application Opens:
3/26/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

We invest in for-profit tools and tech-enabled services to tackle big problems in learning, health and work, typically at Seed, Series A and B stages.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Reach Capital
Stage 4

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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.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2026 - Summer 2027
Location:
New York, NY
Under $10K
Obama Foundation
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Education
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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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Location:
Michigan
$10K - $49,999
BCBSM Foundation - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
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Education
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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:
Funding Type:
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.

Funding Period:
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?

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
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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Social Impact
Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

Boettcher Foundation: Rural Catalyst Grants (Fall)

Total Funding:
$1,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
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
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Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

digitalundivided: BIG Pre-Accelerator

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
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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