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Community Health Matching Grant Program (Michigan)

Total Funding:
$25,000 Over 2 Years
Application Opens:
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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Fellowship

Obama Foundation Scholars: Columbia University

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
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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Stage 2
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Accelerator

Idea Village: VILLAGEx

Total Funding:
Funds Available
Application Opens:
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.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
January - May 2026
Location:
Hybrid: New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Idea Village
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

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
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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
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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
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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
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Stage 4
Education
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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
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Education
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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
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Nonprofit ENG(INE) 2025 Application

Total Funding:
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/30/2025
Accelerator

In 2025, we’ll work with 2 nonprofits to give several months of AI engineering team support. Focus areas for 2025: health, workforce, government services.

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Location:
United States
Nonprofit ENG(INE) Powered by AlleyCorp
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Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Total Funding:
$2,500 – $50,000
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/25/2025
Grant

We will give small, early-stage grants of $2,500–$50,000 toward projects working on climate change and human health.

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Location:
Global
$10K - $49,999
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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Leadership in Government Fellowship

Total Funding:
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/24/2025
Fellowship

The Leadership in Government Fellowship program supports outstanding individuals who have played a significant role in advancing social change from within government in the United States and its territories.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
2025 - 2026
Location:
United States
$75K and above
Open Society Foundations
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Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Gary Community Ventures Fellowship: Early Career

Total Funding:
$1,000
Application Opened:
6/2/2025
Application Deadline:
7/21/2025
Fellowship

A 9-month fellowship predominantly for leaders of color in Metro Denver that creates a path-changing experience for those who are approximately 2-5 years into their careers and work.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Location:
Metro Denver, CO
Under $10K
Gary Community Ventures Piton Fellowship
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Social Impact
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Accelerator

So Ambitious HBCU Pre-Accelerator Program

Total Funding:
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/20/2025
Accelerator

Black Ambition’s So Ambitious Pre-Accelerator Program is an 8-week, cross-institutional program powered by ACT House; participatns must be a current student (undergrad or graduate) or recent (within 5 years) graduate of an HBCU.

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Location:
Virtual
Black Ambition
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digitalundivided: Do You Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
6/18/2025
Application Deadline:
7/16/2025
Fellowship

The Do You Fellowship is a specialized, comprehensive, and interactive seven-week program designed to empower a cohort of 10 entrepreneurs with the essential skills, knowledge, and mentorship needed to grow and scale their businesses.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Fall 2026
Location:
Hybrid
Under $10K
digitalundivided
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Education
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Fellowship

Civic Innovators Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
7/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/16/2025
Fellowship

The Civic Innovators Fellowship is designed for young leaders who are passionate about solving community issues and want to channel their passion into innovative action.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
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Education
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Grant

Yass Prize from CER

Total Funding:
$1,000,000
Application Opened:
5/21/2025
Application Deadline:
7/15/2025
Grant

The Center for Education Reform announced the official launch of the 2025 Yass Prize competition — offering $1 million to the education provider that most powerfully demonstrates Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless (STOP) education.

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Duration:
Location:
Remote
$75K and above
Center for Education Reform
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Grant

LIFT - Southern Worker's Opportunity Fund 3

Total Funding:
$75,000 to $500,000
Application Opened:
6/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/10/2025
Grant

The Southern Workers Opportunity (SWO) Fund is a program launched in 2022 by the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund. Fund 3 invites proposals from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana*, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

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Location:
Southeast United States
$75K and above
The LIFT Fund
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Accelerator

gener8tor Electrify Nevada Accelerator 2025 - Reno-Tahoe

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/6/2025
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:
September 25 - December 19, 2025
Location:
Reno-Tahoe, NV
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Accelerator

gener8tor Electrify Nevada Accelerator 2025 - Las Vegas

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
7/6/2025
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:
September 25 - December 19, 2025
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
$75K and above
gener8tor
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Social Impact
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Fellowship

The Ganas Network: Activate Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
4/1/2025
Application Deadline:
6/30/2025
Fellowship

We are currently recruiting 20-25 early career charter school alumni for our Fall Activate Fellowship! The program will launch August 31st and we will meet weekly for 3 months.

Funding Period:
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Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
The Ganas Network
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