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Zane Venture Fund: Pitch

Total Funding:
Varies
Application Opens:
3/3/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

Our fund specifically targets bold founders in the (American) Southeast who are creating tech-enabled solutions with innovative business models and early signs of traction. Accepting pitches on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Southeast U.S.
Investment
$75K and above
Zane Venture Fund
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Grant

Genius Guild: Pitch

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

Genius Guild invests in innovations that improve the health and wellbeing of diverse communities. We look for high growth companies with scalable business models, and exceptional founders.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Genius Guild
Stage 4
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Accelerator

IFEL: Free Grow Your Business Workshop

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

We specialize in pairing business owners with the expertise needed to strengthen their business core, connecting entrepreneurs to networks of influence, and breaking down barriers that limit access to capital. Best of all, many services are FREE of charge due to grant support.

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Funding Type:
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Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
https://latinageeks.com/member/
Fellowship

#LatinaGeeks Membership

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

Membership is free. You will join a vibrant community of builders, dreamers, and doers who support each other’s professional growth.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
#LatinaGeeks
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

Lightship Capital: Pitch

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

Lightship Capital invests in remarkable businesses led by FOC (Founders of Color), LBGTQ+, Women & Innovators with Disabilities. We're interested in Consumer Packaged Goods, E-Commerce, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, and Health Tech.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Stage 4
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

Plain Sight Capital: Pitch

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

Pitch Plain Sight on a rolling basis. We invest in pre-seed and seed product-led B2B SaaS companies that can scale horizontally.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Investment
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Investment
$75K and above
Plain Sight Capital
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Plug In Ventures: Pre-Accelerator

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

Designed for Black and LatinX founders in Southern California, our Pre-Accelerator Program equips you with the essential tools to validate your business ideas and prepare for growth.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Southern California
Under $10K
Plug In Ventures
Stage 3
Stage 4
Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Plug In Ventures: Accelerator

Total Funding:
Up to $100,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Accelerator

Designed for Black and LatinX founders in Southern California, our Accelerator Program is for founders ready to take their startups to the next level. Hybrid participation options and up to $100K in equity investment are available.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Southern California
$75K and above
Plug In Ventures
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
Social Impact
Technology
past
opportunity
Grant

New Profit: Discovery Grantee Interest

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

We provide funding to nonprofit organizations led by high-impact social entrepreneurs who are expanding access and opportunity in America by leveraging their proximity to the genius, talent, and vision of the communities they serve. Discovery forms are accepted on a rolling basis.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Grant Interest
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Grant Interest
Under $10K
New Profit
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Startups on the Blocks Community

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

Startups on the Blocks was created to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem for historically marginalized black and brown communities so that they may recognize, utilize, and benefit from the resources that surround them in creating and building their businesses.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Kukua Institute
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

National Grassroots Organizing Program

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

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
United States
$50K - $74,999
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
Education
past
opportunity
Grant

Vermont Community Action Teams (CATs)

Total Funding:
Under $2,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
12/31/2025
Grant

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.

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Funding Type:
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Location:
United States
Under $10K
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Stage 1
Stage 2

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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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Funding Type:
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.

Funding Period:
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:
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
Text Link
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?

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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.

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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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