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

Berkeley Haas: Student Entrepreneurship Program

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
12/15/2025
Application Deadline:
1/12/2026
Accelerator

A 10 week startup incubator program that connects UC Berkeley community members with complementary skills and helps bring their ideas into the world.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025
Location:
Berkeley, CA
Under $10K
Startup@Berkeley
Stage 1
Stage 2
Social Impact
Technology
Education
past
opportunity
Accelerator

Milestone Makers

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
12/1/2024
Application Deadline:
1/27/2026
Accelerator

A free, 3-month program for a small cohort of impact entrepreneurs to receive individualized business mentoring, executive coaching, customized training, and resources.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
March - June 2025
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
Stage 3
Stage 4
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowhsip

The 1954 Project Luminary Award

Total Funding:
$1,000,000
Application Opens:
1/1/2026
Application Deadline:
2/11/2026
Fellowhsip

The CAFE Group’s 1954 Project is advancing education equity by investing in bold, imagination-fueled, and high-impact leaders committed to addressing systemic barriers and creating sustainable change for Black students and in Black communities.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Location:
Remote
$75K and above
The Cafe Group
Stage 4
Social Impact
past
opportunity
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Accelerator

Housing Venture Lab

Total Funding:
$75,000
Application Opens:
1/5/2026
Application Deadline:
2/17/2026
Accelerator

The Housing Venture Lab is an accelerator that provides wraparound support for entrepreneurs with new, bold ideas to make housing more equitable, accessible, and sustainable.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
June 2025-Jan 2026
Location:
National
$75K and above
Terner Labs
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Education
past
opportunity
Fellowship

PIC Principal Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
12/1/2025
Application Deadline:
2/18/2026
Fellowship

A two-year fellowship program is designed to connect experienced North Texas principals with multi-district peers, re-ignite their passion for the profession, and provide them with the tools and resources to inspire and lead their teams toward a campus vision.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
2026
Location:
North Texas
Under $10K
Principal Impact Collaborative
Stage 1
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Yunus & Youth Global Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
1/1/2026
Application Deadline:
3/1/2026
Fellowship

The Yunus & Youth Fellowship Program is a six-month online program designed to empower young (18-30 year old) social entrepreneurs and to help them develop their full potential by strengthening their business models, helping them measure their social impact, and defining a scaling strategy.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
2026
Location:
Remote
Under $10K
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Education
Technology
past
opportunity
Fellowship

Rodenberry Fellowship

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opens:
4/1/2026
Application Deadline:
5/20/2026
Fellowship

A year-long fellowship for US-based individuals working towards social justice.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
2026 - 2027
Location:
Remote with in-person summits
Under $10K
Rodenberry Foundation
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Propeller grows and supports entrepreneurs to tackle social and environmental disparities.
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Propeller Impact Accelerator 2025: Growth Track

Total Funding:
$0 - $5,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
4/6/2025
Accelerator

Our work centers Black, native New Orleanians entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders who view their businesses as a catalyst for positive change and those who advance anti-racism initiatives.

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Duration:
April - July 2025
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Propeller
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The Opportunity Trust: School Improvement Funding

Total Funding:
$10,000 - $50,000
Application Opened:
2/21/2025
Application Deadline:
4/4/2025
Grant

We provide grants to traditional and charter public school systems to foster accelerated improvement and increase access to quality public schools for all students.

Funding Period:
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Duration:
May 2026 - May 2026
Location:
Missouri
$10K - $49,999
The Opportunity Trust
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The Opportunity Trust: Charter School Program (Missouri)

Total Funding:
Varies, $50,000+
Application Opened:
2/21/2025
Application Deadline:
4/4/2025
Grant

We invite all eligible charter schools in Missouri to apply for this transformative subgrant and join us in advancing educational opportunities for our students.

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Duration:
May 2026 - May 2026
Location:
Missouri
$75K and above
The Opportunity Trust
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Technology
Social Impact
past
opportunity
Fellowship

The Residency: Calculus (Research)

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

calculus is a home for high agency researchers who are obsessed with solving a hard, open-ended problem. we provide housing and co-working space so you can live and work with equally ambitious peers. you can think of us as “college” meets “accelerator”.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
June - August 2025
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Under $10K
The Residency
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Education
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opportunity
Fellowship

RAY Fellowship

Total Funding:
$1,000
Application Opened:
3/3/2025
Application Deadline:
3/31/2025
Fellowship

The RAY Fellowship Program is a two-year paid fellowship designed to equip recent college graduates from underrepresented backgrounds with the tools, experiences, support, and community they need to become leaders in the conservation and clean energy sectors.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Summer 2025 - Summer 2027
Location:
Under $10K
Ray Fellowship
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Education
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opportunity
Accelerator

IDEAinstitute

Total Funding:
$0
Application Opened:
1/10/2025
Application Deadline:
3/31/2025
Accelerator

IDEAinstitute is a 10-week idea-stage accelerator program that introduces innovative entrepreneurs and aspiring startup founders to the tools they need to turn an idea into a scalable venture.

Funding Period:
Funding Type:
Duration:
Spring 2025
Location:
Hybrid: New Orleans, LA
Under $10K
Idea Village
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opportunity
Accelerator

Google Accelerator: AI for AI for Nature and Climate

Total Funding:
Application Opened:
3/3/2025
Application Deadline:
3/31/2025
Accelerator

A ten-week accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in North America and LATAM, bringing the best of Google to startups working toward nature protection, conservation, and restoration.

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Duration:
May - Aug 2025
Location:
Hybrid
Google for Startups
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The Moonshot Innovation Space
Fellowship

Moonshot Innovation Space: Cohort 8

Total Funding:
$2,000
Application Opened:
2/24/2025
Application Deadline:
3/27/2025
Fellowship

The Moonshot Innovation Space is a 9-month program for innovative leaders in the Metro Denver area who are working in youth-serving spaces, such as education, healthcare, local government, environment/sustainability, housing, food, the arts, and more.

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Funding Type:
Duration:
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Location:
Hybrid: Denver, CO
Under $10K
Moonshot
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opportunity
Fellowship

Resolution Project: WorldMUN

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Application Opened:
3/16/2025
Application Deadline:
3/20/2025
Fellowship

Resolution Fellows are selected through our Social Venture Challenges (SVC) – multi-stage competitions, combining web-based submissions, live rounds of presentations, and a due diligence process. We host our SVCs in partnership with conferences around the world that attract talented and passionate young people.

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Accelerator

Seed Spot: Impact Accelerator

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Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
3/17/2025
Accelerator

The Impact Accelerator program is eight weeks of expert training, quick-start tools, and personalized coaching to achieve tremendous leaps of growth in revenue and investment readiness in a short amount of time.

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Duration:
April - May 2025
Location:
Remote
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Education
Technology
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Grant

Boettcher Foundation: Rural Catalyst Grants (Winter)

Total Funding:
$1,000 - $10,000
Application Opened:
2/14/2025
Application Deadline:
3/14/2025
Grant

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

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

gener8tor Curql Accelerate (FinTech)

Total Funding:
$100,000
Application Opened:
1/1/2025
Application Deadline:
3/9/2025
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.

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Duration:
May 29 - August 22, 2025
Location:
Hybrid
$75K and above
gener8tor
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