Discover Opportunities
The Entrepreneurial Support Hub has diverse opportunities for taking a leap into entrepreneurship. Filter below by the categories that apply to you and your ideas.
Opportunities that accept applications on a rolling basis are listed as an "all-year" deadline.
Current Opportunities
digitalundivided: BIG Pre-Accelerator
A fast-paced pre-accelerator program for high-potential, women-led startups.
Boettcher Foundation: Rural Catalyst Grants (Fall)
The Rural Catalyst Grant Program strengthens the internal capacity of organizations as they work to achieve goals.
Boettcher Foundation: Doers & Difference Makers 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.
Chinook Fund: Grant
Grants range from $4,000 to $10,000 and are selected from community members in The Giving Project.
JHTV: Social Innovation Lab
A 6-month program open to any applicant from the greater Baltimore area.
JHTV: I-Corps - Fall
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.
Fast Forward Accelerator 2026
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.
Tulane Changemaker Institute
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.
Obama Foundation Scholars: Columbia University
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.
Idea Village: VILLAGEx
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.
Blue Ridge Labs: Catalyst
Blue Ridge Labs incubates innovative, community-driven tech solutions to the real-world problems of people experiencing poverty.
Robin Hood: Grantee Interest
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.
Stay Tuned. New Opportunities coming your way soon! In the meantime, please check out our Past Opportunities for an idea of what’s to come.
Past Opportunities
2024 NewSchools Funding Opportunity
We invest in the ideas and energy of education leaders and entrepreneurs who are advancing innovative solutions that expand the definition of what works.
2025 Tiny Fellowship
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From Kitchen Napkin to Classroom: We Back Ideas at Day Zero. A three-month sprint to refine your idea, craft a Pilot Plan, and launch. Fellows get coaching, seed funding, and a tight-knit community of founders.
Halcyon Health Fellowship (2025)
This fellowship empowers entrepreneurs improving physical and mental healthcare outcomes and reducing barriers to quality, affordable healthcare.
Halcyon: DMV Climate Innovation Fellowship (2025)
500 Flagship Accelerator: Batch 36
Take your startup to the next level with our Flagship Accelerator in Silicon Valley. We empower founders to transform their bold visions into disruptive impact.
Echoing Green Fellowship
The Echoing Green Fellowship is for people whose enterprises are at an early stage and who are experts on the challenge they’ve chosen to confront. We seek leaders who reflect the community they serve and bring deep knowledge of the issues into their work.
REI: Path Ahead Ventures - Embark
A free 3-month program for US. based companies that inspire and equip people in their outdoor lives through products, services, and experiences. We focus on supporting founders of color across Black, Indigenous, Latina/o/x, and AAPI communities.
Hosting nearly 300 youth aged 18 to 25, the Academy will feature a series of targeted plenaries alongside advocacy visits on Capitol Hill.
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