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
Vela Foundation: 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.
Kapor Capital: Grants
Kapor Capital is an Oakland-based venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming startups. Applications received on a rolling basis.
NationSwell Council
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.
Charter School Growth Fund: Seed Funding
A grant for charter schools looking to serve 250 to 1,000 additional students in the next two years.
Charter School Growth Fund: Scale Funding
A grant for charter schools looking to serve 1,000+ additional students in the next 3-5 years. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Gary Community Ventures Fellowship: Mid-Career
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.
The Clubhou.se: Make Startups
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.
Access Mode: MVP Lab
MVP Lab is Access Mode’s unique Accelerator model that prepares BIPOC tech founders for venture ready capital by helping to evolve their minimum viable product and gain paid traction.
Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship
REA is a four-month paid apprenticeship designed to provide a viable pathway beyond the conventional Western approach to explore and jumpstart a career in investment and financial management designed by and for Indigenous matriarchs.
100x Impact Accelerator
100x is looking for highly scalable models, that can be for-profit or non-profit, addressing global challenges in the areas of climate and environment, democracy, education, health, and social cohesion, among others.
Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassador
The Program helps early to mid-career Native American professionals strengthen, within an Indigenous cultural context, their ability to improve the well-being and growth of their communities. Applications received on a rolling basis.
Ashoka Fellowship
Once selected, each Ashoka Fellow embarks on a tailored timeline of investments and support over their lifetime. Applicants are nominated by peers 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
Drexel Fund School Founders Program
2025 START Program
START, our flagship pre-revenue program is built to ignite early-stage entrepreneurs’ journeys. Through a virtual learning experience grounded in Lean Startup principles, participants will develop a dynamic Business Model Canvas, transforming fresh ideas into thriving business models.
gener8tor Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator Spring and Fall 2025
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.
KaiPod Catalyst Training Program
The core information you need to start your own school is delivered via an online course, so you can work through it at your own pace in the evenings or weekends. In addition, you will be a part of a small group of other Founders for regular accountability meetings.
ODF24 is an intense one-week in-person experience focused on meeting collaborators, exploring ideas, and gaining conviction.
LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator 2025 Breakthrough to Scale Program
Apply to LearnLaunch’s Breakthrough to Scale Accelerator! Get expert coaching, investor connections, and up to $200K in milestone-based funding. Open to early-stage edtech startups in K-12, Higher Ed, Workforce & Lifelong Learning. Before applying, attend a required info session: http://bit.ly/BTSInfoWebinar
gener8tor Oklahoma City Accelerator 2025
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.
Black Girl Ventures x TikTok Shop: SOAR Together Business Accelerator Program
A 6-week cohort program, created in collaboration with TikTok, designed to empower entrepreneurs with the education, tools, and resources needed to maximize your potential on the platform.
ASU Prep Microschool Entrepreneur Fellowship
If you have an innovative idea for a microschool focused on K–12 learners ASU Prep can help you get started. This year-long fellowship program will give you access to robust training, proven curriculum resources, teaching methodologies, and ongoing support.
Boettcher Foundation: Community Connection Grant (Winter)
These grants often help fund the construction of facilities with multi-use spaces, bring together nonprofit organizations and cross-sector partners in shared locations, or make strategic investments that elevate successful initiatives to the next level.
Y Combinator: Next Batch
Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Spring 2025 Batch funding cycle. Groups work in-person from April - June 2025 in San Francisco.
Montessori Credential Grant
Our goal is to train and foster communities of practice for 60+ Black Montessori educators over the next two years. Through the Montessori Credential grant, we do just that by funding scholarships for Black educators interested in obtaining a Montessori credential.
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