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NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Listing of Social Venture Competitions and Related Fellowships
August 2015
The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to present this overview of social changemaking and related
competitions and fellowship opportunities. We made this listing as comprehensive as possible and new information will be added
when additional competitions or fellowships come to our attention. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to submit a
fellowship or competition for inclusion in the list, please contact the NYU Reynolds Program at [email protected]; include
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Acterra Business
Environmental
Awards
One applicant is selected as a winner in
each category – Acterra Award for
Sustainability, Environmental Innovation,
Environmental Project, and Sustainable
Built Environment.
Community recognition,
positive publicity, and
the opportunity to share
innovation
Any private or public business entity,
division or facilkity located in Alameda,
Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Clara or Santa Cruz County is eligiblehttp://www.acterra.org/progr
ams/bea/index.html
AMC U.S.
Innovation
Challenge
Accenture Management Consulting is
partnering with KaBOOM! for a multi-round
event where participants innovate and
possibly help implement solutions to real-
world challenges faced by nonprofit
partners.
Along the way, there are
opps. to win internship
interviews, finalists
attend presentations &
networking in DC,
winners receive an
internship offer & help
implementing their idea
Open to students enrolled in schools where
Accenture recruits, or members of MLT and
Jumpstart Forum.http://careers.accenture.com
/us-en/landing-
pages/Pages/innovation-
competition.aspx
American
Express NGen
Fellows
Honors and connects 12 under 40 leaders
in nonprofit sector. Offers on-line and in-
person activities, opportunity to interact
with mentors.
Fellowship opportunity Must be staff member at a nonprofit
organization. Under 40 years of age and be
able to attend all in-person activities in
Chicago.http://www.independentsector
.org/ngen_fellows_program
Amplify Program Sponsored by OpenIDEO, Amplify is a series
of 10 innovation challenges over five
years, with each focusing on a different
development issue.
Up to $500,000 and the
expertise of IDE
rg
designers to bring the
best ideas to life.
Anyone can participate by setting up a
profile on OpenIDEO.http://www.ideo.org/amplify
Ashoka Citizen
Base Initiative
(CBI)
CBI spurs organizations to build a broad
base of support – the Citizen Base. CBI
invests in organizations with innovative
resource mobilization strategies to spark a
movement away from traditional grant-
writing and toward sustainability.
Winners receive funding
and are linked to
Ashoka’s network of
social entrepreneurs
Winning organizations demonstrate
innovation, resource generation,
community mobilization, scale, and
feasibility in the plans submitted.http://www.citizenbase.org/
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Ashoka
Fellowship
Ashoka Fellows are leading social
entrepreneurs who we recognize to have
innovative solutions to social problems and
the potential to change patterns across
society. They demonstrate unrivaled
commitment to bold new ideas and prove
that compassion, creativity, and
collaboration are tremendous forces for
change all over the world.
Fellowship opportunity There are no age or education restrictions
on who may be elected. Details of the
election criteria are outlined on Ashoka's
Fellowship website.http://www.ashoka.org/suppor
t/sands
Ashoka Youth
Ventures
Youth Venture is a global movement of
young changemakers. They are made up of
young people – Venturers – from around
the world who have launched lasting social
ventures that create positive impact in our
communities.
Award and grant
opportunities are
available on the website
Your Venture’s leadership team must be
between the ages of 12-20 and
organizations must be a brand new
sustainable venture (not a one-time event)
and have the support of an adult ally.http://www.genv.net/en-ca
For specific grant info:
:http://www.genv.net/en-
us/do_it/fundraising/finding_
grants_awards
AT&T NYU
Connect Ability
Challenge
This three-month global software
development competition leverages mobile
and wireless technologies to improve the
lives of people living with disabilities.
A variety of cash
awards at 10,000 and
one $25,000 grand
prize.
Open to individuals, teams of eligible
individuals, and organizations up to 50
employees.http://connectability.challeng
epost.com/
Banking on Youth
Competition
Ashoka Youth Ventures and Consumer
Bankers Foundation have teamed up to
offer an opportunity for young people to
showcase venture ideas that directly
benefit society.
Win one of 30 $1,000
seed money prizes
Top six entrants will do
a Pitch Off for awards
of $5,000 & $15,000
You must be between 13 & 22 and have a
venture idea at any stage of the process.http://bankingonyouth.org/
BiD Network
Business Plan
Competitions
In addition to providing a network and
resources for social entrepreneurs, BiD
Network can proudly claim to be a global
leader in business plan competitions for
emerging market entrepreneurs.
Vary depending on the
competition, see
website for details
Competitions are international, for
entrepreneurs in emerging markets. See
website for specific opportunities.http://www.bidnetwork.org/en
/search/apachesolr_search?f
ilters=type%3Abusiness_plan
_competition
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Blue Ridge Labs Robin Hood’s Blue Ridge Labs 12-week
fellowship helps innovators build high-
impact products that make a difference for
low-income Americans in communities
traditionally overlooked by technology.
Fellows receive access
to mentors, support and
an honorarium. At the
end, pitch your product
to VCs, foundations,
agencies, etc.
U.S. Citizens and non-U.S. Citizens that
allow for fellowship, research, or contract
work. Applications are welcomed from both
individuals and teams.http://labs.robinhood.org/fello
wship/
Business Insider
Startup
Startup is New York’s top entrepreneurship
event and business-plan competition. To
compete, you apply to pitch your business
model onstage to VCs alongside six other
ambitious founders at the event. All
innovators can purchase event tickets.
Winner of the
competition, the Top
Startup, receives
$75,000 in cash
All entrepreneurs with a new company and
exciting business plan are invited to
compete.http://www.businessinsider.co
m/event/startup2012/index
Buckminster
Fuller Challenge
The Challenge is an annual international
design competition to support the
development and implementation of a
strategy that has significant potential to
solve humanity's most pressing problems.
Awards $100,000 to the
winner
Individual s or teams must be 18+ years
old and may only submit one entryhttp://challenge.bfi.org/
Challenge Detroit Challenge Detroit will select approximately
30 innovative leaders from Detroit and
across the United States to live, work, play,
give and lead in Detroit for one year. They
engage in community through team
challenges to positively impact the region.
Salary of $36,000 plus
benefits typical of a
host company
Leadership
development &
mentorship program
Applicants must have a Bachelors degree
and must be a US resident or legal resident
alien.http://www.challengedetroit.o
rg/
Changemakers
(Ashoka)
Competitions
Changemakers hosts collaborative online
competitions to identify and connect the
best social innovators and implementers.
Participants compete to surface the most
promising solutions, and then collaborate
to re?ne, enrich, and implement them.
Award amount varies
depending on
competition
Each competition outlines detailed
guidelines, criteria and prizes on the
website.http://www.changemakers.co
m/competitions
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CLASSY Awards Dubbed the “Academy Awards of
Philanthropy,” the CLASSY awards highlight
achievements of people and organizations
doing good across the country. Winners
are selected through a combination
process of public voting, a Past Winners
Judging Panel, and the CLASSY Awards
Leadership Council.
16 National CLASSY
Award Winners are
selected. Winning
allows for media
exposure, increased
recognition, and
industry growth
You can nominate either yourself/your
organization, or another
person/organization. Nonprofit
organizations, socially conscious
businesses, volunteers and college
students over 18 are all eligible for
nomination.http://www.stayclassy.org/cla
ssy-awards
Clean Tech Open The world’s largest cleantech accelerator
provides entrepreneurs and technologists
the resources needed to launch successful
cleantech companies that address today’s
most urgent energy, environmental, and
economic issues.
Prizes valued from
$10,000 regionally to
$250,000 nationally
Startups must fit into one of six clean tech
categories (online). Teams of 2+ with at
least one US resident. Must be a startup
with less than $1m from private third part
funding and less than $5m in all other
sources of funding.
www.cleantechopen.com
Cleantech Pitch
Slam (AGRION
and Green
Spaces)
Lively, fun, cleantech pitch competition
hosted by AGRION, the international
network of energy and cleantech
professionals, and Green Spaces, the
coworking community for environmental
and social entrepreneurs.
There are three rounds: 1) Elevator Pitches
(1 minute) 2) Half of first-rounders
selected for 5-minute Deck Pitches 3)
Question Round for finalists
The winner presents to
investors and cleantech
professionals at the
Wall Street Green
Summit and receive a
limited membership to
AGRION’s int’l network
and three months of
premier membership to
Green Spaces
Cleantech startups are eligible to apply
and Round One Elevator Pitches will be
selected from the applicants.
Event tickets and info
here:http://www.eventbrite.c
om/event/3013131357
Application
here:http://goagrion.wufoo.c
om/forms/pitch-
questionnaire/
Collegiate
Inventors
Competition
(Focused on
technology and
science)
The Competition promotes exploration in
invention, science, engineering,
technology, and other creative endeavors
and provides a window on the technologies
from which society will benefit. Up to 12
finalists in Graduate and Undergraduate
Divisions receive an all-expenses paid trip
to present their work to a panel of expert
judges in Washington, D.C.
In 2010, the top Grad
prize was $15,000 and
the top UG Prize was
$10,000. Other prizes
are awarded to select
finalists. Academic
advisors of each
winning entry also
receive a cash award
One team member must be enrolled full
time in a US or Canadian college for part of
the year prior to entry. The other team
members must have been enrolled on a
part-time basis (at a minimum) sometime
during the 24-month period prior to the
date the entry is submitted.http://invent.org/collegiate/ov
erview.html
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Cordes
Fellowships:
Opportunity
Collaboration
Fellowships
Provide 50 exceptional social
entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders
engaged in poverty alleviations and
economic justice ventures the ability to
participate as Delegates in the Opportunity
Collaboration.
Scholarship, and
opportunity to earn a
certificate of
completion from the
University of the Pacific
Global Center for Social
Entrepreneurship
Successful Cordes Fellowship applicants
are high-impact, innovative,
entrepreneurial for-profit and nonprofit
organization executives with a
demonstrated commitment to economic
justice and poverty alleviation.http://www.opportunitycollabo
ration.net/pre/fellowships/
D-Prize D-Prize is a call to the world’s boldest
social entrepreneurs. Submit your idea to
launch a new venture that solves one of
our distribution challenges in Girl’s
Education, Energy, Education, Governance
& Infrastructure, Global Health, and
Custom areas.
Provide $10,000 -
$20,000 and mentorship
to pilot ideas in a
developing region to 5 –
15 awardees. If
successful, D-Prize will
help with growth.
Open to currently enrolled graduate
students.http://www.d-prize.org/
The Do School One year fellowship program, Connection
Challenge, and Education Challenge to
empower DOers from all walks of life into
action.
Opportunity to learn and
practice the DO School
Method to put your
ideas to action
Varying, young people early 20’s to mid
30’shttp://thedoschool.org/
Do Something
Seed Grants
If you are working to start a community
action project or program and need seed
money to start taking action.
$500 Age 25 or younger. Applicants can apply
for as many grants as they want, but can
only be awarded one grant per year.http://www.dosomething.org/g
rants/seedgrants
Draper Richards
Kaplan
Foundation
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
was founded in 2002. Funders William H.
Draper, III and Robin Richards Donohoe,
venture capitalists who have run highly
successful funds together, believe in the
power of innovation and passionate
individuals to change the world.
Grant of $100,000 for
three years. Six grants
are awarded each year
The funds are specifically and solely for
entrepreneurs starting new non-profit
organizations. The idea must be
sustainable and scalable. The founder must
have the skills to manage a national or
global organization.http://www.draperrichards.or
g/process/index.html
DreamIt Ventures Apply as an individual or organizations. For
those with a great startup idea or have
skills such as strategist or hacker.
You are teamed up with
a DreamIt Company
(NYC or Philadelphia
locations) to help them
build their business
Applications focus on market opportunity,
and any idea that can be developed into a
product in three months.http://www.dreamitventures.c
om/about/
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Dutch Postcode
Lottery Green
Challenge
International competition for sustainable,
creative, and innovative business plans.
The Postcode Lottery seeks to help smart
green products and services reach a mass
audience.
€500,000 to winner;
€200,000 to one or two
runners up
Entries should directly reduce CO2
emissions, score highly on design, user-
friendliness and quality, and ready to be in
the market in two years.
www.greenchallenge.info
The Economist
and InnoCentive
Ideas Economy
The Ideas Economy event series taps into
The Economist's readers and rest of the
world to solve various challenges focused
on different topics. Challenges are posted
online for people to submit their solution.
Winners of the The
Challenge will win
$25,000 and are invited
to the conference
Open to all.http://ideas.economist.com/c
hallenges
Echoing Green
Fellowship
Through a two-year Echoing Green
Fellowship program, start-up capital and
technical assistance is provided to help
new leaders launch their organizations and
build capacity.
Fellowship opportunity Must be 18 or older. Organization must be
in a start-up phase. To be considered a
start-up, the organization may have been
in operation for up to two years, and
Echoing Green's financial support should
qualify it as significant early funder.http://www.echoinggreen.org/
fellowship/application-
overview
Echoing Green
Mini-Grant
Submit an idea for how you would spend
$500 to better understand & build deeper
relationships w/ members of the
community you most want to serve.
One person will receive
$500 to implement their
plan & a planning
session with Toni Harris,
NYU Wagner Director of
Career Services
Individuals submit their ideashttp://workonpurpose.echoing
green.org/questions/take-
perspective-someone-else-s
Eight Seeds Eight Seeds provides funding to student
social entrepreneurs improving NYC
education.
$500 - $1,000 grants
Consulting, networking,
and mentoring
Entrepreneurs must be enrolled in high
school, college, or graduate school.http://www.eightseeds.org/
Eileen Fisher:
Activating
Leadership Grant
Funds programs that activate leadership
qualities in women and girls.
$5,000 awarded each
year
Must show an innovative, holistic, effective
and direct approach to activating
leadership among women and/or girls.http://www.eileenfisher.com/E
ileenFisherCompany/Compan
yGeneralContentPages/Social
Conciousness/Self_Image.jsp
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Eileen Fisher:
Women-Owned
Businesses
Program
Supports women-owned businesses that
combine the principles of social
consciousness, sustainability, and
innovation to create new businesses or
invigorate existing ones.
Up to five grants of
$12,500 awarded each
year
Established businesses and startups are
eligible. Applicants must be 100% women
owned and produce products or services
that foster environmental and economic
health in the community.http://www.eileenfisher.com/E
ileenFisherCompany/Compan
yGeneralContentPages/Social
Conciousness/Grants_2011.js
p
Empire State
Fellows Program
Full-time 2-yr leadership training program
that will prepare talented professionals for
careers in New York State policy.
Governor Cuomo will appoint each to work
directly with a high-level policy maker at
one of many state agencies.
Will receive an annual
salary not to exceed
$72,765 and benefits.
Also includes an
educational component
Applicants can come from any professional
or academic discipline – Bachelor’s
degree required (Master’s preferred) and
at least 3 years of professional experience.
Full guidelines online.http://www.dos.ny.gov/newnyl
eaders/fellows_app.html
Entrepreneurs
Challenge
The University of Auckland Business School
Entrepreneurs’ Challenge offers finance,
mentoring, profile and prestige to growth-
oriented New Zealand small & medium
enterprises (SMEs). The Challenge brings
together an extensive network of
organizations and businesspeople.
Up to$1 million per year
divided between the
successful applicants.
Investments are not
less than $200k as an
interest-bearing loan
repayable over 3 years
All GST-registered, for profit, commercial
entities (not banking or property related)
that have revenues of $1m+ and have been
in operation for 2+ years. While the focus
is on SMEs, companies seeking early stage
funding will also be considered.http://entrepreneurschalleng
e.co.nz/how-to-apply/faqs
Envirolution Win-
Win Campaign
The Win-Win Campaign is an energy
efficiency technical training and fellowship
program, combined with an energy
efficiency outreach, education and
implementation assistance initiative for
small businesses.
Pay tuition for the
course provides
benefits:
Job placement,
networking, training,
and experience.
http://jobs.justmeans.com/job
/sustainability-technical-
training-and-hands-on-new-
york-ny-envirolution-
985d1f7fd0/?d=1&source=co
mplete_page
Ernst & Young
Entrepreneurial
Winning Women
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning
Women program seeks a select group of
high-potential women entrepreneurs to
join an elite business network of the
country’s best high-growth companies and
participate in a customized executive
leadership program.
Leadership program
opportunity
Applicants are women CEOs who have
founded their privately held US companies
within the past 10 years and have reported
at least US$1 million in revenue during
each of the past two.http://www.ey.com/US/en/Ser
vices/Strategic-Growth-
Markets/Entrepreneurial-
Winning-Women---2012-call-
for-applications
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The Feast Rev Up
Change
Challenge
The Feast is partnering with NBCUniversal
to present The NBCU Rev Up Change
Challenge. The prize provides a platform
for American entrepreneurs to scale the
impact of their social venture.
$25,000 cash prize and
the opportunity to
speak at the Feast
Four runners up receive
tickets to The Feast
Conference
Applicants must be 18+ years old.
Ventures must be operational for at least
one year and address a social problem.http://www.feastongood.com/
revupchange/
Focus Forward
Filmmaker
Competition
Focus Forward films is looking for
professional quality 3-minute stories about
visionaries, thinkers, or every day folks
that have moved the world and help make
it better with innovation or invention.
Grand prize of $100,000
& 2
nd
-5
th
prize totaling
$100,000. Winning films
distributed globally, &
winners go to Sundance
to receive their prize
Any age or geography permitted, all films
must be English-language or subtitled in
English.http://vimeo.com/focusforwar
dfilms/
Forbes Under 30
$1M Change the
World
Competition
The Forbes Under 30 $1M Change the
World Competition calls on social
entrepreneurs with disruptive and scalable
ideas with the potential to change the
world. It is the largest ever for young
social entrepreneurs.
6 finalists: $100,000
each
Overall winner:
$400,000 more in cash
+ in-kind prizes
Active social entrepreneurs under 30, who
is the founder, co-founder, or top
executive of their organization.https://herox.com/Under30
Foster School of
Business Global
Social
Entrepreneurship
Competition
GSEC is an international student social
business plan competition that challenges
university-level students worldwide to use
business principles to create sustainable,
positive solutions to some of the world’s
most challenging issues—poverty, health
and development.
Chance to win cash
($1,500 - $12,000) and
in-kind prizes, as well
as invitation to Seattle
for presentations,
competitions, coaching,
and networking.
All currently enrolled students in a degree-
seeking program worldwide may apply. All
team members must be enrolled &
attending classes throughout the entire
process.http://www.foster.washington.
edu/centers/gbc/globalsocial
entrepreneurshipcompetition/
Pages/GSEC.aspx
Fuse Corps Fuse Corps Fellows are selected for
distinguished, “cabinet-level” positions
working with leaders in state and local
governments or community organizations.
Fellows spend one year working full-time
on a grassroots project addressing
national issues in local contexts.
Provides the best
hands-on, public
service/entrepreneurial
leadership experience
in the country by
providing critical skills
and motivations
Highly motivated professionals with 8-10
years of experience in the private sector
that have a demonstrated interest in public
service and demonstrated interest in the
policy or program area on which they will
focus.http://fusecorps.org/join-
fuse-corps/
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Future 100
Awards
The Future 100 Awards recognizes the
success of young entrepreneurs aged 18-
35 who demonstrate entrepreneurial flair
and innovation for progressing a
responsible business venture with a triple
bottom line: people, planet and profit.
Award opportunity
including training
opportunities and
increased PR
Applicants must be aged 18 – 35, and
running a UK-based business with a social
and environmental mission, with a local or
global remit.http://future10
0awards.wordpress.com/appl
y-here/
Gifted CitiZen
Prize
Each year the Gifted CitiZen Prize is given
to the best social entrepreneurship project
that has the ability to benefit 10 million
people over the next six years. This
international prize honors the passions of
those that seek to develop real solutions to
humanity’s most pressing issues.
Finalists all attend the
Ciudad de las Ideas
festival, where the
winner is selected.
One winning project
receives $100,000
Submissions must have at least one year of
working on the project. Focus areas:
Scientific innovation; Technological
invention; Educational, ecological & social
transformation; Art & culture; Sustainable
economic development & socially
responsible entrepreneurship; Human
cultural & social rights.http://www.podercivico.org.m
x/giftedcitizen/index.php/en/
Global Good Fund The Global Good Fund creates agents of
world change by leveraging societal
investors to develop high potential young
leaders. It targets the power of aligning
three catylsts of social change: social
investors who want to have significance,
young leaders with extraordinary potential,
and senior executive with experience
helping young leaders develop.
Leadership
development grants
begin at $10,000 per
fellow
Applicants must be under 40 years old,
operated their organization for 1-2 years
and intending to scale. Fellows focus on
five core dimensions of health:
environmental, developmental, cultural,
physical, and economic health.http://www.globalgoodfund.or
g/
Global Social
Benefit Incubator
by Social Edge
The Global Social Benefit Incubator
(GSBI™) assists social entrepreneurs in
developing business plans that enable their
organizations to become financially
sustainable and scalable.
All applicants receive
constructive feedback
form Silicon Valley
mentors, and 20
entrepreneurs receive a
full scholarship for a
two-week executive
training program.
There are no specific eligibility
requirements, but all applicants must
complete the three exercises posted on
the website. Judging criteria are also
posted on the website.http://www.socialedge.org/fea
tures/gsbi?utm_source=Soci
al+Edge+Newsletter&utm_ca
mpaign=960abc058a-
Newsletter_GSBI2012_12_30
_2011&utm_medium=email
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Global Social
Entrepreneurship
Competition @
Foster School of
Business
GSEC is a leading-edge international social
venture plan competition, where
interdisciplinary student teams from
around the world propose creative,
commercially viable businesses aimed at
reducing poverty in the developing world.
$30,000 GSEC is open to currently enrolled
students, at any level of study, at any
academic institution of higher education
worldwide.http://www.foster.washington.
edu/centers/gbc/globalsocial
entrepreneurshipcompetition/
Pages/GSEC.aspx
Global Social
Venture
Competition
The Global Social Venture Competition is
the world’s preeminent social business
plan competition providing aspiring
entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, &
prize money to transform their business
ideas into positive real-world impact.
$45,000 Each entrant team must include a graduate
business student from any business school
in the world or an individual who has
graduated from a graduate
business program within the past two yearshttp://www.gsvc.org/about_gs
vc/
Goldman
Environmental
Prize
Recognizes individuals for sustained and
significant efforts to protect and enhance
the natural environment. For "grassroots"
leaders, involved in local efforts.
$150,000 Nominees are considered a leader in a
grassroots campaign or sustained effort
that seeks to have, or results in, a
significant impact at the regional, national
or global level.http://www.goldmanprize.org/
theprize/nominators
Good Company
Ventures
The GoodCompany Ventures Incubator is a
program designed to accelerate the
growth of social enterprise startups. The
program seeks to attract and honor
entrepreneurs working in spaces such as
Educational reform and impact, Green
technology, Healthcare reform and impact,
Social networking and community creation.
Gain access to industry
experts, mentors and
strategic advisors
For-profit social enterprises that are
developing solutions to unmet social
needs. Candidates must have completed
their concept stage, have already engaged
partners, created a prototype and begun
beta or test marketing. Companies should
also anticipate needing external funding
within 6-12 months.http://www.goodcompanyvent
ures.org/
GOOD Maker
Challenge
Organizations submit a challenge to the
community, asking for what they need to
drive meaningful impact and the company
votes on which ideas best meet the
challenge. The winner receives an award to
activate their idea into real-world impact.
Winners receive funding
to implement their idea;
Amount of funding
varies challenge to
challenge
Anyone who joins the community can
submit ideas and vote.http://maker.good.is/
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Google.org
Impact Challenge
The Google Impact Challenge travels to
different regions, asking local nonprofits
how they would use innovation to make a
better world, and inviting the public to vote
for the projects with the greatest impact
potential.
Top four winning
projects receive
$500,000 and more
receive smaller
amounts (exact number
and amount varies by
region)
Organizations must be registered as a
nonprofit (501(c)(3)) at the time of
submitting the applications.http://www.google.org/local-
giving/impact-challenge/
Grant for Change Grant for Change seeks online nominations
of design community members working
tirelessly to bring positive change to their
communities. The top ten finalists come
from public votes (5/10) and their favorites
(5/10). The finalists share more about their
work and one winner is chosen each year.
$10,000 Aimed toward members of the design
community that want to bring lasting
change to their communities.http://www.nau.com/collectiv
e/grant-for-change/
Grinnell College
Young Innovator
for Social Justice
Prize
The Grinnell College Young Innovator for
Social Justice Prize honors individuals who
have demonstrated leadership in their
fields, along with creativity, commitment,
and extraordinary accomplishment in
effecting positive social change.
$100,000 (1/2 awarded
to individual, 1/2
awarded to organization
committed to winner's
area of social justice)
Open to all under the age of 40.http://www.grinnell.edu/office
s/chaplain/socialjusticeprize/
nominationcriteria
Halcyon
Incubator
The Halcyon Incubator was founded on the
principle that intrepid individuals with
transformative ideas can solve 21
st
century
challenges. It aims to transform audacious
ideas into scalable ventures that can
achieve meaningful social outcomes.
Fellows live and work at
Halcyon House for four
months, and are given
access to resources,
consultants and staff.
Applicants must be 21+ years old and
ventures must be start-ups that are the
original idea of the applicant and
independent startups. Applicants must be
fulltime for the fellowship, have legal work
eligibility in the US and not in college.
Harvard
Undergraduate
Women in
Business:
Business for
Good Competition
The Business for Good competition is a
business plan contest that rewards
impactful social enterprise ideas among
college students.
Mentorship & exposure
1
st
Place: $2,500 &
presentation at the
Intercollegiate Business
Convention
2
nd
Place: $1,000 prize
Teams of up to 5 people (at least 50%
female)https://www.striking.ly/bfg201
2#0
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Hitachi
Foundation
Yoshiyama Young
Entrepreneurs
Program
Seeks to identify and support inspiring
young entrepreneurs whose work helps
alleviate domestic poverty. Partner
organizations include Investors' Circle,
Social Venture Network, B Lab, and PICnet.
Up to 5 winners receive
$40,000 grant as well
as development,
mentoring, &
peer/advisor network
resources
Open to entrepreneurs who are operating
viable businesses in the United States with
the dual purpose of making a difference
and making a living. Entrepreneurs must
have launched their business before they
reached age 30.http://www.hitachifoundation.
org/our-work/yoshiyama-
young-entrepreneurs-
program
Hub Ventures
Program
Hub Ventures helps high caliber
entrepreneurs build their world-changing
startups better and faster. Operates in 12-
week cohort cycles at Hub Bay Area to
provide seed funding, mentorships,
workshops, and speakers. The program
ends with a pitch opportunity to hundreds
of investors at Investor Day.
$10,000 – $20,000 in
seed funding for each
company along with
perks at various
companies,
mentorships, network
access, etc.
Works with strong startup teams at all
stages w/ potential for scale, profitability
and significant, measurable impact.
Generally work with “technology for good”
companies but consider many other types
of businesses.http://hub-
ventures.com/program/progr
am-overview/
Hult Prize
Foundation
The Hult Prize Foundation is a start-up
accelerator for budding young social
entrepreneurs emerging from the world’s
universities. The annual Hult Prize aims to
identify and launch the most compelling
social business ideas.
Winners receive
$1million in seed
capital, mentorship,
advice from the
international business
community
Teams of 3-5 students from universities all
over the globe are eligible to compete. All
participants must be from the same school
and a maximum of one non-faculty
alumnus is allowed on a team.http://www.hultprize.org/en/
IDEX Fellowship The IDEX Fellowship is a field placement in
a social enterprise that offers cultural and
social immersion into the field for college
graduates interested in launching a career
in the sector. Fellows are strategically
placed to work with entrepreneurs to
develop a blueprint for change.
9-month paid, early
entry, professional
development program
Applicants must be at least 21 years of age
with a college degree by June of the year
they are applying for the Fellowship.
Academic or work experience in business,
economics, development, education or
related fields is preferred.http://www.idexfellowship.co
m/
IGNITEgood
Millenial Impact
Challenge
IGNITEgood and the Huffington Post are
looking to identify the nation’s most
compelling social activists who have the
potential to change the world with service.
10 winners get $10,000
and a 3-day bootcamp
to turn their vision into
action
All U.S. residents under age 30 are eligible;
Entries should fit into these categories:
Opportunity, Health and Wellness,
Education, Green, or World.http://ignite-good.org/the-
competition/
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IMPACT Business
Award
The IMPACT (Innovative Models Promoting
Adaptation and Climate Technologies)
Business Award rewards enterprises that
apply innovative business solutions in
combating Climate Change. The IMPACT
Business Award made a total of up to five
International Awards available in 2011.
€5,000 Businesses, business associations, NGOs,
community-based organizations, think
tanks, research institutions and public
sector organizations are all eligible.http://www.gc21.de/ibt/en/mo
dules/gc21/ws-
FLEXdialogue/info/ibt/impact.
sxhtml
International
Impact Investing
Challenge
The International Impact Investing
Challenge is a pitch competition for
graduate students focused on designing
investment vehicles that create
sustainable impact and are of the size and
scope that would be of interest to
institutional investors.
Overall First Prize:
$10,000 & Milken
Institute Global
Conference admission;
Overall Runner-up:
$5,000
Graduate students from around the world
are eligible to apply. Teams are limited to a
maximum of 4 members and only one of
those may be pursuing an Executive MBA
http://impactinvestingchallen
ge.org/index.html
The Jenzabar
Foundation
The Jenzabar Foundation's 2010 Student
Leadership Awards, recognize ten student-
led campus groups and projects that have
made a significant contribution to better
the world outside of their institutions of
higher education.
$5,000 grant for each
award winner
Institutions of higher education, non-profit
organizations, religious organizations and
self-nominations from students for their
community service or humanitarian
efforts; Students must be enrolled in an
accredited college or university.http://www.thejenzabarfounda
tion.org/ICS/Welcome/Introdu
ction_to_Jenzabar_Internet_
Campus_Solution.jnz?portlet
=2010_Student_Leadership_
Awards
J.M.K. Innovation
Prize
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is an exciting
new initiative of the J.M. Kaplan Fund to
support early stage ideas in inter-
disciplinary innovation in the fields of
cultural heritage, human rights, the built
environment and the natural environment.
Up to 10 Prizes in 2015
of up to $175,000 each:
$50,000/yr for up to 3
years and $25,000
available for targeted
expenses
Individuals or teams leading a
transformative project/idea in early stages
of development, poised to launch or grow
in 2-3 years. Must be: U.S.-based, within
the four subject areas, interdisciplinary or
hypridized approach, not solely for-profit,
develop a pilot or prototype with funding
and be scalable.http://www.jmkfund.org/the-
jmk-innovation-prize
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Joshua Venture
Group Dual
Investment
Program
This 2-year program provides funding,
technical support, and skills development
to grow your groundbreaking idea into a
sustainable venture that will transform the
Jewish landscape and help to create a
more dynamic, just, and inclusive Jewish
community and experience.
$100,000 overall in
funding. Also included
are skills building
retreats, workshops,
coaching, and network
connections
Ideal candidates will demonstrate proven
leadership capability and a sound venture
structure.http://joshuaventuregroup.org
/dual-investment-program
JP Morgan Chase
Force for Good
Force for Good engages JPMorgan Chase
Global Technology staff to form creative,
motivated and diverse project teams to
pair with socially focused organizations on
projects to promote technological
innovation and support their technology
needs.
Projects include mobile
or web application
development, social
media development,
technology
optimization, technical
product market analysis
and requirements
gathering.
Organizations must have executive buy-in,
ensure external vendors are willing to work
with the JPMC team, be willing to provide
feedback, and sign off on the JPMC
agreement.http://www.jpmorganchase.co
m/corporate/Corporate-
Responsibility/technology-
for-social-good-
programs.htm#foc
JusticeMakers
2012 HIV/AIDS
Global
Compeititon
JusticeMakers is a global community and
an annual competition to support
innovative projects run by defenders,
human rights officers and public officials.
The 2012 competition is focused on the
legal rights of those living with HIV/AIDS
within the criminal justice system.
International Bridges to
Justice select 12 fellows
who receive $5,000,
access to secondary
funders, and online
training opportunities
International Bridges to Justice will reward
JusticeMakers fellows whose criminal
justice reform projects display the most
innovation, efficacy, and sustainabilityhttp://justicemakers.ibj.org/
Kaplan EdTech
Accelerator
The Kaplan EdTEch Accelerator is a
program created to incubate startups
building companies focused on education.
It is a three month intensive, deep
immersion program for ten startups.
Program includes:
$20k investment,
mentors, market
insights, access to
decision makers and
instructional design,
presentation to
investors, VCs & media
Technology-powered startups around the
world that are looking to change education
for the better.http://www.kaplanedtechacce
lerator.com/
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Ketel One & GQ
A Gentleman’s
Call: In Pursuit of
an Idea that
Matters
Submit ideas for positive impact that are
implementable and exhibit the ideals of
entrepreneurship, craftsmanship, and
philanthropy.
Winner receives
$100,000 to launch the
plan
Men and women over 25 are eligible www.agentlemanscall.com
KIND Causes All participants need to do is describe the
cause and how the funding will be used,
and each month KIND supports one socially
impactful Cause.
One winner each month
receives $10,000
Open to participants in the US and Canada
(excluding Quebec) and 18 years or older.
Proposals must be designed to be
completed within 6 months of winning and
within the $10,000 budget.http://causes.kindsnacks.com
/
LaunchPad
Competition
The intention of the Launch Pad contest is
to support those people with the character,
the integrity, and the resolve to get their
ideas off the ground & impact their
community.
$5,000 awarded to the 5
winners, along with an
invitation to the Encore
Career Summit and
peer networking
Applicants must be 45 or older and a U.S.
citizen or legal residenthttp://launchpad.encore.org/p
ages/eligibility-and-criteria
The Laundromat
Project Create
Change Fellows &
Public Artist
Residencies
Create Change Professional Development
Fellows participate in bi-weekly
discussions and workshops designed to
help them approach socially-engaged
creative practice.
Create Change Public Artists in Residence
are also able to apply this to a site-specific
project in their community.
Both gain access to a
network of
professionals and
changemakers and
artists receive an
honorarium ($3,000)
and a production
budget ($1000)
Available to artists living in New York, New
Jersey, and Philadelphia
Find an info
session:http://laundromatpro
ject.eventbrite.com/
Laura W. Bush
Traveling
Fellowship
This fellowship will help fund an applicant’s
proposal to work in a foreign country
related to the mandate of UNESCO – using
education, natural sciences, social and
human sciences, culture and/or
communication and information to build
strong ties among nations.
Fellowship opportunity US citizen; Must be currently enrolled in a
college or university in United States; aged
18-25http://www.state.gov/p/io/une
sco/programs/143138.htm
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Leapfrog Global
Fellows
LeapFrog offers a unique professional
development opportunity to outstanding
and entrepreneurial young leaders: a two-
year immersion in impact investing and
frontier financial services.
Fellows are staffed in
one of LeapFrog’s
global offices for two
years w/ a range of
responsibilities
Fellows come from all over the globe and a
variety of backgrounds. But they show
deep commitment to social impact,
emerging markets, or social
entrepreneurship.http://leapfroginvest.simplica
nt.com/job/detail/9843-
global-fellows-program
Licensing
Executives
Society Graduate
Student Business
Plan Competition
The LES Foundation & Licensing Executives
Society emphasizes intellectual property
mentorship, education ,and networking
featuring judges who span industry sectors
and share valuable expertise.
$10,000 in cash plus in-
kind prizes and the
option to compete for
LESI’s $5,000 global
award
For graduate students interested in
intellectual property (IP) and licensing
issueshttp://www.lesfoundation.org/
competition/
Livestrong The
Big C
Competition
The Big C Competition is looking for big
thinkers to create innovations and
solutions improving the daily lives of
people facing cancer.
150 teams receive
mentoring; 60 teams
win a total of $140,000;
20 are invited to an
accelerator; 5 pitch for
$25,000 grand prize
Anyone globally 18+ years old and not a
resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan,
and Syria.http://bigc.livestrong.org/#/ho
me
MacArthur
Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation supports creative people and
effective institutions committed to building
a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
In addition to the MacArthur Fellows
(Genius Grants), the Foundation works to
defend human rights, advance global
conservation and security, make cities
better places, and understand how
technology is affecting children and
society across the world.
A total of 497 grants
ranging from $10,000 to
$5 million
Eligibility guidelines and funding cycles are
available online. Each one differs but
please note that the Foundation does not
support political activities or attempts to
influence action on specific legislation,
does not provide scholarship funding, does
not provide unsolicited grants, and does
not support fundraising drives and similar
projects.http://www.macfound.org/
Meaningful
Conversations
$100k Challenge
The Meaningful Conversations $100k
Challenge seeks a product that targets
unhealthy food culture and counteracts
mainstream media and other unhealthy
influences by encouraging families to have
meaningful conversations about food.
$100,000 contract to
work with Transcendent
Endeavors, office space
in NYC & 4-month
mentorship to test and
prove viability
Open only to individuals who are 18+ and
legally residing in the U.S.http://meaningfulconversatio
nschallenge.com/
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The Milken-Penn
GSE Prize for
Business Plans in
Education
The Education Business Plan Competition
has become a leader in the field of
education entrepreneurship, and continues
to attract innovative ideas from around the
world. Focused solely on education, the
competition is designed to stimulate
cutting-edge ideas that serve the world’s
educational needs.
Six prizes and a total of
$120,000 in prize
money
Any individual (18+), group of individuals,
company and organization (with $100,000 in
in-kind and cash prizes
Each entered plan
receives 20 pages of
feedback ever round
Company must be for-profit, company must
have a defined social and/or environmental
goal that is part of how you make money.http://williamjamesfoundation
.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=P
age.viewPage&pageId=884
Young Innovator
for Social Justice
The Grinnell College Young Innovator for
Social Justice Prize honors individuals
under the age of 40 who have
demonstrated leadership in their fields and
who show creativity, commitment, and
extraordinary accomplishment in effecting
positive social change.
Up to 3 prizes of
$100,000
Applicants must have an exceptional
record of substantive, innovative
contributions within their chosen field that
have enabled them to become a force for
social justice.http://www.grinnell.edu/office
s/chaplain/socialjusticeprize
Young Innovators
Competition at
ITU Telecom
World
ITU, the leading United Nations Agency for
information and communication
technology sponsors the competition for
young social entrepreneurs with ICT based
concepts or projects
Up to 10,000 CHF,
hands-on workshops,
networking and the
chance to showcase at
the InnovatorSpace
Ages 18 – 25http://world2012.itu.int/young
-innovators-competition
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Youth Citizen
Entrepreneurship
Competition
The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship
Competition is an international
program launched by The Goi Peace
Foundation, Stiftung Entrepreneurship
(Berlin) and UNESCO. The competition
highlights the best examples of youth
entrepreneurs who aspire to make change
in their community.
Participants submit
ideas or projects for
consideration:
All receive online
entrepreneurship
training.
People’s Choice Prize
winner & Grand Prize
winner (by judges)
present at Berlin
summit
Ages 15 – 30, can be teams.
Best Ideas Category: innovative ideas and
plans for an enterprise (new and original
idea not yet fully implemented)
Best Projects Category: Already existing
enterprise which has a demonstrated
social impact
https://www.youth-
competition.org/
doc_572663577.pdf
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NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Listing of Social Venture Competitions and Related Fellowships
August 2015
The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to present this overview of social changemaking and related
competitions and fellowship opportunities. We made this listing as comprehensive as possible and new information will be added
when additional competitions or fellowships come to our attention. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to submit a
fellowship or competition for inclusion in the list, please contact the NYU Reynolds Program at [email protected]; include
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Acterra Business
Environmental
Awards
One applicant is selected as a winner in
each category – Acterra Award for
Sustainability, Environmental Innovation,
Environmental Project, and Sustainable
Built Environment.
Community recognition,
positive publicity, and
the opportunity to share
innovation
Any private or public business entity,
division or facilkity located in Alameda,
Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Clara or Santa Cruz County is eligiblehttp://www.acterra.org/progr
ams/bea/index.html
AMC U.S.
Innovation
Challenge
Accenture Management Consulting is
partnering with KaBOOM! for a multi-round
event where participants innovate and
possibly help implement solutions to real-
world challenges faced by nonprofit
partners.
Along the way, there are
opps. to win internship
interviews, finalists
attend presentations &
networking in DC,
winners receive an
internship offer & help
implementing their idea
Open to students enrolled in schools where
Accenture recruits, or members of MLT and
Jumpstart Forum.http://careers.accenture.com
/us-en/landing-
pages/Pages/innovation-
competition.aspx
American
Express NGen
Fellows
Honors and connects 12 under 40 leaders
in nonprofit sector. Offers on-line and in-
person activities, opportunity to interact
with mentors.
Fellowship opportunity Must be staff member at a nonprofit
organization. Under 40 years of age and be
able to attend all in-person activities in
Chicago.http://www.independentsector
.org/ngen_fellows_program
Amplify Program Sponsored by OpenIDEO, Amplify is a series
of 10 innovation challenges over five
years, with each focusing on a different
development issue.
Up to $500,000 and the
expertise of IDE
rgdesigners to bring the
best ideas to life.
Anyone can participate by setting up a
profile on OpenIDEO.http://www.ideo.org/amplify
Ashoka Citizen
Base Initiative
(CBI)
CBI spurs organizations to build a broad
base of support – the Citizen Base. CBI
invests in organizations with innovative
resource mobilization strategies to spark a
movement away from traditional grant-
writing and toward sustainability.
Winners receive funding
and are linked to
Ashoka’s network of
social entrepreneurs
Winning organizations demonstrate
innovation, resource generation,
community mobilization, scale, and
feasibility in the plans submitted.http://www.citizenbase.org/
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Ashoka
Fellowship
Ashoka Fellows are leading social
entrepreneurs who we recognize to have
innovative solutions to social problems and
the potential to change patterns across
society. They demonstrate unrivaled
commitment to bold new ideas and prove
that compassion, creativity, and
collaboration are tremendous forces for
change all over the world.
Fellowship opportunity There are no age or education restrictions
on who may be elected. Details of the
election criteria are outlined on Ashoka's
Fellowship website.http://www.ashoka.org/suppor
t/sands
Ashoka Youth
Ventures
Youth Venture is a global movement of
young changemakers. They are made up of
young people – Venturers – from around
the world who have launched lasting social
ventures that create positive impact in our
communities.
Award and grant
opportunities are
available on the website
Your Venture’s leadership team must be
between the ages of 12-20 and
organizations must be a brand new
sustainable venture (not a one-time event)
and have the support of an adult ally.http://www.genv.net/en-ca
For specific grant info:
:http://www.genv.net/en-
us/do_it/fundraising/finding_
grants_awards
AT&T NYU
Connect Ability
Challenge
This three-month global software
development competition leverages mobile
and wireless technologies to improve the
lives of people living with disabilities.
A variety of cash
awards at 10,000 and
one $25,000 grand
prize.
Open to individuals, teams of eligible
individuals, and organizations up to 50
employees.http://connectability.challeng
epost.com/
Banking on Youth
Competition
Ashoka Youth Ventures and Consumer
Bankers Foundation have teamed up to
offer an opportunity for young people to
showcase venture ideas that directly
benefit society.
Win one of 30 $1,000
seed money prizes
Top six entrants will do
a Pitch Off for awards
of $5,000 & $15,000
You must be between 13 & 22 and have a
venture idea at any stage of the process.http://bankingonyouth.org/
BiD Network
Business Plan
Competitions
In addition to providing a network and
resources for social entrepreneurs, BiD
Network can proudly claim to be a global
leader in business plan competitions for
emerging market entrepreneurs.
Vary depending on the
competition, see
website for details
Competitions are international, for
entrepreneurs in emerging markets. See
website for specific opportunities.http://www.bidnetwork.org/en
/search/apachesolr_search?f
ilters=type%3Abusiness_plan
_competition
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Blue Ridge Labs Robin Hood’s Blue Ridge Labs 12-week
fellowship helps innovators build high-
impact products that make a difference for
low-income Americans in communities
traditionally overlooked by technology.
Fellows receive access
to mentors, support and
an honorarium. At the
end, pitch your product
to VCs, foundations,
agencies, etc.
U.S. Citizens and non-U.S. Citizens that
allow for fellowship, research, or contract
work. Applications are welcomed from both
individuals and teams.http://labs.robinhood.org/fello
wship/
Business Insider
Startup
Startup is New York’s top entrepreneurship
event and business-plan competition. To
compete, you apply to pitch your business
model onstage to VCs alongside six other
ambitious founders at the event. All
innovators can purchase event tickets.
Winner of the
competition, the Top
Startup, receives
$75,000 in cash
All entrepreneurs with a new company and
exciting business plan are invited to
compete.http://www.businessinsider.co
m/event/startup2012/index
Buckminster
Fuller Challenge
The Challenge is an annual international
design competition to support the
development and implementation of a
strategy that has significant potential to
solve humanity's most pressing problems.
Awards $100,000 to the
winner
Individual s or teams must be 18+ years
old and may only submit one entryhttp://challenge.bfi.org/
Challenge Detroit Challenge Detroit will select approximately
30 innovative leaders from Detroit and
across the United States to live, work, play,
give and lead in Detroit for one year. They
engage in community through team
challenges to positively impact the region.
Salary of $36,000 plus
benefits typical of a
host company
Leadership
development &
mentorship program
Applicants must have a Bachelors degree
and must be a US resident or legal resident
alien.http://www.challengedetroit.o
rg/
Changemakers
(Ashoka)
Competitions
Changemakers hosts collaborative online
competitions to identify and connect the
best social innovators and implementers.
Participants compete to surface the most
promising solutions, and then collaborate
to re?ne, enrich, and implement them.
Award amount varies
depending on
competition
Each competition outlines detailed
guidelines, criteria and prizes on the
website.http://www.changemakers.co
m/competitions
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CLASSY Awards Dubbed the “Academy Awards of
Philanthropy,” the CLASSY awards highlight
achievements of people and organizations
doing good across the country. Winners
are selected through a combination
process of public voting, a Past Winners
Judging Panel, and the CLASSY Awards
Leadership Council.
16 National CLASSY
Award Winners are
selected. Winning
allows for media
exposure, increased
recognition, and
industry growth
You can nominate either yourself/your
organization, or another
person/organization. Nonprofit
organizations, socially conscious
businesses, volunteers and college
students over 18 are all eligible for
nomination.http://www.stayclassy.org/cla
ssy-awards
Clean Tech Open The world’s largest cleantech accelerator
provides entrepreneurs and technologists
the resources needed to launch successful
cleantech companies that address today’s
most urgent energy, environmental, and
economic issues.
Prizes valued from
$10,000 regionally to
$250,000 nationally
Startups must fit into one of six clean tech
categories (online). Teams of 2+ with at
least one US resident. Must be a startup
with less than $1m from private third part
funding and less than $5m in all other
sources of funding.
www.cleantechopen.com
Cleantech Pitch
Slam (AGRION
and Green
Spaces)
Lively, fun, cleantech pitch competition
hosted by AGRION, the international
network of energy and cleantech
professionals, and Green Spaces, the
coworking community for environmental
and social entrepreneurs.
There are three rounds: 1) Elevator Pitches
(1 minute) 2) Half of first-rounders
selected for 5-minute Deck Pitches 3)
Question Round for finalists
The winner presents to
investors and cleantech
professionals at the
Wall Street Green
Summit and receive a
limited membership to
AGRION’s int’l network
and three months of
premier membership to
Green Spaces
Cleantech startups are eligible to apply
and Round One Elevator Pitches will be
selected from the applicants.
Event tickets and info
here:http://www.eventbrite.c
om/event/3013131357
Application
here:http://goagrion.wufoo.c
om/forms/pitch-
questionnaire/
Collegiate
Inventors
Competition
(Focused on
technology and
science)
The Competition promotes exploration in
invention, science, engineering,
technology, and other creative endeavors
and provides a window on the technologies
from which society will benefit. Up to 12
finalists in Graduate and Undergraduate
Divisions receive an all-expenses paid trip
to present their work to a panel of expert
judges in Washington, D.C.
In 2010, the top Grad
prize was $15,000 and
the top UG Prize was
$10,000. Other prizes
are awarded to select
finalists. Academic
advisors of each
winning entry also
receive a cash award
One team member must be enrolled full
time in a US or Canadian college for part of
the year prior to entry. The other team
members must have been enrolled on a
part-time basis (at a minimum) sometime
during the 24-month period prior to the
date the entry is submitted.http://invent.org/collegiate/ov
erview.html
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Cordes
Fellowships:
Opportunity
Collaboration
Fellowships
Provide 50 exceptional social
entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders
engaged in poverty alleviations and
economic justice ventures the ability to
participate as Delegates in the Opportunity
Collaboration.
Scholarship, and
opportunity to earn a
certificate of
completion from the
University of the Pacific
Global Center for Social
Entrepreneurship
Successful Cordes Fellowship applicants
are high-impact, innovative,
entrepreneurial for-profit and nonprofit
organization executives with a
demonstrated commitment to economic
justice and poverty alleviation.http://www.opportunitycollabo
ration.net/pre/fellowships/
D-Prize D-Prize is a call to the world’s boldest
social entrepreneurs. Submit your idea to
launch a new venture that solves one of
our distribution challenges in Girl’s
Education, Energy, Education, Governance
& Infrastructure, Global Health, and
Custom areas.
Provide $10,000 -
$20,000 and mentorship
to pilot ideas in a
developing region to 5 –
15 awardees. If
successful, D-Prize will
help with growth.
Open to currently enrolled graduate
students.http://www.d-prize.org/
The Do School One year fellowship program, Connection
Challenge, and Education Challenge to
empower DOers from all walks of life into
action.
Opportunity to learn and
practice the DO School
Method to put your
ideas to action
Varying, young people early 20’s to mid
30’shttp://thedoschool.org/
Do Something
Seed Grants
If you are working to start a community
action project or program and need seed
money to start taking action.
$500 Age 25 or younger. Applicants can apply
for as many grants as they want, but can
only be awarded one grant per year.http://www.dosomething.org/g
rants/seedgrants
Draper Richards
Kaplan
Foundation
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
was founded in 2002. Funders William H.
Draper, III and Robin Richards Donohoe,
venture capitalists who have run highly
successful funds together, believe in the
power of innovation and passionate
individuals to change the world.
Grant of $100,000 for
three years. Six grants
are awarded each year
The funds are specifically and solely for
entrepreneurs starting new non-profit
organizations. The idea must be
sustainable and scalable. The founder must
have the skills to manage a national or
global organization.http://www.draperrichards.or
g/process/index.html
DreamIt Ventures Apply as an individual or organizations. For
those with a great startup idea or have
skills such as strategist or hacker.
You are teamed up with
a DreamIt Company
(NYC or Philadelphia
locations) to help them
build their business
Applications focus on market opportunity,
and any idea that can be developed into a
product in three months.http://www.dreamitventures.c
om/about/
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Dutch Postcode
Lottery Green
Challenge
International competition for sustainable,
creative, and innovative business plans.
The Postcode Lottery seeks to help smart
green products and services reach a mass
audience.
€500,000 to winner;
€200,000 to one or two
runners up
Entries should directly reduce CO2
emissions, score highly on design, user-
friendliness and quality, and ready to be in
the market in two years.
www.greenchallenge.info
The Economist
and InnoCentive
Ideas Economy
The Ideas Economy event series taps into
The Economist's readers and rest of the
world to solve various challenges focused
on different topics. Challenges are posted
online for people to submit their solution.
Winners of the The
Challenge will win
$25,000 and are invited
to the conference
Open to all.http://ideas.economist.com/c
hallenges
Echoing Green
Fellowship
Through a two-year Echoing Green
Fellowship program, start-up capital and
technical assistance is provided to help
new leaders launch their organizations and
build capacity.
Fellowship opportunity Must be 18 or older. Organization must be
in a start-up phase. To be considered a
start-up, the organization may have been
in operation for up to two years, and
Echoing Green's financial support should
qualify it as significant early funder.http://www.echoinggreen.org/
fellowship/application-
overview
Echoing Green
Mini-Grant
Submit an idea for how you would spend
$500 to better understand & build deeper
relationships w/ members of the
community you most want to serve.
One person will receive
$500 to implement their
plan & a planning
session with Toni Harris,
NYU Wagner Director of
Career Services
Individuals submit their ideashttp://workonpurpose.echoing
green.org/questions/take-
perspective-someone-else-s
Eight Seeds Eight Seeds provides funding to student
social entrepreneurs improving NYC
education.
$500 - $1,000 grants
Consulting, networking,
and mentoring
Entrepreneurs must be enrolled in high
school, college, or graduate school.http://www.eightseeds.org/
Eileen Fisher:
Activating
Leadership Grant
Funds programs that activate leadership
qualities in women and girls.
$5,000 awarded each
year
Must show an innovative, holistic, effective
and direct approach to activating
leadership among women and/or girls.http://www.eileenfisher.com/E
ileenFisherCompany/Compan
yGeneralContentPages/Social
Conciousness/Self_Image.jsp
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Eileen Fisher:
Women-Owned
Businesses
Program
Supports women-owned businesses that
combine the principles of social
consciousness, sustainability, and
innovation to create new businesses or
invigorate existing ones.
Up to five grants of
$12,500 awarded each
year
Established businesses and startups are
eligible. Applicants must be 100% women
owned and produce products or services
that foster environmental and economic
health in the community.http://www.eileenfisher.com/E
ileenFisherCompany/Compan
yGeneralContentPages/Social
Conciousness/Grants_2011.js
p
Empire State
Fellows Program
Full-time 2-yr leadership training program
that will prepare talented professionals for
careers in New York State policy.
Governor Cuomo will appoint each to work
directly with a high-level policy maker at
one of many state agencies.
Will receive an annual
salary not to exceed
$72,765 and benefits.
Also includes an
educational component
Applicants can come from any professional
or academic discipline – Bachelor’s
degree required (Master’s preferred) and
at least 3 years of professional experience.
Full guidelines online.http://www.dos.ny.gov/newnyl
eaders/fellows_app.html
Entrepreneurs
Challenge
The University of Auckland Business School
Entrepreneurs’ Challenge offers finance,
mentoring, profile and prestige to growth-
oriented New Zealand small & medium
enterprises (SMEs). The Challenge brings
together an extensive network of
organizations and businesspeople.
Up to$1 million per year
divided between the
successful applicants.
Investments are not
less than $200k as an
interest-bearing loan
repayable over 3 years
All GST-registered, for profit, commercial
entities (not banking or property related)
that have revenues of $1m+ and have been
in operation for 2+ years. While the focus
is on SMEs, companies seeking early stage
funding will also be considered.http://entrepreneurschalleng
e.co.nz/how-to-apply/faqs
Envirolution Win-
Win Campaign
The Win-Win Campaign is an energy
efficiency technical training and fellowship
program, combined with an energy
efficiency outreach, education and
implementation assistance initiative for
small businesses.
Pay tuition for the
course provides
benefits:
Job placement,
networking, training,
and experience.
http://jobs.justmeans.com/job
/sustainability-technical-
training-and-hands-on-new-
york-ny-envirolution-
985d1f7fd0/?d=1&source=co
mplete_page
Ernst & Young
Entrepreneurial
Winning Women
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning
Women program seeks a select group of
high-potential women entrepreneurs to
join an elite business network of the
country’s best high-growth companies and
participate in a customized executive
leadership program.
Leadership program
opportunity
Applicants are women CEOs who have
founded their privately held US companies
within the past 10 years and have reported
at least US$1 million in revenue during
each of the past two.http://www.ey.com/US/en/Ser
vices/Strategic-Growth-
Markets/Entrepreneurial-
Winning-Women---2012-call-
for-applications
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The Feast Rev Up
Change
Challenge
The Feast is partnering with NBCUniversal
to present The NBCU Rev Up Change
Challenge. The prize provides a platform
for American entrepreneurs to scale the
impact of their social venture.
$25,000 cash prize and
the opportunity to
speak at the Feast
Four runners up receive
tickets to The Feast
Conference
Applicants must be 18+ years old.
Ventures must be operational for at least
one year and address a social problem.http://www.feastongood.com/
revupchange/
Focus Forward
Filmmaker
Competition
Focus Forward films is looking for
professional quality 3-minute stories about
visionaries, thinkers, or every day folks
that have moved the world and help make
it better with innovation or invention.
Grand prize of $100,000
& 2
nd
-5
th
prize totaling
$100,000. Winning films
distributed globally, &
winners go to Sundance
to receive their prize
Any age or geography permitted, all films
must be English-language or subtitled in
English.http://vimeo.com/focusforwar
dfilms/
Forbes Under 30
$1M Change the
World
Competition
The Forbes Under 30 $1M Change the
World Competition calls on social
entrepreneurs with disruptive and scalable
ideas with the potential to change the
world. It is the largest ever for young
social entrepreneurs.
6 finalists: $100,000
each
Overall winner:
$400,000 more in cash
+ in-kind prizes
Active social entrepreneurs under 30, who
is the founder, co-founder, or top
executive of their organization.https://herox.com/Under30
Foster School of
Business Global
Social
Entrepreneurship
Competition
GSEC is an international student social
business plan competition that challenges
university-level students worldwide to use
business principles to create sustainable,
positive solutions to some of the world’s
most challenging issues—poverty, health
and development.
Chance to win cash
($1,500 - $12,000) and
in-kind prizes, as well
as invitation to Seattle
for presentations,
competitions, coaching,
and networking.
All currently enrolled students in a degree-
seeking program worldwide may apply. All
team members must be enrolled &
attending classes throughout the entire
process.http://www.foster.washington.
edu/centers/gbc/globalsocial
entrepreneurshipcompetition/
Pages/GSEC.aspx
Fuse Corps Fuse Corps Fellows are selected for
distinguished, “cabinet-level” positions
working with leaders in state and local
governments or community organizations.
Fellows spend one year working full-time
on a grassroots project addressing
national issues in local contexts.
Provides the best
hands-on, public
service/entrepreneurial
leadership experience
in the country by
providing critical skills
and motivations
Highly motivated professionals with 8-10
years of experience in the private sector
that have a demonstrated interest in public
service and demonstrated interest in the
policy or program area on which they will
focus.http://fusecorps.org/join-
fuse-corps/
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Future 100
Awards
The Future 100 Awards recognizes the
success of young entrepreneurs aged 18-
35 who demonstrate entrepreneurial flair
and innovation for progressing a
responsible business venture with a triple
bottom line: people, planet and profit.
Award opportunity
including training
opportunities and
increased PR
Applicants must be aged 18 – 35, and
running a UK-based business with a social
and environmental mission, with a local or
global remit.http://future10
0awards.wordpress.com/appl
y-here/
Gifted CitiZen
Prize
Each year the Gifted CitiZen Prize is given
to the best social entrepreneurship project
that has the ability to benefit 10 million
people over the next six years. This
international prize honors the passions of
those that seek to develop real solutions to
humanity’s most pressing issues.
Finalists all attend the
Ciudad de las Ideas
festival, where the
winner is selected.
One winning project
receives $100,000
Submissions must have at least one year of
working on the project. Focus areas:
Scientific innovation; Technological
invention; Educational, ecological & social
transformation; Art & culture; Sustainable
economic development & socially
responsible entrepreneurship; Human
cultural & social rights.http://www.podercivico.org.m
x/giftedcitizen/index.php/en/
Global Good Fund The Global Good Fund creates agents of
world change by leveraging societal
investors to develop high potential young
leaders. It targets the power of aligning
three catylsts of social change: social
investors who want to have significance,
young leaders with extraordinary potential,
and senior executive with experience
helping young leaders develop.
Leadership
development grants
begin at $10,000 per
fellow
Applicants must be under 40 years old,
operated their organization for 1-2 years
and intending to scale. Fellows focus on
five core dimensions of health:
environmental, developmental, cultural,
physical, and economic health.http://www.globalgoodfund.or
g/
Global Social
Benefit Incubator
by Social Edge
The Global Social Benefit Incubator
(GSBI™) assists social entrepreneurs in
developing business plans that enable their
organizations to become financially
sustainable and scalable.
All applicants receive
constructive feedback
form Silicon Valley
mentors, and 20
entrepreneurs receive a
full scholarship for a
two-week executive
training program.
There are no specific eligibility
requirements, but all applicants must
complete the three exercises posted on
the website. Judging criteria are also
posted on the website.http://www.socialedge.org/fea
tures/gsbi?utm_source=Soci
al+Edge+Newsletter&utm_ca
mpaign=960abc058a-
Newsletter_GSBI2012_12_30
_2011&utm_medium=email
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Global Social
Entrepreneurship
Competition @
Foster School of
Business
GSEC is a leading-edge international social
venture plan competition, where
interdisciplinary student teams from
around the world propose creative,
commercially viable businesses aimed at
reducing poverty in the developing world.
$30,000 GSEC is open to currently enrolled
students, at any level of study, at any
academic institution of higher education
worldwide.http://www.foster.washington.
edu/centers/gbc/globalsocial
entrepreneurshipcompetition/
Pages/GSEC.aspx
Global Social
Venture
Competition
The Global Social Venture Competition is
the world’s preeminent social business
plan competition providing aspiring
entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, &
prize money to transform their business
ideas into positive real-world impact.
$45,000 Each entrant team must include a graduate
business student from any business school
in the world or an individual who has
graduated from a graduate
business program within the past two yearshttp://www.gsvc.org/about_gs
vc/
Goldman
Environmental
Prize
Recognizes individuals for sustained and
significant efforts to protect and enhance
the natural environment. For "grassroots"
leaders, involved in local efforts.
$150,000 Nominees are considered a leader in a
grassroots campaign or sustained effort
that seeks to have, or results in, a
significant impact at the regional, national
or global level.http://www.goldmanprize.org/
theprize/nominators
Good Company
Ventures
The GoodCompany Ventures Incubator is a
program designed to accelerate the
growth of social enterprise startups. The
program seeks to attract and honor
entrepreneurs working in spaces such as
Educational reform and impact, Green
technology, Healthcare reform and impact,
Social networking and community creation.
Gain access to industry
experts, mentors and
strategic advisors
For-profit social enterprises that are
developing solutions to unmet social
needs. Candidates must have completed
their concept stage, have already engaged
partners, created a prototype and begun
beta or test marketing. Companies should
also anticipate needing external funding
within 6-12 months.http://www.goodcompanyvent
ures.org/
GOOD Maker
Challenge
Organizations submit a challenge to the
community, asking for what they need to
drive meaningful impact and the company
votes on which ideas best meet the
challenge. The winner receives an award to
activate their idea into real-world impact.
Winners receive funding
to implement their idea;
Amount of funding
varies challenge to
challenge
Anyone who joins the community can
submit ideas and vote.http://maker.good.is/
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Google.org
Impact Challenge
The Google Impact Challenge travels to
different regions, asking local nonprofits
how they would use innovation to make a
better world, and inviting the public to vote
for the projects with the greatest impact
potential.
Top four winning
projects receive
$500,000 and more
receive smaller
amounts (exact number
and amount varies by
region)
Organizations must be registered as a
nonprofit (501(c)(3)) at the time of
submitting the applications.http://www.google.org/local-
giving/impact-challenge/
Grant for Change Grant for Change seeks online nominations
of design community members working
tirelessly to bring positive change to their
communities. The top ten finalists come
from public votes (5/10) and their favorites
(5/10). The finalists share more about their
work and one winner is chosen each year.
$10,000 Aimed toward members of the design
community that want to bring lasting
change to their communities.http://www.nau.com/collectiv
e/grant-for-change/
Grinnell College
Young Innovator
for Social Justice
Prize
The Grinnell College Young Innovator for
Social Justice Prize honors individuals who
have demonstrated leadership in their
fields, along with creativity, commitment,
and extraordinary accomplishment in
effecting positive social change.
$100,000 (1/2 awarded
to individual, 1/2
awarded to organization
committed to winner's
area of social justice)
Open to all under the age of 40.http://www.grinnell.edu/office
s/chaplain/socialjusticeprize/
nominationcriteria
Halcyon
Incubator
The Halcyon Incubator was founded on the
principle that intrepid individuals with
transformative ideas can solve 21
st
century
challenges. It aims to transform audacious
ideas into scalable ventures that can
achieve meaningful social outcomes.
Fellows live and work at
Halcyon House for four
months, and are given
access to resources,
consultants and staff.
Applicants must be 21+ years old and
ventures must be start-ups that are the
original idea of the applicant and
independent startups. Applicants must be
fulltime for the fellowship, have legal work
eligibility in the US and not in college.
Harvard
Undergraduate
Women in
Business:
Business for
Good Competition
The Business for Good competition is a
business plan contest that rewards
impactful social enterprise ideas among
college students.
Mentorship & exposure
1
st
Place: $2,500 &
presentation at the
Intercollegiate Business
Convention
2
nd
Place: $1,000 prize
Teams of up to 5 people (at least 50%
female)https://www.striking.ly/bfg201
2#0
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Hitachi
Foundation
Yoshiyama Young
Entrepreneurs
Program
Seeks to identify and support inspiring
young entrepreneurs whose work helps
alleviate domestic poverty. Partner
organizations include Investors' Circle,
Social Venture Network, B Lab, and PICnet.
Up to 5 winners receive
$40,000 grant as well
as development,
mentoring, &
peer/advisor network
resources
Open to entrepreneurs who are operating
viable businesses in the United States with
the dual purpose of making a difference
and making a living. Entrepreneurs must
have launched their business before they
reached age 30.http://www.hitachifoundation.
org/our-work/yoshiyama-
young-entrepreneurs-
program
Hub Ventures
Program
Hub Ventures helps high caliber
entrepreneurs build their world-changing
startups better and faster. Operates in 12-
week cohort cycles at Hub Bay Area to
provide seed funding, mentorships,
workshops, and speakers. The program
ends with a pitch opportunity to hundreds
of investors at Investor Day.
$10,000 – $20,000 in
seed funding for each
company along with
perks at various
companies,
mentorships, network
access, etc.
Works with strong startup teams at all
stages w/ potential for scale, profitability
and significant, measurable impact.
Generally work with “technology for good”
companies but consider many other types
of businesses.http://hub-
ventures.com/program/progr
am-overview/
Hult Prize
Foundation
The Hult Prize Foundation is a start-up
accelerator for budding young social
entrepreneurs emerging from the world’s
universities. The annual Hult Prize aims to
identify and launch the most compelling
social business ideas.
Winners receive
$1million in seed
capital, mentorship,
advice from the
international business
community
Teams of 3-5 students from universities all
over the globe are eligible to compete. All
participants must be from the same school
and a maximum of one non-faculty
alumnus is allowed on a team.http://www.hultprize.org/en/
IDEX Fellowship The IDEX Fellowship is a field placement in
a social enterprise that offers cultural and
social immersion into the field for college
graduates interested in launching a career
in the sector. Fellows are strategically
placed to work with entrepreneurs to
develop a blueprint for change.
9-month paid, early
entry, professional
development program
Applicants must be at least 21 years of age
with a college degree by June of the year
they are applying for the Fellowship.
Academic or work experience in business,
economics, development, education or
related fields is preferred.http://www.idexfellowship.co
m/
IGNITEgood
Millenial Impact
Challenge
IGNITEgood and the Huffington Post are
looking to identify the nation’s most
compelling social activists who have the
potential to change the world with service.
10 winners get $10,000
and a 3-day bootcamp
to turn their vision into
action
All U.S. residents under age 30 are eligible;
Entries should fit into these categories:
Opportunity, Health and Wellness,
Education, Green, or World.http://ignite-good.org/the-
competition/
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IMPACT Business
Award
The IMPACT (Innovative Models Promoting
Adaptation and Climate Technologies)
Business Award rewards enterprises that
apply innovative business solutions in
combating Climate Change. The IMPACT
Business Award made a total of up to five
International Awards available in 2011.
€5,000 Businesses, business associations, NGOs,
community-based organizations, think
tanks, research institutions and public
sector organizations are all eligible.http://www.gc21.de/ibt/en/mo
dules/gc21/ws-
FLEXdialogue/info/ibt/impact.
sxhtml
International
Impact Investing
Challenge
The International Impact Investing
Challenge is a pitch competition for
graduate students focused on designing
investment vehicles that create
sustainable impact and are of the size and
scope that would be of interest to
institutional investors.
Overall First Prize:
$10,000 & Milken
Institute Global
Conference admission;
Overall Runner-up:
$5,000
Graduate students from around the world
are eligible to apply. Teams are limited to a
maximum of 4 members and only one of
those may be pursuing an Executive MBA
http://impactinvestingchallen
ge.org/index.html
The Jenzabar
Foundation
The Jenzabar Foundation's 2010 Student
Leadership Awards, recognize ten student-
led campus groups and projects that have
made a significant contribution to better
the world outside of their institutions of
higher education.
$5,000 grant for each
award winner
Institutions of higher education, non-profit
organizations, religious organizations and
self-nominations from students for their
community service or humanitarian
efforts; Students must be enrolled in an
accredited college or university.http://www.thejenzabarfounda
tion.org/ICS/Welcome/Introdu
ction_to_Jenzabar_Internet_
Campus_Solution.jnz?portlet
=2010_Student_Leadership_
Awards
J.M.K. Innovation
Prize
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is an exciting
new initiative of the J.M. Kaplan Fund to
support early stage ideas in inter-
disciplinary innovation in the fields of
cultural heritage, human rights, the built
environment and the natural environment.
Up to 10 Prizes in 2015
of up to $175,000 each:
$50,000/yr for up to 3
years and $25,000
available for targeted
expenses
Individuals or teams leading a
transformative project/idea in early stages
of development, poised to launch or grow
in 2-3 years. Must be: U.S.-based, within
the four subject areas, interdisciplinary or
hypridized approach, not solely for-profit,
develop a pilot or prototype with funding
and be scalable.http://www.jmkfund.org/the-
jmk-innovation-prize
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Joshua Venture
Group Dual
Investment
Program
This 2-year program provides funding,
technical support, and skills development
to grow your groundbreaking idea into a
sustainable venture that will transform the
Jewish landscape and help to create a
more dynamic, just, and inclusive Jewish
community and experience.
$100,000 overall in
funding. Also included
are skills building
retreats, workshops,
coaching, and network
connections
Ideal candidates will demonstrate proven
leadership capability and a sound venture
structure.http://joshuaventuregroup.org
/dual-investment-program
JP Morgan Chase
Force for Good
Force for Good engages JPMorgan Chase
Global Technology staff to form creative,
motivated and diverse project teams to
pair with socially focused organizations on
projects to promote technological
innovation and support their technology
needs.
Projects include mobile
or web application
development, social
media development,
technology
optimization, technical
product market analysis
and requirements
gathering.
Organizations must have executive buy-in,
ensure external vendors are willing to work
with the JPMC team, be willing to provide
feedback, and sign off on the JPMC
agreement.http://www.jpmorganchase.co
m/corporate/Corporate-
Responsibility/technology-
for-social-good-
programs.htm#foc
JusticeMakers
2012 HIV/AIDS
Global
Compeititon
JusticeMakers is a global community and
an annual competition to support
innovative projects run by defenders,
human rights officers and public officials.
The 2012 competition is focused on the
legal rights of those living with HIV/AIDS
within the criminal justice system.
International Bridges to
Justice select 12 fellows
who receive $5,000,
access to secondary
funders, and online
training opportunities
International Bridges to Justice will reward
JusticeMakers fellows whose criminal
justice reform projects display the most
innovation, efficacy, and sustainabilityhttp://justicemakers.ibj.org/
Kaplan EdTech
Accelerator
The Kaplan EdTEch Accelerator is a
program created to incubate startups
building companies focused on education.
It is a three month intensive, deep
immersion program for ten startups.
Program includes:
$20k investment,
mentors, market
insights, access to
decision makers and
instructional design,
presentation to
investors, VCs & media
Technology-powered startups around the
world that are looking to change education
for the better.http://www.kaplanedtechacce
lerator.com/
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Ketel One & GQ
A Gentleman’s
Call: In Pursuit of
an Idea that
Matters
Submit ideas for positive impact that are
implementable and exhibit the ideals of
entrepreneurship, craftsmanship, and
philanthropy.
Winner receives
$100,000 to launch the
plan
Men and women over 25 are eligible www.agentlemanscall.com
KIND Causes All participants need to do is describe the
cause and how the funding will be used,
and each month KIND supports one socially
impactful Cause.
One winner each month
receives $10,000
Open to participants in the US and Canada
(excluding Quebec) and 18 years or older.
Proposals must be designed to be
completed within 6 months of winning and
within the $10,000 budget.http://causes.kindsnacks.com
/
LaunchPad
Competition
The intention of the Launch Pad contest is
to support those people with the character,
the integrity, and the resolve to get their
ideas off the ground & impact their
community.
$5,000 awarded to the 5
winners, along with an
invitation to the Encore
Career Summit and
peer networking
Applicants must be 45 or older and a U.S.
citizen or legal residenthttp://launchpad.encore.org/p
ages/eligibility-and-criteria
The Laundromat
Project Create
Change Fellows &
Public Artist
Residencies
Create Change Professional Development
Fellows participate in bi-weekly
discussions and workshops designed to
help them approach socially-engaged
creative practice.
Create Change Public Artists in Residence
are also able to apply this to a site-specific
project in their community.
Both gain access to a
network of
professionals and
changemakers and
artists receive an
honorarium ($3,000)
and a production
budget ($1000)
Available to artists living in New York, New
Jersey, and Philadelphia
Find an info
session:http://laundromatpro
ject.eventbrite.com/
Laura W. Bush
Traveling
Fellowship
This fellowship will help fund an applicant’s
proposal to work in a foreign country
related to the mandate of UNESCO – using
education, natural sciences, social and
human sciences, culture and/or
communication and information to build
strong ties among nations.
Fellowship opportunity US citizen; Must be currently enrolled in a
college or university in United States; aged
18-25http://www.state.gov/p/io/une
sco/programs/143138.htm
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Leapfrog Global
Fellows
LeapFrog offers a unique professional
development opportunity to outstanding
and entrepreneurial young leaders: a two-
year immersion in impact investing and
frontier financial services.
Fellows are staffed in
one of LeapFrog’s
global offices for two
years w/ a range of
responsibilities
Fellows come from all over the globe and a
variety of backgrounds. But they show
deep commitment to social impact,
emerging markets, or social
entrepreneurship.http://leapfroginvest.simplica
nt.com/job/detail/9843-
global-fellows-program
Licensing
Executives
Society Graduate
Student Business
Plan Competition
The LES Foundation & Licensing Executives
Society emphasizes intellectual property
mentorship, education ,and networking
featuring judges who span industry sectors
and share valuable expertise.
$10,000 in cash plus in-
kind prizes and the
option to compete for
LESI’s $5,000 global
award
For graduate students interested in
intellectual property (IP) and licensing
issueshttp://www.lesfoundation.org/
competition/
Livestrong The
Big C
Competition
The Big C Competition is looking for big
thinkers to create innovations and
solutions improving the daily lives of
people facing cancer.
150 teams receive
mentoring; 60 teams
win a total of $140,000;
20 are invited to an
accelerator; 5 pitch for
$25,000 grand prize
Anyone globally 18+ years old and not a
resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan,
and Syria.http://bigc.livestrong.org/#/ho
me
MacArthur
Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation supports creative people and
effective institutions committed to building
a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
In addition to the MacArthur Fellows
(Genius Grants), the Foundation works to
defend human rights, advance global
conservation and security, make cities
better places, and understand how
technology is affecting children and
society across the world.
A total of 497 grants
ranging from $10,000 to
$5 million
Eligibility guidelines and funding cycles are
available online. Each one differs but
please note that the Foundation does not
support political activities or attempts to
influence action on specific legislation,
does not provide scholarship funding, does
not provide unsolicited grants, and does
not support fundraising drives and similar
projects.http://www.macfound.org/
Meaningful
Conversations
$100k Challenge
The Meaningful Conversations $100k
Challenge seeks a product that targets
unhealthy food culture and counteracts
mainstream media and other unhealthy
influences by encouraging families to have
meaningful conversations about food.
$100,000 contract to
work with Transcendent
Endeavors, office space
in NYC & 4-month
mentorship to test and
prove viability
Open only to individuals who are 18+ and
legally residing in the U.S.http://meaningfulconversatio
nschallenge.com/
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The Milken-Penn
GSE Prize for
Business Plans in
Education
The Education Business Plan Competition
has become a leader in the field of
education entrepreneurship, and continues
to attract innovative ideas from around the
world. Focused solely on education, the
competition is designed to stimulate
cutting-edge ideas that serve the world’s
educational needs.
Six prizes and a total of
$120,000 in prize
money
Any individual (18+), group of individuals,
company and organization (with $100,000 in
in-kind and cash prizes
Each entered plan
receives 20 pages of
feedback ever round
Company must be for-profit, company must
have a defined social and/or environmental
goal that is part of how you make money.http://williamjamesfoundation
.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=P
age.viewPage&pageId=884
Young Innovator
for Social Justice
The Grinnell College Young Innovator for
Social Justice Prize honors individuals
under the age of 40 who have
demonstrated leadership in their fields and
who show creativity, commitment, and
extraordinary accomplishment in effecting
positive social change.
Up to 3 prizes of
$100,000
Applicants must have an exceptional
record of substantive, innovative
contributions within their chosen field that
have enabled them to become a force for
social justice.http://www.grinnell.edu/office
s/chaplain/socialjusticeprize
Young Innovators
Competition at
ITU Telecom
World
ITU, the leading United Nations Agency for
information and communication
technology sponsors the competition for
young social entrepreneurs with ICT based
concepts or projects
Up to 10,000 CHF,
hands-on workshops,
networking and the
chance to showcase at
the InnovatorSpace
Ages 18 – 25http://world2012.itu.int/young
-innovators-competition
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Youth Citizen
Entrepreneurship
Competition
The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship
Competition is an international
program launched by The Goi Peace
Foundation, Stiftung Entrepreneurship
(Berlin) and UNESCO. The competition
highlights the best examples of youth
entrepreneurs who aspire to make change
in their community.
Participants submit
ideas or projects for
consideration:
All receive online
entrepreneurship
training.
People’s Choice Prize
winner & Grand Prize
winner (by judges)
present at Berlin
summit
Ages 15 – 30, can be teams.
Best Ideas Category: innovative ideas and
plans for an enterprise (new and original
idea not yet fully implemented)
Best Projects Category: Already existing
enterprise which has a demonstrated
social impact
https://www.youth-
competition.org/
doc_572663577.pdf