1. No category

NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Listing of Social Venture Competitions and Related Fellowships
June 2014
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
“Listing of Social Venture Competitions and Related Fellowships” as the subject.
To learn more about NYU Reynolds, please visit us at www.nyu.edu/reynolds, join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to
our iTunes podcast and read the NYU Reynolds Blog.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 1 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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.
Accenture Management Consulting is
partnering with KaBOOM! for a multi-round
event where participants innovate and
possibly help implement solutions to realworld challenges faced by nonprofit
partners.
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 eligible
http://www.acterra.org/progr
ams/bea/index.html
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
Fellowship opportunity
Open to students enrolled in schools where http://careers.accenture.com
Accenture recruits, or members of MLT and /us-en/landingpages/Pages/innovationJumpstart Forum.
competition.aspx
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
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/
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
AMC U.S.
Innovation
Challenge
American
Express NGen
Fellows
Honors and connects 12 under 40 leaders
in nonprofit sector. Offers on-line and inperson activities, opportunity to interact
with mentors.
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 grantwriting and toward sustainability.
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.
Ashoka
Fellowship
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 2 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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.
Sponsored by OpenIDEO, Amplify is a series
of 10 innovation challenges over five
years, with each focusing on a different
development issue.
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
Up to $500,000 and the
expertise of IDEO.org
designers to bring the
best ideas to life.
Anyone can participate by setting up a
profile on OpenIDEO.
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
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.
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.
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
Awards $100,000 to the
winner
Individual s or teams must be 18+ years
old and may only submit one entry
http://challenge.bfi.org/
Amplify Program
Buckminster
Fuller Challenge
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 3 of 30
For specific grant info:
: http://www.genv.net/enus/do_it/fundraising/finding_
grants_awards
http://www.ideo.org/amplify
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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 refine, 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
CLASSY Awards
Dubbed the “Academy Awards of
Philanthropy,” the CLASSY awards highlight
achievements of people and organizations
doing good across the country. You can
nominate yourself or someone else, and
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 based on the
merit and impact of
their achievements.
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
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 4 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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
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.
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.
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
Scholarship, and
opportunity to earn a
certificate of
completion from the
University of the Pacific
Global Center for Social
Entrepreneurship
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.
One team member must be enrolled full
http://invent.org/collegiate/ov
time in a US or Canadian college for part of erview.html
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.
Cordes
Fellowships:
Opportunity
Collaboration
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.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 5 of 30
Application
here: http://goagrion.wufoo.c
om/forms/pitchquestionnaire/
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/
Open to currently enrolled graduate
students.
http://www.d-prize.org/
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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
http://www.draperrichards.or
entrepreneurs starting new non-profit
g/process/index.html
organizations. The idea must be
sustainable and scalable. The founder must
have the skills to manage a national or
global organization.
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/
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.
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.
€500,000 to winner;
€200,000 to one or two
runners up
Entries should directly reduce CO2
emissions, score highly on design, userfriendliness and quality, and ready to be in
the market in two years.
www.greenchallenge.info
Winners of the The
Challenge will win
$25,000 and are invited
to the conference
Open to all.
http://ideas.economist.com/c
hallenges
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/applicationoverview
The Economist
and InnoCentive
Ideas Economy
Echoing Green
Fellowship
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 6 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
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.
Eileen Fisher:
Activating
Leadership Grant
Funds programs that activate leadership
qualities in women and girls.
One person will receive Individuals submit their ideas
$500 to implement their
plan & a planning
session with Toni Harris,
NYU Wagner Director of
Career Services
$5,000 awarded each
Must show an innovative, holistic, effective
year
and direct approach to activating
leadership among women and/or girls.
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.
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.
The University of Auckland Business School
Entrepreneurs’ Challenge offers finance,
mentoring, profile and prestige to growthoriented New Zealand small & medium
enterprises (SMEs). The Challenge brings
together an extensive network of
organizations and businesspeople.
Empire State
Fellows Program
Entrepreneurs
Challenge
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Up to five grants of
$12,500 awarded each
year
Eligibility
Will receive an annual
salary not to exceed
$72,765 and benefits.
Also includes an
educational component
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.
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.
It will invest up to $1
million per annum
divided between the
successful applicants.
Anticipated 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 $1 million + and that
have been in operation for at least two
years. Most SMEs with a minimum annual
turnover of $1 million are eligible, and
while the focus is on SMEs, companies
seeking early stage funding will also be
considered.
Page 7 of 30
Website
http://workonpurpose.echoing
green.org/questions/takeperspective-someone-else-s
http://www.eileenfisher.com/E
ileenFisherCompany/Compan
yGeneralContentPages/Social
Conciousness/Self_Image.jsp
http://www.eileenfisher.com/E
ileenFisherCompany/Compan
yGeneralContentPages/Social
Conciousness/Grants_2011.js
p
http://www.dos.ny.gov/newnyl
eaders/fellows_app.html
http://entrepreneurschalleng
e.co.nz/how-to-apply/faqs
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Envirolution WinWin 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.
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.
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.
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-GrowthMarkets/EntrepreneurialWinning-Women---2012-callfor-applications
$25,000 cash prize and
the opportunity to
speak at the Feast
Four runners up receive
tickets to The Feast
Conference
Grand prize of $100,000
& 2nd-5th prize totaling
$100,000. Winning films
distributed globally, &
winners go to Sundance
to receive their prize
Chance to win cash
($1,500 - $12,000) and
in-kind prizes, as well
as invitation to Seattle
for presentations,
competitions, coaching,
and networking.
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/
Any age or geography permitted, all films
must be English-language or subtitled in
English.
http://vimeo.com/focusforwar
dfilms/
All currently enrolled students in a degreeseeking 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
The Feast Rev Up
Change
Challenge
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.
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.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 8 of 30
Eligibility
Website
http://jobs.justmeans.com/job
/sustainability-technicaltraining-and-hands-on-newyork-ny-envirolution985d1f7fd0/?d=1&source=co
mplete_page
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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.
The Future 100 Awards recognizes the
success of young entrepreneurs aged 1835 who demonstrate entrepreneurial flair
and innovation for progressing a
responsible business venture with a triple
bottom line: people, planet and profit.
Provides the best
hands-on, public
service/entrepreneurial
leadership experience
in the country by
providing critical skills
and motivations
Award opportunity
including training
opportunities and
increased PR
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/joinfuse-corps/
Applicants must be aged 18 – 35, and
running a UK-based business with a social
and environmental mission, with a local or
global remit. The competitive process
evaluates on the following criteria:
Commercial Success; Social Responsibility
and Demonstrated Impact; Environmental
Responsibility and Demonstrated Impact;
Innovation; Entrepreneurial Flair
http://future10
0awards.wordpress.com/appl
y-here/
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.
http://www.podercivico.org.m
x/giftedcitizen/index.php/en/
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
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.
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.
Future 100
Awards
Gifted CitiZen
Prize
Global Good Fund
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
One winning project
receives $100,000
Page 9 of 30
http://www.globalgoodfund.or
g/
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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=960abc058aNewsletter_GSBI2012_12_30
_2011&utm_medium=email
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.
Recognizes individuals for sustained and
significant efforts to protect and enhance
the natural environment. For "grassroots"
leaders, involved in local efforts.
$45,000
Each entrant team must include a graduate http://www.gsvc.org/about_gs
business student from any business school vc/
in the world or an individual who has
graduated from a graduate
business program within the past two years
$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.
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.
Goldman
Environmental
Prize
Good Company
Ventures
The GoodCompany Ventures Incubator is a Gain access to industry
program designed to accelerate the
experts, mentors and
growth of social enterprise startups. The
strategic advisors
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.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 10 of 30
http://www.goldmanprize.org/
theprize/nominators
http://www.goodcompanyvent
ures.org/
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
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.
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.
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.
Winners receive funding Anyone who joins the community can
to implement their idea; submit ideas and vote.
Amount of funding
varies challenge to
challenge
http://maker.good.is/
$10,000
http://www.nau.com/collectiv
e/grant-for-change/
The Halcyon Incubator was founded on the
principle that intrepid individuals with
st
transformative ideas can solve 21 century
challenges. It aims to transform audacious
ideas into scalable ventures that can
achieve meaningful social outcomes.
The Business for Good competition is a
business plan contest that rewards
impactful social enterprise ideas among
college students.
Fellows live and work at
Halcyon House for four
months, and are given
access to resources,
consultants and staff.
Grant for Change
Grinnell College
Young Innovator
for Social Justice
Prize
Halcyon
Incubator
Harvard
Undergraduate
Women in
Business:
Business for
Good Competition
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Eligibility
Aimed toward members of the design
community that want to bring lasting
change to their communities.
$100,000 (1/2 awarded Open to all under the age of 40.
to individual, 1/2
awarded to organization
committed to winner's
area of social justice)
Mentorship & exposure
1st Place: $2,500 &
presentation at the
Intercollegiate Business
Convention
nd
2 Place: $1,000 prize
Page 11 of 30
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.
Teams of up to 5 people (at least 50%
female)
Website
http://www.grinnell.edu/office
s/chaplain/socialjusticeprize/
nominationcriteria
https://www.striking.ly/bfg201
2#0
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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.
Hub Ventures helps high caliber
entrepreneurs build their world-changing
startups better and faster. Operates in 12week 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.
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.
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://www.hitachifoundation.
org/our-work/yoshiyamayoung-entrepreneursprogram
Hub Ventures
Program
Up to 5 winners receive
$40,000 grant as well
as development,
mentoring, &
peer/advisor network
resources
$10,000 – $20,000 in
seed funding for each
company along with
perks at various
companies,
mentorships, network
access, etc.
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.
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.
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.
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/
10 winners get $10,000
and a 3-day bootcamp
to turn their vision into
action
€5,000
All U.S. residents under age 30 are eligible;
Entries should fit into these categories:
Opportunity, Health and Wellness,
Education, Green, or World.
Businesses, business associations, NGOs,
community-based organizations, think
tanks, research institutions and public
sector organizations are all eligible.
http://ignite-good.org/thecompetition/
IGNITEgood
Millenial Impact
Challenge
IMPACT Business
Award
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 12 of 30
http://hubventures.com/program/progr
am-overview/
http://www.gc21.de/ibt/en/mo
dules/gc21/wsFLEXdialogue/info/ibt/impact.
sxhtml
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
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.
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.
Overall First Prize:
$10,000 & Milken
Institute Global
Conference admission;
Overall Runner-up:
$5,000
Graduate students from around the world
http://impactinvestingchallen
are eligible to apply. Teams are limited to a ge.org/index.html
maximum of 4 members and only one of
those may be pursuing an Executive MBA
Program includes:
$20k investment,
mentors, market
insights, access to
decision makers and
instructional design,
presentation to
investors, VCs & media
Winner receives
$100,000 to launch the
plan
Technology-powered startups around the
world that are looking to change education
for the better.
http://www.kaplanedtechacce
lerator.com/
Men and women over 25 are eligible
www.agentlemanscall.com
$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.
Ideal candidates will demonstrate proven
leadership capability and a sound venture
structure.
http://www.thejenzabarfounda
tion.org/ICS/Welcome/Introdu
ction_to_Jenzabar_Internet_
Campus_Solution.jnz?portlet
=2010_Student_Leadership_
Awards
http://joshuaventuregroup.org
/dual-investment-program
Kaplan EdTech
Accelerator
Ketel One & GQ
A Gentleman’s
Call: In Pursuit of
an Idea that
Matters
The Jenzabar
Foundation
Joshua Venture
Group Dual
Investment
Program
Submit ideas for positive impact that are
implementable and exhibit the ideals of
entrepreneurship, craftsmanship, and
philanthropy.
The Jenzabar Foundation's 2010 Student
Leadership Awards, recognize ten studentled campus groups and projects that have
made a significant contribution to better
the world outside of their institutions of
higher education.
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.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
$100,000 overall in
funding. Also included
are skills building
retreats, workshops,
coaching, and network
connections
Page 13 of 30
Website
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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.
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/CorporateResponsibility/technologyfor-social-goodprograms.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.
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.
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.
Projects include mobile
or web application
development, social
media development,
technology
optimization, technical
product market analysis
and requirements
gathering.
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 sustainability
http://justicemakers.ibj.org/
$5,000 awarded to the 5
winners, along with an
invitation to the Encore
Career Summit and
peer networking
Both gain access to a
network of
professionals and
changemakers and
artists receive an
honorarium ($3,000)
and a production
budget ($1000)
Applicants must be 45 or older and a U.S.
citizen or legal resident
http://launchpad.encore.org/p
ages/eligibility-and-criteria
Available to artists living in New York, New
Jersey, and Philadelphia
Find an info
session: http://laundromatpro
ject.eventbrite.com/
LaunchPad
Competition
The Laundromat
Project Create
Change Fellows &
Public Artist
Residencies
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 14 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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.
LeapFrog offers a unique professional
development opportunity to outstanding
and entrepreneurial young leaders: a twoyear immersion in impact investing and
frontier financial services.
The LES Foundation & Licensing Executives
Society emphasizes intellectual property
mentorship, education ,and networking
featuring judges who span industry sectors
and share valuable expertise.
The Big C Competition is looking for big
thinkers to create innovations and
solutions improving the daily lives of
people facing cancer.
Fellowship opportunity
US citizen; Must be currently enrolled in a
college or university in United States; aged
18-25
http://www.state.gov/p/io/une
sco/programs/143138.htm
Fellows are staffed in
one of LeapFrog’s
global offices for two
years w/ a range of
responsibilities
$10,000 in cash plus inkind prizes and the
option to compete for
LESI’s $5,000 global
award
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
A total of 497 grants
ranging from $10,000 to
$5 million
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.
For graduate students interested in
intellectual property (IP) and licensing
issues
http://leapfroginvest.simplica
nt.com/job/detail/9843global-fellows-program
Anyone globally 18+ years old and not a
resident of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan,
and Syria.
http://bigc.livestrong.org/#/ho
me
Leapfrog Global
Fellows
Licensing
Executives
Society Graduate
Student Business
Plan Competition
Livestrong The
Big C
Competition
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.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 15 of 30
http://www.lesfoundation.org/
competition/
Eligibility guidelines and funding cycles are http://www.macfound.org/
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.
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
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,
http://nestcentral.org/
company and organization (with <$250,000
in funding and <$100,000 in revenue since
inception) can enter. Any idea, whether
local or global, public or private, or Pre-K
through adult learning is eligible.
The Mind Trust:
Education
Entrepreneur
Fellowship
The Mind Trust’s Education Entrepreneur
Fellowship is a unique national initiative
designed to develop and nurture innovative
strategies for taking on our greatest
challenges in education.
Through this award, the National Council
for Research on Women creates an
opportunity for a first-generation college
graduate, including immigrant students, to
continue working on a dissertation under
the close supervision of a senior
dissertation advisor.
The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship
Competition is a leading-edge forum for
students and researchers in the MIT
community to act on their talent, ideas and
energy to launch tomorrow’s leading
firms. The competition has three pieces –
1) Elevator Pitch Contest (EPC) 2)The
ACCELERATE Contest and 3) Business Plan
Contest (BPC) – and six distinct subject
areas to help teams specialize.
Fellows receive 2 years
of salary, benefits, and
the daily assistance of
The Mind Trust to
launch their venture
$8,500 to continue work
on a dissertation
$1,500 for a senior
dissertation advisor
continuing their
mentorship
All ages
http://www.themindtrust.org/f
ellowship/aboutFellowship.as
px
Open to any first-generation college
graduate currently pursuing a PhD
http://www.ncrw.org/MKCAwar
dInfo
A year-long educational
experience, with
resources such as
feedback from top VCs
and entrepreneurs,
media exposure,
mentorship, networking,
and $350 in cash and
prizes. The winner, of
course, receives $100k
Each team needs at least one MIT student
in order to enter. The MIT student needs to
be an active participant in the team and is
required to be a part of the demo (both the
video and at the Finale Show).
http://mit100k.org/about/
Miriam K.
Chamberlain
Dissertation
Award
MIT $100K
Entrepreneur
Competition
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 16 of 30
Website
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
MIT IDEAS Global
Challenge
The MIT IDEAS Global Challenge connects
passionate and talented students that want
to change the world with the experience
and resources of the MIT community. The
challenge offers a window into innovation
at MIT and invites participants to address
community development challenges
through innovation and collaboration in
communities around the world.
Awards up to $10,000
per team for the best
ideas to tackle barriers
to wellbeing
You do not have to be an MIT student to
participate but your team must be started
by an MIT student. If you’re not a student,
you can pose a problem and post ideas to
recruit team members, 1/3 of whom must
be full time MIT students. Teams must work
with a community partner to identify the
problem and develop the solution.
http://globalchallenge.mit.edu
/
Movement 121
Fellowship
Program
The M121 Fellowship for Sustainable World
Change is looking for 121 people who want
to change the world and want to learn how
to do so in a sustainable way.
6-month virtual
fellowship program.
Fellows take part in
M121 business planning
and join a community
receive feedback,
encouragement, and
questions
The NAPEC Innovation Challenge is a
First: $10,000
business plan competition that brings
2nd: $5,000
rd
together students and recent grad
3 : $2,500
Best App Idea: $1,500
entrepreneurs, to help reward students
Greenest Idea: $1,000
that pursue an innovative business idea .
Three visionaries will receive the
Each will receive
fellowship to pursue an economic or social $100,000 for one year
objective for one year, and turn an inspired and office space at the
idea into a game-changing reality. Projects Nathan Cummings
must demonstrate exceptional vision, build Foundation
on NCF’s portfolio, and relate to NCF’s
mission or core programs.
18-35 year olds are eligible to apply. They
are looking for passionate, motivated
people that want to change the world.
Applicants should be humble and willing to
learn, but confident and know they have
something to offer others.
http://www.movement121.co
m/engage/fellowshipprogram/
Open to any student 18+ and recent grads
within one year of graduating.
http://www.napecchallenge.c
om/
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens and able
to work from the foundation’s NYC offices.
They should have a track-record of risktaking, out of the box thinking, and a
proven ability to turn ideas into action.
http://www.ncf.org/grantprograms/cummingsfellowship
NAPEC Innovation
Challenge
The Nathan
Cummings
Foundation
Fellowship
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 17 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
NBC Universal
21st Century
Solutions
21st Century Solutions is a competitive
grant program that supports innovative,
high-impact social entrepreneurship
projects.
30 grants will be
awarded around the
country, totaling up to
$1.2 million.
Organizations must be 401(c)3 non-profits,
be 2+ years old, have an annual operating
budget of >$300,000 and be submitting a
maximum of one new and innovative
program.
http://bit.ly/SNCE0H
NCIIA E-Team
Program
The E-Team program is for student
innovator sand entrepreneurs who are
working on market-based technology
inventions.
Teams are awarded
early-stage funding up
to $75,000 with training,
coaching & investment
opportunities.
Student & Faculty innovators must be part
of a US-based member institution (college
or university) to be considered for one of
the programs.
http://nciia.org/grants
NCIIA Faculty
Grants
The Course and Program grants provide
funding for transformational courses and
programs that support the development of
market-driven, technology-based
inventions and innovations.
Awarded grants are up
to $50,000 for faculty
programs.
Student & Faculty innovators must be part
of a US-based member institution (college
or university) to be considered for one of
the programs.
http://nciia.org/grants
Students from all disciplines within the
New School are eligible and encouraged to
submit all types of projects – ideas, social
ventures, policy initiatives, films, game
designs, etc.
http://newchallenge.newscho
ol.edu/
The New School’s
New Challenge
Sustainable vision grants provide funding
for educational programs in which student
teams create and commercialize
technologies that benefit people living in
poverty.
New Challenge is an annual competition for Winners receive funding
students of The New School who are
between $2,500 and
committed to working on social and
$10,000
environmental challenges on a local or
global scale in innovative ways.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 18 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
New York State
Business Plan
Competition
The competition encourages students to
fully engage in their research and allows
them to gain valuable experience through
presenting their business plan to potential
investors and industry executives. The top
applications will be selected by an external
panel of judges to present in the final
round of the competition.
Over $225,000 in cash
and prizes
Teams of current undergraduate and
graduate students from accredited
colleges located in New York State with a
faculty advisor.
http://cnse.albany.edu/NewYo
rkBusinessPlanCompetition.a
spx
Notre Dame Gigot
CenterBusiness
Plan
Competitions
The annual Notre Dame New Venture
Competitions provide a tremendous
opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded
members of the Notre Dame community to
come together for the purpose of fostering
new business development.
New York City is where innovative ideas
come to life. This exciting annual
competition invites you to develop
business plans that can be launched in
New York City. There are 3 rounds for each
track: executive summary, formal business
plan, and in-person presentations.
Opportunity to win more
than $135,000 in prizes
Eligibility differs for each competition. See
website for specific eligibility
requirements.
http://business.nd.edu/Gigot_
Center/Competitions/
Cash prize of $35,000
Each team must be 2-5 members w/ 1-2
non-US citizens and all members must be
over 18 and students or recent alumni.
Business ideas in any sector are eligible,
but a preference in: financial services,
Green, non-profit, bioscience, fashion, and
media & tech.
www.nycedc.com/nextidea
NYC Venture
Philanthropy
Fund
Grants offered to an innovative, start-up
nonprofit that is addressing a major social
problem facing New York City. Area of
focus is determined by VPF members and
varies each year.
Grants range from
$7,000 to $10,000
http://www.nycvpf.org/wordpr
ess/
NYU Reynolds
Program
Changemaker
Challenge
The Changemaker Challenge (CmC) invites
all NYU undergraduate students who want
to change the world to present their social
venture and compete for seed grant
funding.
Up to ten seed grants of
$1,000 and a Grand
Prize of $10,000
awarded to Best Overall
Venture
Applicants must be addressing underfunded, under-recognized projects or
programs that embody an entrepreneurial
spirit, and promise high impact and
effectiveness for complex, persistent
social problems.
Ventures can be any brand new studentcreated, student-led organization, program
or business that benefits the community
and/or has a measurable positive social
impact. For profit, non-profit and hybrid
ventures are eligible.
NYC Next Idea
Competition
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 19 of 30
http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/
changemaker/
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
NYU Reynolds
Program in
Social
Entrepreneurship
Graduate
Fellowship
The NYU Reynolds Program in Social
Entrepreneurship awards up to 10
Graduate Fellowships in Social
Entrepreneurship to students from across
11 NYU schools.
Fellowship opportunity
with up to $25,000 in
scholarship for each of
the two years of study
It is open to new students accepted for Fall http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/
2012 enrollment to a full-time, two-year
grad/
master's program (with the exception of
some executive programs), or students
that are currently enrolled and will have
two years of study remaining beginning
their first Reynolds year.
NYU Stern
Berkley Center
for
Entrepreneurship
& Innovation
$200k
Entrepreneurs
Challenge
The $200K Entrepreneurs Challenge
includes three competitions:
• New Venture Competition for
aspiring entrepreneurs to take
ideas from concept to market
• Social Venture Competition to
support social entrepreneurs
• Technology Venture Competition
is a catalyst for early state
businesses based on technologies
developed by NYU students & staff
$200,000 awarded total:
New Venture: Teams must have 1 current
NYU student or Stern alum; all sectors
except consulting, franchises & real estate
syndication
The competition invites scholars to submit
cases is one of three tracks on corporate
sustainability, social entrepreneurship or
sustainable finance. Cases are reviewed by
judges and all entries receive written
feedback.
In each track:
1st Prize: 5,000 Swiss
Francs
nd
2 Prize: CHF 2000
rd
3 Prize: CHF 1000
oikos Case
Writing
Competition
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
New Venture
Competition: $75,000
Social Venture
competition: $50,000
Technology Venture
Competition: $75,000
Winners are invited to
present at high-level
conferences, winning
cases are published in
oikos online case
collection.
Page 20 of 30
Social Venture: Teams must have 1 current
NYU student or Stern alumnus; all sectors,
but must have earned revenue stream
Technology Venture: Team must have 1
NYU student, researcher or faculty
member; Life Sciences, IT & Clean Tech
sectors
Applicants may be teachers, research
assistants, or students of business
administration and related areas. Case
entries may have more than one author,
and each applicant can only submit one
case per track.
Website
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/exp
eriencestern/about/departmentscenters-initiatives/centersof-research/berkleycenter/programs/venturecompetitions/index.htm
http://oikosinternational.org/programme
s/curricula-change/casesprogram/
For details on case
requirements: http://oikosinternational.org/programmes/curriculachange/cases-program/
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
Omidyar
Fellowship at the
Santa Fe
Institute
The Omidyar Fellowship at the Santa Fe
Institute is unique among postdoctoral
appointments. It offers select scholars the
opportunity to join a collaborative
research community where they grapple
with some of the most compelling
questions of our time.
Online grant program to projects which are
intended to improve communities through
an online, democratic voting process . The
Grant Program consists of four categories:
Arts & Music, Communities, Education, and
The Pepsi Challenge.
Fellowship opportunity
Must hold a Ph.D. in any discipline by Sept.
of your application year.
http://www.santafe.edu/omidy
ar-fellowship/
60 awards/month range
from $5,000 - $50,000
depending on project
size and the type of
institutional backing
they already have
Legal residents of the US, age 13 and
older. Can be individuals, for profit
organizations (maximum of $5 million in
annual revenue) and nonprofit
organizations (maximum of $15 million in
annual revenue).
www.refresheverything.com
An initiative of the New York City Economic
Development Corporation & powered by
Health 2.0, the program provides funding
to innovative projects that pilot new health
technologies in New York City. It matches
early-stage companies to key NYC
healthcare service stakeholders.
The PopTech Social Innovation Fellows
program is designed to equip worldchanging innovators with the tools,
insights, visibility and social network that
can help them scale their impacts to new
heights. Each year, PopTech selects 10-20
fellows from the world who are working on
highly disruptive innovations in areas like
healthcare, energy, development, climate,
education, civic engagement, and more.
A total of $1,000,000 in
funding to 10 or more
projects.
Each pilot project tests
a prototype.
Innovators are early-stage healthcare
technology companies with a readily
available tech-based product. They have:
<50 employees, <$10m in venture capital
raised, a primary place of business in NYC.
http://www.pilothealthtechnyc
.com/
Fellowship opportunity
Fellows work in both the for-profit and notfor-profit worlds, have a minimum of 3-5
years of experience, and are working in
organizations that are well positioned for
sustainable growth.
http://poptech.org/sifellows
Pepsi Refresh
Project
Pilot Health Tech
NYC
PopTech Social
Innovation
Fellows Program
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 21 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
PresenTense
Global Summer
Institute
The Global Summer Institute unites the
best and brightest Jewish innovators from
around the world to develop and launch
ventures that better Israel and the Jewish
community.
Fellowship opportunity
to attend a six-week
training program in
Jeruselum. Curriculum
includes case studies,
workshops, mentors,
and a Launch Night to
pitch ideas
The PresenTense Global Institute is open to
anyone who has an idea for a sustainable
and replicable idea to transform the Jewish
community. The Fellowship program is
optimized for individuals ages 22-40, with
suggested work experience of 3-10 years
and previous leadership experience.
http://presentense.org/institu
te
REALITY Global
REALITY Global is a unique leadership
development journey in Israel with a focus
on entrepreneurial social change in the US,
countries outside the US and/or on a global
scale.
Weeklong journey
across Israel to build
leadership skills,
reflect, and learn from
social change leaders.
You must be a participant or alumnus of a
global social change program,
organization or network and have
affiliations with or interests in the Jewish
community.
http://www.realityexperience.
org/tour/reality-global/
Rolex Awards for
Enterprise
Applicants for the Rolex Awards for
Enterprise are asked to submit new or
ongoing projects that tackle the world’s
most pressing issues in five areas:
science/health, applied technology,
exploration/discovery, the environment,
and cultural heritage.
50,000 Swiss Francs
towards your project
Young Laureates, age 18 -30 who are
independent visionaries in solving some of
the world’s complex problems.
http://www.rolexawards.com/
Ross School of
Business Social
Venture Fund
The Social Venture Fund develops valuesbased business leaders and entrepreneurs
by investing in and supporting innovative,
financially-sustainable social enterprises.
They look for inspiring leaders that focus
on their investment areas who are ready to
share their passion and commitment to
sustained social impact.
$50,000 - $250,000
investments in prerevenue and postrevenue companies
Only for-profit social enterprise within
legal structures of a pre-existing
organization. Focus on US-based
businesses working on Education, Food
Systems & Environment, Health, and
Michigan/Detroit area Urban Revitalization.
Students and non-students are eligible.
http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/
wvf/svf_overview.asp
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 22 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
SEED Initiative
SEED Awards
The SEED awards support start-up social
enterpreneurs who aim to generate
environmental, social and economic
benefits at a local level in a country with a
developing or emerging economy.
Categories: SEED Africa Awards, SEED
South Africa Awards, SEED Low Carbon
Awards, SEED Gender Equity Awards
Is there something you created out of
necessity that changed how you work?
What process or tools are you particularly
proud of in your organization? The
seToolbelt resource competition seeks
original tools and resources to help make
them available to the wider community of
social entrepreneurs.
World Challenge 2011 is organized by BBC
World News and Newsweek, aimed at
finding projects or small businesses from
around the world that have shown
enterprise and innovation at a grassroots
level. They want to hear about the social
entrepreneurs who are making a
difference without costing the earth.
The “empowering people. Award” is a
worldwide competition that calls for
engineers, developers, inkeres and teams
to submit their innovations and technical
solutions geared toward improving basic
services in developing and emerging
countries.
Up to 55 SEED awards in
2014.
Wide-ranging support
including financial
contribution of $5,000;
access and networks;
awards ceremony; pro
bono advice & support
$500 cash
Among others, must include a partnership
between different stakeholder groups, be
locally driven or locally led, have potential
for scale, be early stage, and in a country
with a developing or emerging economy.
See full guidelines on website.
http://www.seedinit.org/award
s/about.html
Applicants should be interested in
innovative, practical, real-life responses to
the challenges that arise in any social
enterprise. Enter as many resources as
you’d like as long as they are originally
yours and haven’t yet been published on
the web.
http://www.setoolbelt.org/co
mpetitions
Winner: $20,000 grant.
Second & Third Place
Finalists: $10,000
grant. Grants are
awarded to the
project/small business
to be used only to
further their enterprise.
Winner: €50,000
2nd prize: €30,000
rd
3 prize: €20,000
20 finalists: €5,000
Innovative projects or ideas that
demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit
working for the benefit of the community
whilst adopting a responsible approach
can be nominated.
http://www.theworldchallenge
.co.uk/nominate
Individuals, teams, organizations, or
enterprises.
http://www.empoweringpeople-award.siemensstiftung.org/
seToolbelt
Competition
Shell World
Challenge
Siemens Siftung
(foundation)
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 23 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
Skoll Awards for
Social
Entrepreneurship
Each year the Skoll Foundation presents
the Skoll Awards for Social
Entrepreneurship to a small number of
social entrepreneurs who are solving the
world’s most pressing problems.
Includes a core support
grant to the
organization to be paid
over three years and a
noncash award to the
social entrepreneur
that is presented at the
Skoll World Forum on
Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Foundation has an open
application process and organizations are
evaluated on impact potential, inflection,
and innovation. Winners have a tested and
proven social innovation that addresses an
issue of critical importance and is
positioned for large-scale impact.
http://www.skollfoundation.or
g/about/skoll-awards/
Social Enterprise
Alliance
Business for
Good Competition
The Business for Good competition
provides potential and serial social
entrepreneurs with a unique forum for
submitting novel ideas to solve various
social problems.
Teams of 1 – 5 people submit both forprofit & non-profit organizations in the
idea or start-up phase. Applicants must be
>18 and available for the summit.
http://resources.ec.co/busine
ssforgood
Social Innovation
Grant,
Barnard/Columbi
a Urban Studies
Dept.
Social Impact
Exchange
Business Plan
Competition
The Learning by Giving Foundation enables
undergraduate college students enrolled in
an academic course on philanthropy and
social change to make a grant to a
nonprofit organization in their community.
The Competition identifies social sector
scaling initiatives with demonstrated
impact and readiness to scale and
supports them. Two tracks are Early-Stage
Growth and Mezzanine-Stage Growth.
If you’re an undergraduate student with a
nonprofit or for profit business idea to
make the world a better place, apply to
become a Sparkseed Innovator. Students
create venture profiles online, finalists are
selected to create business plans and
present to a panel of judges.
Teams can win an
opportunity to pitch at
the Social Enterprise
Alliance National
Summit for >$50,000 in
awards
$10,000 grant
administered by the
students
501(c )(3) nonprofit organizations based in
NYC are eligible to apply. Programs must
take place in NYC.
Email:
social.innovation.grant@gmai
l.com
Winners are supported
with financial aid and
consulting awards
U.S.-based nonprofits with a focus in
education, youth development, health,
poverty alleviation or community economic
development are eligible to enter.
http://www.socialimpactexcha
nge.org/exchange/eventsspecial-projects/businessplan-competition
$1,000 in seed money,
and up to $10,000 in
follow-up funding, with
$20,000 in pro-bono
services, mentoring,
and professional
training
Undergraduate students with social
ventures that address a social issue.
http://www.sparkseed.org/app
ly
Sparkseed
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 24 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
StartingBloc
Fellowships
The StartingBloc Fellowship is a life-long
membership with StartingBloc’s
community. Fellows are young leaders who
share a common set of values and believe
that economic value creation and social
value creation are complementary. They
believe in making money and doing good.
Provides grad students at participating
schools a placement in corporate settings
where they work on sustainability with
coaching from leaders in the field. Each
year, the Consortium will allocate between
10-20 Sustainability Fellowships to
graduate students in business, law, public
policy, environmental sciences, biology,
engineering, design, and sociology.
Fellowship opportunity
StartingBloc is looking for budding social
innovators to join the Fellowship. These
leaders are in the early stages of their
careers and are planning to utilize the
knowledge, skills, and connections gained
at the Institute to drastically multiply their
personal impact.
Graduate students at participating schools
and programs are eligible to apply.
Participating schools are DSI (Design for
Social Innovation at the School of Visual
Arts), Babson, Northeastern, Hult, and
Harvard.
http://www.startingbloc.org/fe
llowship
Synergos Arab
World Social
Innovators
AWSI supports nearly 40 society leaders
serving poor and marginalized
communities in Egypt, Jordon, Lebanon,
Morocco, Palestine and the United Arab
Emeriates.
Taproot
Foundation Make
It Matter
Challenge
Many professionals want to provide pro
bono expertise, but most nonprofits do not
receive that help. Taproot seeks for ideas
to answer the question “What would help
more nonprofit employees take advantage
of quality pro bono resources?”
Receive financial
award, technical
assistance, capacitybuilding workshops,
networks, and
mentorships for 2 years
Two top teams win:
$10,000 cash
$5,000 for the nonprofit
of your choice
$A chance to pitch to
Reid Hoffman of
LinkedIn
The Sustainability
Fellowship
Program
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Fellowship Opportunity
with $5,000 and a paid
internship in a
corporation
Page 25 of 30
http://www.babson.edu/Acade
mics/centers/the-lewisinstitute/Pages/sustainabilityfellowship-program.aspx
Social innovation projects in the non-profit http://www.synergos.org/soci
& private sectors, working in Egypt, Jordan, alinnovators/
Lebanon and Palestine that are
environmentally responsible and have a
proven track record.
Legal residents of the US and can enter as
an individual or as part of a team.
http://challenge.taprootfound
ation.org/
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
Target Simplicity
Challenge
Target is searching for great ideas that
simplify healthcare and help individuals
and families improve their health and wellbeing. Two categories: helping people
make positive lifestyle & prevention
choices, and helping people live well with a
chronic condition.
The challenge aims to create a formal way
of engaging a diverse community that
wants to change the world with some of the
best innovations and bringing them to the
market place. There are 3 impact areas:
1. Feed the Hungry
2. Environmental Sustainability: Water
Management & Conservation
3. Educate Future Generations
The Tech Awards honors individuals, nonprofit organizations and for-profit
companies who are using technology to
significantly improve human conditions in
6 awards categories. The technology used
can be either a new invention or an
innovative use of an existing technology.
The Social Innovation Award is an annual
competition managed by TFA’s Social
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative
for alumni entrepreneurs to develop their
ventures with a collective sense of
support. The Award seeks to find bold ideas
that will radically transform the education
landscape in the United States and create
an enduring impact on low-income
communities.
8 Finalists selected and
two grand prizes, who
win $25,000 and a
chance to partner with
Target to make their
vision a reality.
Open to US residents who are 18+ years
old.
https://www.targetsimplicityc
hallenge.com/
Each innovator receives
a $25,000 cash award,
the opportunity to
showcase at PLATFORM
2014 and appear on the
TAVIS SMILEY NETWORK,
and receive
entrepreneur
mentorship at UM.
$100,000 in cash prizes
per category
Must submit a written executive summary
and short video articulating the issue
solved, methodology, and a sense of the
potential local, national, and global impact
of the solution.
http://www.tavissmileysociali
nnovator.com/
Eligibility is based on the application of
technology, which may be either a new
invention or an innovative use of an
existing technology, and makes a
noteworthy contribution that surpasses
previous or current solutions.
http://thetechawards.thetech.
org/
Pre-pilot track: One
winner receives up to
$10,000 to test their
idea
Overall Track: One or
more will receive up to
$100,000; (for-profit
receives no more than
$25,000)
You must be a current TFA corps member
or alumnus launching a venture dedicated
to closing the achievement gap. It is for
early-stage ventures who are dependent
on the award to launch their venture of any
business model.
http://www.tfasocialinnovatio
naward.com/index.html
Tavis Smiley &
The University of
Maryland Social
Innovation
Challenge
The Tech Awards
Teach for
America’s Social
Innovation Award
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 26 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
TED Fellowship
The TED Fellows participate in either the
TED Conference in Long Beach, California
or the TEDGlobal event in Edinburgh, U.K. In
addition to attending the conferences,
Fellows will participate in pre-conference
programs with training from the world's
experts in spreading great ideas.
Think Beyond Plastic is an innovation
contest sponsored by the Plastic Pollution
Coalition for disruptive solutions to the
global plastic pollution crisis. They are
looking for disruptive technology and
solutions in supply chain & infrastructure,
source materials and packaging, and
products, services, or business models.
Thrillist and Samsung invite you to submit a
30-second video about your brilliant
startup idea.
Fellowship opportunity
with attendance to a
TED conference,
coaching and
networking
opportunities, and the
opportunity to present
First prize is a $50,000
investment for an
existing business and
$10,000 for the most
innovative business
idea
TED is targeting applicants of ages 21-40
from five target regions: Africa,
Asia/Pacific, the Caribbean, Latin America,
and the Middle East. However, anyone over
the age 18 from around the world is
welcome to apply.
http://www.ted.com/pages/vie
w/id/244
Qualified participants must have a wellarticulated idea or operating business that
is seed or early-stage. Businesses must
have a viable business proposition, as well
as sustainable business practices.
http://thinkbeyondplastic.com
/
Three will live pitch to a
judging panel including
David Tisch & Ben
Lerer. One grand prize:
PR & consulting
services, Samsung tech,
featured on Thrillist
Each Fellow receives
professional
development,
networking opps., and a
$10,000 grant to
support an innovative
project
U.S. residents 18+ years old
http://samsungstartup.thrillist
.com/eprizesamsung
At least 6 years of academic, professional
or volunteer experience in conservation,
environmental education, policy or
environmental issues. Must also have
current affiliation with a conservation
organization and be based in and working
on a project in the U.S.
http://www.togethergreen.org
/fellows/
Think Beyond
Plastic
Thrillist Speed
Dating for
Startups
TogetherGreen
Fellows
The TogetherGreen Conservation
Leadership Program invests in promising
and proven leaders who are committed to
empowering others and to creating
positive environmental change in their
communities and organizations.
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 27 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
Tony Blair Faith
Foundation: Faith
Acts Fellowship
The Faiths Act Fellowship brings together
future leaders to serve as interfaith
ambassadors for the United Nation’s
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
They build partnerships to show the world
how faith can be a positive global force.
Tumml’s mission is to empower
entrepreneurs to solve urban problems.
They provide entrepreneurs with the tools
to help them scale their impact and
enhance quality of life in cities
everywhere.
The Resolution Project’s Social Venture
Challenge awards teams of Youth Assembly
participants that submit plans for actual
social ventures that can make a real
impact on global development today.
Each year 25 entrepreneurs from every
corner of the globe live under the same
roof for six weeks in Colorado. These
entrepreneurs receive training and build
long-term relationships with 50 worldclass mentors, and also form relationships
to build their businesses.
Year-long, paid
international fellowship
May vary depending on type of fellowship
they are offering.
http://www.faithsact.org/fello
ws
Four month program:
$20,000 in seed funding
Mentorship
In-kind services
Early stage companies
http://www.tumml.org/
Up to $3,000 and two
years of mentoring
You must be a Youth Assembly participant
http://faf.org/main/yuouthassembly-at-theun/participationannual/apply-here-annual/
Fellowship opportunity
Candidates must be working full-time in a
for profit organization that addresses a
massive social or environmental problem.
http://unreasonableinstitute.o
rg/
Tumml
Urban Ventures
Accelerator
United Nations
Youth Assembly:
Social Venture
Challenge
Unreasonable
Institute
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 28 of 30
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
Verb
(formerly Dell
Social Innovation
Challenge)
Verb works with organizations to create
social entrepreneurship competitions.
There are 3 types:
• Grand Challenges : largest, longest,
and broadest thematic areas
• Mini-Grand Challenges: scaled down
time & scope
• Spotlight Challenges: smallest,
fastest, more focused issues
All competitions seek innovative ideas and
solutions.
Verizon is looking for innovators and
companies who propose innovative
solutions utilizing Verizon’s combination of
network, device, and platform technologies
to reinvent and empower the areas of
healthcare, education, transportation and
sustainability.
The William James Sustainable Business
plan Competition is for for-profit
businesses that incorporate a social or
environmental mission into the way they
make money. You can enter in the “IdeaPhase” or “Venture-Phase” categories.
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.
Challenges provide
tools, mentoring and
funding to
entrepreneurs. See
website for specific
details.
Varying depending on the challenge itself.
http://www.goverb.com/
Each category awards
one winner $1million
and two runners up
$250,000.
Competition entrants must be at least 18
years old, and all entries must be in one of
the three areas of focus: healthcare,
education, transportation and
sustainability.
http://www.verizon.com/powe
rfulanswers/award/
The 2011-12 prize
included >$100,000 in
in-kind and cash prizes
Each entered plan
receives 20 pages of
feedback ever round
Up to 3 prizes of
$100,000
Company must be for-profit, company must http://williamjamesfoundation
have a defined social and/or environmental .org/index.cfm?fuseaction=P
age.viewPage&pageId=884
goal that is part of how you make money.
Verizon Powerful
Answers Award
William James
Foundation
Sustainable
Business Plan
Competition
Young Innovator
for Social Justice
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 29 of 30
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
06/16/14
Organization
Competition or Fellowship Summary
Prize/Award Money
Eligibility
Website
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
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.
Up to 10,000 CHF,
hands-on workshops,
networking and the
chance to showcase at
the InnovatorSpace
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 18 – 25
http://world2012.itu.int/young
-innovators-competition
Ages 15 – 30, can be teams.
https://www.youthcompetition.org/
Youth Citizen
Entrepreneurship
Competition
NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Page 30 of 30
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
06/16/14