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100,000 USD over 18 months
Echoing Green offers a fellowship for social innovators working across areas such as education, climate justice, human rights, and health. The program includes leadership development, wellness support, expert and pro-bono resources, and community convenings, along with seed funding of USD 100,000 paid over 18 months. For-profit organizations are eligible, and funding to them is structured as recoverable grants. Applicants apply through the Echoing Green Fellowship application process.
Leadership Development
A comprehensive program to build and grow leadership skills and develop the strategies needed for ideas to thrive.
Wellness and Wellbeing Support
Ongoing support focuses on mental and emotional wellbeing along with self-care workshops designed specifically for the struggles of entrepreneurship.
Capital Expert Resources
The programs team facilitates the Fellow experience and connects these leaders to experts and opportunities according to their needs.
Seed Funding
A stipend over 18 months (100,000 USD). Funding offered to for-profit organizations is in the form of recoverable grants.
Community Virtual and In-Person Convenings
Gatherings to connect Fellows within and across classes, regions, and communities to build strong ties among Fellows over their entrepreneurial journey.
Expert Support
A suite of pro-bono support from leading professionals to build organizational capacity and help navigate the social innovation field. Opportunities to connect with experienced business leaders committed to supporting positive social change globally.
Education
Fellows work across issue areas to advance equity, including education.
Climate Justice
Fellows work across issue areas to advance equity, including climate justice.
Human Rights
Fellows work across issue areas to advance equity, including human rights.
Health
Fellows work across issue areas to advance equity, including health.
Prestigious early-stage social enterprise fellowship. $80-90K in seed funding over 2 years plus leadership development, stipend, and access to a powerful global alumni network (1,000+ Fellows including founders of organizations like Teach For America, City Year, SKS Microfinance). Open application — one of the most accessible pathways to catalytic social enterprise funding.
2-year fellowship with stipend, leadership development, global network of 1,000+ social entrepreneurs, strategic support, investor introductions
Small grant size ($80-90K total). Highly competitive — hundreds of applications per year.
Emphasize your leadership potential, connection to underserved or overlooked communities, and why your approach may be missed by traditional investors. If you are a for-profit applicant, be clear that the funding is provided as a recoverable grant and apply directly through the fellowship application page.
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Multiple African social entrepreneurs across health, education, agriculture, civic engagement, financial inclusion