Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program: Receive Seed Grants of up to $200,000

Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program: Receive Seed Grants of up to $200,000

Deadline: 30-Sep-23

If you are excited to make a huge impact with your career, like moving fast and working on a variety of different tasks and feel motivated by new challenges then apply for Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program.

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The Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program is a two-month, cost-covered training program that gives a small cohort of talented peoples from all over the world everything they need to launch a field-leading charity:

• The necessary training.
• Co-founder matching.
• A well-connected and collaborative community.
• An evidence-based and cost-effective intervention idea.
• Seed funding to get started.

Every year, their research team dedicates thousands of hours to analyzing hundreds of ideas, finding the top 5-6 intervention ideas for new charities to implement. This ensures that participants in the Incubation Program can successfully launch charities that the world truly needs.

They prioritize

• Cost-effectiveness;
• Convergent scientific evidence;
• Exceptional levels of expected impact.

Safety Net – Stipends

• During the Program
  • They provide:
    • Stipends to cover your living costs during the Incubation Program (e.g., rent, wifi, food, childcare). The stipends are around £2,000 per month, based on participants’ needs and adjusted accordingly.
    • Travel and board costs for the 2 weeks in-person in London.
• After the Program
  • If for any reason you will not be able to start a charity they provide:
    • Career mentorship (the track record for connecting non-founder participants to research grants, related jobs, and other pathways to impact is near 100%).
    • Two-month stipends to provide a safety net during the period of looking for alternative opportunities.
    • Continued access to the CE community via the Slack network.

What you’ll learn?

• Evaluation Skills
  • Theory of Change
  • M&E
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Scientific evidence review
• Leadership Skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Prioritization
  • Task management and productivity
  • Pitching
• Fundraising
  • Operations Skills
  • Operations
  • Financial planning
  • Legal setup
  • HR
• Hands-on skills
  • Working with stakeholders
  • Pilot program design
  • Insights from top charities

Support after the Program

• If you are officially incubated by Charity Entrepreneurship you’ll get:
  • A seed grant of up to $200,000.
  • Operation and HR support to set up your organization quickly (for example, you’ll start with a US charitable fiscal sponsorship, allowing you to accept tax deductible donations).
  • Monthly mentorship meetings with the CE team.
  • Access to a broad network of mentors and advisors.
  • Coaching from external topic experts (e.g., on co-founder relations or M&E).
  • Weekly ‘getting started’ sessions for the first 4 weeks.
  • Regular emails with further videos and resources that are relevant to you later in your charity journey (e.g., on hiring, or charity registration).
  • Monthly alumni call to share and receive knowledge from CE’s other incubated charities.
  • Support in WIX website design.
  • Slack group of over 100 charity founders and effective charity employees.
  • Weekly London socials and annual gatherings.
  • Knowledge and template base from our network of incubated charities.

Duration

• The Incubation Program lasts 8 weeks, followed by a 2 week seed-funding process.

Eligibility Criteria

• In short: everyone who is interested in this career path!
• Nonprofit entrepreneurship is an unconventional career step that is not on most people’s radars. However, for those for whom it is a good fit, starting a charity could be the most impactful, fulfilling path they might ever take.

For more information, visit Charity Entrepreneurship.