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BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt promotes responsible leadership and inspires leaders from around the world to work for a peaceful, fair, sustainable future. Guided by the key concepts of governance, innovation, and intersectoral associations, they focus on Sustainable Development Goals 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), 10 (Reducing Inequality), 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). The 17 Goals of the 2030 Agenda constitute the reference framework of their venture philanthropy and impact investments.
School of Social Entrepreneurs India offers a 9-month fellowship programme to help start a social enterprise, community project or charity. The programme supports people who are working on developing their idea and are ready to invest time in getting it operational.
500 Mexico City is an accelerator programme for start-ups that provides advice, networks and access to finance. Companies going through the Seed Programme receive an investment and mentorship.
Action For India's mission is to help high potential social entrepreneurs overcome barriers to scale and achieve greater impact at the bottom of the pyramid.
AFI connects social entrepreneurs with impact investors, mentors, technology resources, government contacts, and other relevant ecosystem partners.
Launched in 2012, AFI has international chapters in the Silicon Valley and in the UK.
Acumen is a non-profit that raises charitable donations to invest in companies, leaders, and ideas that tackle poverty. The organisation provides long-term debt or equity investments ranging from USD 250,000 to USD 3,000,000 in early-stage companies with payback or exit in seven to ten years. Acumen also offers fellowships that include leadership training and working with one of Acumen's portfolio companies.
The Ampion Fellowship is an extensive 4-month incubation and skills training programme for high-potential entrepreneurs across all African regions. Individuals selected for the Fellowship receive subsidised work space, mentoring and access to investor networks, coupled with consulting and advisory services in order to further develop their start-up ideas.
The Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative (CYFI) seeks to develop a select group of young Nigerians by connecting them with mentorship, networking, training and funding opportunities over the course of a fellowship year.
The Cordes Foundation is a family foundation focused on social entrepreneurship, impact investing and creating economic opportunities for women. In addition to financing, the foundation also provides technical support such as connecting social entrepreneurs to potential investors and other support actors; and organises events on social entrepreneurship and impact investing. It also runs a fellowship programme targeted at emerging social entrepreneurs.
The Deshpande Center for Social Entrepreneurship provides grants to social enterprises in health, education and agriculture, employs educational programmes to prepare youth to lead social enterprises and offers a fellowship programme.
The Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a non-profit corporation supporting youth and cooperating with the private sector, governments, and community-based organisations. DOT provides entrepreneurs aged 18 to 29 with tools, knowledge, networks, seed funding and support to launch sustainable social initiatives.
