Catalyze Investments Grant Program

The Catalyze Investments Grant Program offers unrestricted grants of $100,000 and additional support for leadership development to social entrepreneurs in the U.S. This program focuses on enhancing the impact of organizations addressing critical issues like democracy and economic mobility. Participants benefit from a cohort-based model, providing community connections and strategic advisory support. The goal is to empower visionary leaders with resources and tools to drive sustainable change in their communities.

NOTE: Organizations that meet our investment selection eligibility guidelines and complete our Discovery Form are invited to join our pipeline to be considered for investment opportunities as relevant cycles come up. Depending on our strategic priorities and funding availability, select pipeline organizations will either be invited to submit an application for a given investment selection cycle or an open submission cycle will be held.
Get Funding & Support
We provide unrestricted grants and strategic advisory support to organizations led by visionary social entrepreneurs to increase their impact, growth, and sustainability. We are committed to meeting the specific and shifting needs of each organization we fund and support.
We invest in organizations with a range of impact models that seek to transform the intertwined systems of opportunity in education, economic mobility, and democracy.
$100,000 unrestricted grants, $10,000 of funding for leadership development, strategic advisory support, and a peer learning community over one year.
Cohort-based support that accelerates the innovations of early-stage organizations
Our Catalyze Investments vehicle is a cohort-based model for social entrepreneurs and organizations working in areas that are critical to expanding opportunity in America, such as democracy, economic mobility, and mental health, and the American legal system.
Cohorts are often made up of leaders who have personal experience with the issues they are addressing – for example, mental health professionals, and justice-impacted individuals.
This programming is designed to support organizations deepening their impact and scaling their models by tackling key leadership and organizational challenges they face.
Our goal with Catalyze Investments is to equip social entrepreneurs and their organizations with tools and relationships that accelerate their path to success.
Unrestricted Funding
We provide unrestricted funding to offer organizations the flexibility and agency to invest resources where it will be the most impactful in service of their mission.
1:1 Strategic Advising and Leadership Development
We pair each social entrepreneur with a strategic advisor from New Profit’s Portfolio team and provide a grant for social entrepreneurs to seek additional leadership development support.
Capacity-building Framework and Tools
We provide a set of tools—informed by learnings over 25 years—that help organizations refine and expand their impact model, strategic capabilities, and scale.

Eligibility

Organizations interested in being considered for a Catalyze cohort must meet the following eligibility criteria:Focus on the United States and its territoriesHold 501(c)(3) status (Organization or fiscal sponsor)Have an expense budget for your most recently closed fiscal year that is between $250,000 and $2 million. Be led by at least one social entrepreneur on a full-time basis (30 hours/week)Has been in programmatic operation for at least two yearsIs not a previous New Profit grantee