How much funding does Equality Can't Wait Challenge provide?

Equality Can't Wait Challenge provides $10,000,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Equality Can't Wait Challenge?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

How often is Equality Can't Wait Challenge offered?

Equality Can't Wait Challenge is described as a one-time opportunity.

Equality Can't Wait Challenge

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Funding Amount

$10,000,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: One-time opportunity
Tracked since: April 2026

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Overview

Amount: $10 million (awarded to NMCC & Native Women Lead collaboration)

Geographic Scope: United States

Focus Areas: Gender equality, women's economic empowerment, Indigenous women entrepreneurship

Funder: Pivotal Ventures (Melinda French Gates' investment firm), with support from MacKenzie Scott, Dan Jewett, and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

An intense competition to identify the best ideas for helping to expand women's power and influence in the United States by 2030. Four organizations were selected as winners, each receiving $10 million awards. Selected from a pool of over 550 applications.

NMCC's Award: New Mexico Community Capital partnered with Native Women Lead to win $10 million for "The Future is Indigenous Womxn" initiative, which catalyzes the investability and economic liberation of Indigenous women by scaling impactful businesses owned by Native women.

Focus of NMCC Award: Native women interested in entrepreneurship lack equitable access to capital, business development resources, financial capability, and career opportunities. The award will help scale Native women-led businesses and increase economic power and wealth creation through community employment opportunities.