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.
Donor Name: Charity Entrepreneurship
Country: Global
Type of Grant: Incubation
Deadline: 09/30/2023
Size of the Grant: £2,000
Details:
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.
- They provide:
- 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.
- If for any reason you will not be able to start a charity they provide:
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.
