Echoing Green Fellowship
An 18-month, full-time fellowship for founders of early-stage social impact organisations anywhere in the world, with a US$100,000 stipend and leadership support.
US$100k grant · equity not published
Status unknown
Fellowship · United States
Camelback Fellowship
A 16-week fellowship for US founders of early-stage education and social-impact technology ventures. Each fellow's venture receives US$40,000, with coaching and a peer cohort.
Status unknown Run by Camelback Ventures
Verified 19 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- US$40,000 US$40,000 friends-and-family investment in each fellow's venture
- Instrument
- Convertible note
- Equity taken
- not published For-profits and hybrids give a nominal equity stake, generally 0.5% to 5%, usually through a convertible note; non-profits receive the funding as a grant
- Programme fee
- not published
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- not published
- Delivery
- not published
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Edtech, Social impact
- Open to founders from
- United States
- Perks
- not published
Application dates
Status unknown
Dates not published. Applications are closed. The fellowship application opens twice a year, typically in mid-winter and late summer, and is usually due within a few weeks of opening.
Usual timing: Applications are closed. The fellowship application opens twice a year, typically in mid-winter and late summer, and is usually due within a few weeks of opening.
Who can apply
- Founder or co-founder aged over 18, living in the US or a US territory, with proficiency in English
- About 10 hours a week for 16 weeks; fellows do not relocate
- Education or conscious technology venture with more than half of its customers or beneficiaries in the US
- School ventures must hold their charter authorisation before the cohort begins
- Stage: pre-seed
What founders should check
- Equity: For-profits and hybrids give a nominal equity stake, generally 0.5% to 5%, usually through a convertible note; non-profits receive the funding as a grant. Ask for the exact stake before you accept a place.
- It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
- It does not say whether it runs in person or remotely. Ask before you plan a move.
- Dates for the next cohort are not published. Applications are closed. The fellowship application opens twice a year, typically in mid-winter and late summer, and is usually due within a few weeks of opening.
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