Unlocked Futures (Catalyze cohort)
A year-long cohort for nonprofits led by formerly incarcerated and directly impacted social entrepreneurs, combining unrestricted money with convenings, strategic advising and leadership development.
- Indicative award
- $110k (total award)Page states a one-year $100,000 unrestricted grant plus a $10,000 unrestricted leadership-development grant.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · FebNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The 2026 call closed 11 February 2026, but the page states New Profit continues to accept Discovery Form submissions on a rolling basis throughout the year for grantmaking cycles in 2026 and beyond.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- The organisation must be led by a social entrepreneur who identifies as formerly incarcerated or directly impacted, be US-based with 501(c)(3) status, have annual expenses of $250,000-$2 million, at least two years of programme operation, full-time leadership, and no prior New Profit funding. Universities are not the applicant.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- reentry · social entrepreneurship · organizational capacity · leadership development
- Apply at
- https://newprofit.org/uf-call-for-discovery-submissions-2026/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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