Global Good Fund Fellowship 2026 for Social Entrepreneurs ($10,000 grant) – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications are open for the Global Good Fund Fellowship 2026. The Global Good Fund Fellowship is a 12-month hybrid management program for social entrepreneurs around the globe. They speed up leaders who relentlessly deal with probably the most urgent social points to create a extra sustainable and simply future for all. Each chief receives skilled govt teaching, c-suite enterprise mentorship, $10,000 to spend completely on their management improvement, personalized instruments, assets, coaching and networking alternatives to scale their social influence.

They take a holistic strategy to create change by constructing resilient, competent and profitable leaders by the hybrid Fellowship. Fellows elevate 3x the capital in service of social change due to the alternatives afforded by this system.

• 360° Assessment: Fellows take GGF’s proprietary management evaluation and achieve a panoramic view of their management expertise.
• Executive Coaching (Virtual): Fellows use the outcomes of the 360 evaluation as a place to begin to work with their govt coach and create a customized Leadership Development Plan.
• Business Mentorship (Virtual): Fellows are matched with a C-suite enterprise govt, who serves as a mentor, and receives intensive 1:1 assist to assist them efficiently develop their enterprise.
• Annual Summit (in-particular person): Fellows take part in an Annual Global Good Fund Summit every spring. Our summit is a 4-day curated management improvement expertise that mixes coaching, networking and bonding amongst Fellows, alumni and valued members of the GGF ecosystem.
• Targeted Funds: Fellows obtain a $10,000 grant to explicitly be used on their management improvement.
• Peer and Subject Matter Expert Network: Over the course of 12 months, Fellows are part of a world cohort of leaders positively impacting the world. GGF facilitates intentional alternatives for Fellows and alumni to interact and be taught from one another in addition to quite a lot of trade specialists in order that they are often finest outfitted to deal with advanced challenges.

Eligibility

• The enterprise that the candidate leads is a minimum of two years outdated.
• The enterprise will need to have a minimum of one full-time worker along with the candidate.
• The applicant is dedicated full‐time to operating their enterprise.
• Applicants shouldn’t be presently receiving formal teaching/mentoring assist; if they’re making use of for different fellowships throughout the 2026 fellowship cycle, please ensure it’s indicated inside your application.
• The applicant have to be able the place they’ve main choice-making authority. 

Additional Consideration

• The enterprise the candidate is main could be a for-profit, non-revenue, or hybrid
• The enterprise’s scope of labor might be worldwide, home, or each
• The enterprise has developed an efficient enterprise mannequin and is due to this fact nicely positioned (or can present proof that demonstrates a excessive stage of potential) to scale in the long run
• The enterprise addresses points within the following sectors: Financial Inclusion, Environment, Education, Economic Mobility, and Health. However, we’ll think about candidates who fall exterior of those areas as associated to their potential for social influence and systemic change
• Candidates shouldn’t be receiving formal teaching/mentoring assist; if they’re making use of for different fellowships throughout the similar fellowship cycle, please ensure it’s indicated inside your application

Application

The GGF Fellowship Search and Selection course of consists of three phases:

•  Phase 1 (June 1 – June 30): Initial application and eligibility screening.
•  Phase 2 (July 7 – August 11): A extra detailed questionnaire about you and your enterprise.
•  Phase 3 (September 8 – October 24): A digital interview with our choice group.
• Selected fellows can be knowledgeable by November 30

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For extra data, go to Global Good Fund Fellowship.