CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Listed below are current opportunities which are updated regularly.

Carnegie Youth Fellowship at iCivics

DEADLINE: May 31

High school students can apply for the Carnegie Youth Fellowship at iCivics, a paid, national civic leadership experience for high school students ready to strengthen civic learning and engagement in their communities.

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Learn more and share with your networks.

EmbraceRace Fellowships

DEADLINE: June 1

The Color-Brave Fellowship for Classroom Educators: a 9-month cohort for PK–8 educators focused on building color-brave classrooms and supporting children’s racial learning.

Fellowship for Education Leaders: a 9-month cohort for mid-level and senior leaders working to shape policy, culture, and systems affecting children’s racial learning. For educators who primarily work with other adults.

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Apply for Color Brave and Fellowship for Education Leaders.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Consultants Program

DEADLINE: June 5

TSNE‘s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Consultants Program is an 8-week virtual cohort designed for nonprofit consultants seeking to deepen their equity-centered practice.

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Apply for the 2026 cohort.

Innovation Hub @Thrive Center

DEADLINE: June 8

From the Innovation Hub | Thrive Center for Children, Families and Communities | Georgetown University.

The Innovation Hub is a three-month fellowship program that helps startups and nonprofits focused on child and family health scale their impact, powered by the Thrive Center’s experts and connections.

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Apply to the Fellowship Program.

Building Pathways Out of Poverty

DEADLINE: June 9

Arbor Rising seeks applicants that are building pathways out of poverty by creating meaningful opportunities for low-income individuals to achieve economic mobility, most often in the fields of education or job training.

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Apply for the grant.

Belonging Practice Community

DEADLINE: June 15

The Othering & Belonging Institute seeks leaders and practitioners from health, education, government, nonprofits, and philanthropies who advance work related to belonging and bridging to apply for its Belonging Practice Community.

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Register for the sessions.

Lights On Afterschool Poster Contest

DEADLINE: June 18

Afterschool Alliance seeks applications of any artwork that represents the spirit of afterschool programs. This includes murals, paintings, graphics on social media, and anything else that celebrates afterschool.

The winning artwork will be printed on more than 50,000 posters that will be displayed at more than 8,000 Lights On Afterschool events around the world and the artist will receive $500.

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Learn more & submit an entry.

Enlight Fellowship

DEADLINE: July 5

The Enlight Fellowship is a fully-funded entrepreneurial and leadership development program designed for rising leaders creating solutions to youth mental wellbeing globally.

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Learn more & apply.

Rising Leaders for Results Fellowship

DEADLINE: July 6

The Rising Leaders for Results Fellowship is a lead­er­ship devel­op­ment expe­ri­ence for ear­ly-career lead­ers between the ages of 24 and 31 who are work­ing to improve out­comes for chil­dren, youth, fam­i­lies and communities.

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Apply for the fellowship.

Indigenous Tomorrows Fund

DEADLINE: July 14

The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund, an initiative of Native Americans in Philanthropy seeks applications from Native-led and Native-serving organizations implementing Native-led solutions rooted in Indigenous values, leadership, and systems of care. This program centers young people aged 14-24 in designing and awarding funding in Indigenous communities across the US.

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Learn more & apply.

New Initiative Providing Free Supports to Nonprofits

DEADLINE: n/a

Nonprofit GPS is a national, field-driven collaboration helping nonprofits navigate business model risks and make well-informed decisions to keep their missions strong.

Led by Nonprofit Financial Commons, BDO Nonprofit & Grantmaker Advisory Services, and Philanthropy New York, with tools from StrongNonprofits.org and insights from regional networks nationwide. Supported by the Wallace Foundation and other foundations.

Nonprofit GPS helps organizations make well-informed decisions and navigate business model risks to keep the mission alive, even in the most disruptive times. Nonprofit GPS offers connection to peer wisdom through a nationwide network, access to practical tools for financial risk assessments and planning for uncertain times.

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Sign up for the listserv to receive their latest updates.

Connected for Kids

DEADLINE: n/a

Connected for Kids is a new effort focused on building a shared national vision for flourishing in the elementary years, in partnership with Child Trends and the Thrive Center at Georgetown University.

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To learn more and engage, you can:

  • watch the launch webinar 
  • subscribe to their newsletter 
  • sign their statement of support

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