Up to $300,000 unrestricted over three years
A venture philanthropy firm backing early-stage, high-impact social ventures led by one exceptional entrepreneur, with unrestricted grants or investment capital.
Use when
You are two to five years in with proven impact evidence, a registered entity, and you want a large unrestricted multi-year cheque.
Skip when
You are pre-pilot or unregistered, or you are not willing to give a funder a board seat - and do not apply as a probe, since a decline costs you a year.
Status (8 Sep 2026): rolling year-round with no deadline. Award: up to US$300,000 unrestricted over three years, usually tranched. A legal entity is required - 501(c)(3) equivalents, C corps, B corps, hybrids or fiscally sponsored organisations. Stage gate: post-pilot and pre-scale, typically two to five years old; idea-stage and pre-pilot are explicitly excluded. A DRK senior team member takes a board seat for three years, and you may only reapply twice, no sooner than a year after a decline.
Equity-free acceleration plus up to $500,000 follow-on in Morocco
Kigali's venture studio and early-stage investor
Mini-MBA and seed prizes for Cameroonian women entrepreneurs
