Are you a start-up with a proven poverty intervention in need of funding? Apply for the D-Prize Challenge before 24 November 2024

D-Prize, a United States-based non-profit organisation, invites applicants for the D-Prize Challenge for social entrepreneurs with innovations to end poverty. Through the Challenge, D-Prize will identify effective interventions to support with seed funding of USD 20,000.

Interested participants should have innovations in at least one of the D-Prize focus areas, which include health, access to clean water, education, agriculture, livelihoods, energy and public services. Additionally, interested participants must fulfil the following to apply:

• Deliver an existing intervention with a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current revenue or donors
• Be operational for not more than 18 months and have raised no more than USD 30,000 in outside funding
• Application must be submitted in English (it does not have to be perfect, as long as it is enough to understand your idea)

For more information on the Challenge, visit Application Packet

To apply for the Challenge, visit: Application