Miller Center’s Global Social Benefit Institute Accelerator Programme 2019 for social entrepreneurs (Funded)

Application Deadline: November 2nd 2018

Miller Center’s Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) offers 6 months of highly customized mentorship and content with an opportunity to attend 10-days in-residence at Santa Clara University in August 2019.

For Miller Center’s 2019 GSBI programs, we are especially interested in organizations with an affinity for:

• ENERGY: organization is focused on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for people living in poverty.

• LAST-MILE DISTRIBUTION: organization builds distribution channels for a range of beneficial products and services to rural or urban populations.

• BAY AREA-based IMPACT: organization’s impact is focused on beneficiaries within the San Francisco Bay Area.

• WOMEN-LED: organization’s founding or executive team is woman-led.

Requirements:

If your business is operational, focused on serving people living below the poverty line, and you can commit 3-6 hours per week towards working with your mentor through program deliverables, we invite you to apply.

Whether you are seeking support for specific questions like:

• How do I negotiate with potential funders?
• I need to improve my operations – where do I begin and how do I measure progress?
• How much funding should I be raising right now? Should it be debt, equity, or grants, and who do I talk to?

Benefits:

Key Dates
● Nov 2, 2018 – Applications due ( www.scu.edu/applyGSBI )
● Feb 6, 2019 – GSBI In-residence Accelerator Kickoff and GSBI Online Accelerator
Kickoff (both online)
● July 2019 – GSBI Online Final Presentations (online)
● August 13 – 22, 2019 – In-residence Accelerator (at Santa Clara University)

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Miller Center’s Global Social Benefit Institute Accelerator Programme 2019