Initiators Fellowship
The Initiators Fellowship is a bold strategy that gives next-generation leaders the tools and resources to accelerate their entrepreneurial and leadership skills. The two-year program helps social entrepreneurs build their business and leadership capacity for the greater good of Greater Minnesota.
The program provides wrap-around training, mentoring and guidance—plus $30,000 annually for two years—to support Fellows and their social enterprise ideas to improve Greater Minnesota communities.
The Initiators Fellowship is geared toward up-and-coming leaders and entrepreneurs served by the Initiative Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation and West Central Initiative.
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Wondering if your business or organization might be a fit for the Fellowship? Contact a member of our team. We’ll get you the support you need!
Nine Selected for 2024-2025 Initiators Fellowship Cohort
LITTLE FALLS, MN—From a farmer bringing native African greens to the marketplace to an entrepreneur creating custom headwear to conceal monitoring wires while building epilepsy… Read More
16 Finalists Emerge for 2024-2025 Initiators Fellowship
Sixteen social entrepreneurs have been chosen from a pool of nearly 90 applicants to move to the next stage of the 2024-2025 Initiators Fellowship… Read More
Take Initiators Fellowship Eligibility Quiz
LITTLE FALLS, MINN.—The Initiators Fellowship is recruiting for its 2024-2025 cohort. Launched by the Initiative Foundation in partnership with three other Minnesota Initiative Foundations, the… Read More
IQ Magazine Stories
Where Passion Meets Purpose
2024-2025 Initiators Fellows are leveraging lived experiences to drive meaningful social change. Read More
Homegrown Goodness
Search begins for 2024-2025 class of Initiators Fellowship social entrepreneurs. Read More
A Major Initiative
Meet the 2022-23 Initiators Fellows—seven emerging social entrepreneurs with big ideas for improving their communities. Read More