Applications Open: Fast Forward Accelerator Program 2025

📅 Deadline to Apply: September 8, 2025
💰 Grant Size: $25,000 philanthropic grant (plus potential follow-on funding up to $100,000)
🌍 Global, Hybrid Format
🔗 Apply here

Are you a tech nonprofit founder working to solve critical global problems?
Fast Forward is calling for applications to its 2025 Accelerator, designed specifically for early-stage tech nonprofitswith a working MVP.

💡 Why Apply?

Fast Forward’s Accelerator is the only program tailored to the unique needs of tech nonprofits, offering:

• 💸 $25K+ seed funding

• 🧠 Expert-led training on tech + nonprofit topics (product, GTM, board dev, impact measurement, more)

• 🤝 Mentorship & community of peer founders and alumni

• 🌐 Hybrid format with in-person events in San Francisco (Feb & late spring 2026) and virtual programming

They also provide travel and lodging stipends for teams outside the Bay Area.

✅ Who Should Apply?

You should apply if:

• You lead a tech nonprofit (registered or in process)

• You’ve built at least an MVP

• Your work addresses a clear social problem with scalable, software-based solutions

• You’re ready to grow, raise capital, and expand your impact

• You can attend in-person events (travel support is provided)

Whether you’re registered as a 501(c)(3) in the U.S. or a nonprofit in another country — you’re eligible.

🎯 Selection Criteria

• Visionary leadership

• Tech talent in-house or hiring plans

• Strong impact potential

• Clear scalability

• Lived experience connected to the problem you’re solving

• Strategic alignment with Fast Forward’s support model

📌 Apply by September 8, 2025:
👉 https://www.ffwd.org/accelerator