{"id":53437,"date":"2025-10-14T01:59:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opportunitiesforyouth.org\/?p=53437"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:59:34","slug":"d-prize-grants-grants-of-up-to-20000-to-individuals-and-teams-fighting-extreme-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/?p=53437","title":{"rendered":"D-Prize Global Competition 2025: Win Up to $20,000 to Launch Your Social Impact Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur ready to fight global poverty? The D-Prize Global Competition 2025<\/strong> is now open. This is your opportunity to receive up to $20,000 USD in seed funding<\/strong> to launch a new social impact organization focused on expanding access to proven poverty solutions.<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re planning to start a non-profit, NGO, or social enterprise<\/strong>, D-Prize wants to help you take your idea from concept to launch.<\/p>\n

About D-Prize<\/h2>\n

D-Prize supports new entrepreneurs who can deliver proven poverty interventions<\/strong> where they are needed most. The competition funds organizations operating in low- and middle-income countries<\/strong> where extreme poverty still exists.<\/p>\n

D-Prize believes that many life-improving products and services already exist \u2014 the challenge is distribution<\/strong>. If you can design a scalable, cost-effective way to distribute a proven intervention, you could win funding to launch your startup.<\/p>\n

What You Can Apply For<\/h2>\n

D-Prize awards startup grants of up to $20,000 USD<\/strong> to entrepreneurs who want to start a new organization that tackles poverty.
You can apply to distribute any of the following high-impact interventions:<\/p>\n

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Expand the categories below to view high-impact products and services in need of greater global distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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+ Health<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kangaroo Care Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you provide access to Kangaroo Care (KC), a proven but underused intervention for infants born too soon or too small?<\/p>\n

Download the Kangaroo Care Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Self-Injectable Contraceptive Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you distribute a self-injectable contraceptive, Sayana\u00ae Press, to underserved women through a private health network?<\/p>\n

Download the Self-Injectable Contraceptive Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Oxygen Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you develop a team of technicians to service and repair existing oxygen concentrators to improve access to medical oxygen?<\/p>\n

Download the Oxygen Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Patient Identification Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you develop a way to identify patients needing treatment for either obstetric fistula, cervical cancer, club foot, or cataracts, then connect them with existing treatment services in your area?<\/p>\n

Download the Patient Identification Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Maternal Health Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you train birth attendants to administer misoprostol to prevent maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhaging?<\/p>\n

Download the Maternal Health Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you counsel and motivate HIV-positive pregnant women to adhere to their ART regimen, and thus prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission?<\/p>\n

Download the PMTCT Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Child Immunization Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you direct caregivers to bring their infants to health facilities for routine immunizations that would otherwise not occur?<\/p>\n

Download the Immunizations Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you teach \u201csugar daddy awareness\u201d to 8th grade classes to reduce unwanted teen pregnancies and HIV infections?<\/p>\n

Download the Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ Water<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Clean Access to water Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you sell ceramic water filters to people in areas without access to clean water?<\/p>\n

Download the Clean Access to Water Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ AGRICULTURE<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Quality Inputs Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you provide smallholder farmers high-quality inputs and training proven to increase their harvests?<\/p>\n

Download the Quality Inputs Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Post-Harvest Support Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you provide smallholder farmers post-harvest loans and storage technology proven to increase their incomes?<\/p>\n

Download the Post-Harvest Support Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Propose Your Own Agriculture Challenge:<\/h3>\n

D-Prize is specifically interested in distributing proven agriculture interventions to smallholder farmers. If you know of a highly-effective intervention that is backed by credible evidence, we want to hear what it is and see your plan to increase its distribution.<\/p>\n

Download the Custom Agriculture Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Propose Your Own Livestock Challenge:<\/h3>\n

D-Prize is interested in distributing proven livestock interventions to smallholder farmers. If you know of a highly-effective intervention backed by credible evidence, we want to hear what it is and see your plan to increase its distribution.<\/p>\n

Download the Custom Livestock Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ Livelihoods<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Reading Glasses Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you distribute non-prescription reading\/ working glasses to those in need?<\/p>\n

Download the Reading Glasses Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Poverty Graduation Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you provide business coaching, capital, and social support to lift people out of ultra poverty?<\/p>\n

Download the Poverty Graduation Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Propose Your Own Financial Inclusion Challenge:<\/h3>\n

D-Prize is specifically interested in distributing proven financial inclusion interventions to those in need. If you know of a highly-effective intervention backed by credible evidence, we want to hear what it is and see your plan to increase its distribution.<\/p>\n

Download the Custom Financial Inclusion Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ ENERGY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Solar Lamp Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you sell pico solar lamps to rural or slum-dwelling households without regular access to electricity?<\/p>\n

Download the Solar Lamp Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ Public Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Government Transparency Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you monitor and report data to reduce corruption and improve public service?<\/p>\n

Download the Government Transparency Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Road Safety Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you reduce road fatalities by mobilizing the public with a proven public transportation safety campaign?<\/p>\n

Download the Road Safety Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Teaching at the Right Level Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you improve foundational literacy and numeracy in resource-limited classrooms by implementing the proven Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) program?<\/p>\n

Download the Teaching at the Right Level Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

ConnectEd Phone-based Tutoring Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Can you improve foundational literacy and numeracy in underserved primary school learners by distributing the proven ConnectEd phone based intervention?<\/p>\n

Download the ConnectEd Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

+ Custom<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Propose your own challenge:<\/h3>\n

D-Prize is specifically interested in distributing proven poverty interventions to those in need. If you know of a highly-effective intervention that is backed by credible evidence, we want to hear what it is and see your plan to increase its distribution.<\/p>\n

Download the Custom Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Who Can Apply<\/h2>\n

D-Prize is designed for new entrepreneurs<\/strong>. Most winners are first-time founders<\/strong> who have not yet launched their organization or raised significant funding.<\/p>\n

You are eligible if:<\/p>\n