Call for Discovery Submissions from New Profit Unlocked Futures Catalyze Cohort – Feb 11
Posted by New Profit on February 3, 2026
Unlocked Futures seeks to remove barriers to opportunity for formerly incarcerated and directly impacted individuals and communities.
Systemic barriers—including lack of access to formal job training, limited housing options, and hiring restrictions due to criminal records—leave 60 percent of formerly incarcerated individuals unemployed one year after their release, contributing to the recidivism cycle that damages so many communities. Entrepreneurship is one of the most viable economic pathways for the formerly incarcerated to escape this cycle, live with dignity, and self-determination, and contribute to their communities.
Unlocked Futures is a cohort-based approach that aims to remove barriers to entrepreneurship for people whose experience with the American legal system provides them with unmatched expertise and insight into how to improve and build alternatives to the current incarceration system:
- $100,000 unrestricted grants, $10,000 leadership development stipends, and strategic advising sessions for organizations led by formerly incarcerated and directly impacted leaders who are expanding economic opportunity and removing barriers to capital for their communities.
- To be considered for the 2026 grantmaking cycle, interested organizations must complete the Discovery Form by February 11, 2026, 11:59 PM
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