projects to diversity entrepreneurship – Oct 24

Posted by Nasdaq Foundation on October 7, 2025

Nasdaq Foundation invites applications for projects to diversity entrepreneurship

Established in 1994, the Nasdaq Foundation works to connect business, capital, and innovative ideas to advance global economies and local communities to champion investor engagement.

The foundation invites applications to its quarterly grant program. Driven by Nasdaq’s purpose to advance economic progress for all, the foundation works with organizations that promote and assist under-resourced communities by reimagining investor engagement and equipping communities with the financial knowledge needed to share in the wealth that markets create.

The foundation will award funding in the following focus areas:

Empower: Empower organizations that equip under-resourced communities with the financial knowledge and confidence they need to share in the wealth that markets can create. Grants will be given in this area to organizations and programs which deliver impact in one or more of the following ways: enhance financial literacy among under-resourced communities, with an element of teaching participants how to invest in the capital markets, and improve access to knowledge and tools for investing and wealth creation among under-resourced communities. The foundation generally does not fund financial literacy projects which focus exclusively on K-12 education.

Support: Support entrepreneurs from under-resourced communities with the resources to strengthen and scale those businesses and contribute to the prosperity of society. Grants will be given in this area to organizations and programs that deliver impact in one or more of the following ways: equip under-resourced founders with mentoring and resources, and improve access to capital for under-resourced founders.

While there is no set minimum or maximum grant amount, the average size of a grant made by the foundation is $75,000.

Eligible applicants include tax-exempt organizations as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and for-profit businesses or consultants acting on behalf of a qualified tax-exempt entity or through a fiscal sponsor that is tax-exempt.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Nasdaq Foundation website.

Deadline: October 24, 2025