They seed new organizations distributing proven poverty solutions, all aiming to scale. D-Prize is looking for entrepreneurs who can design a new nonprofit or social venture that distributes an existing poverty solution to thousands, maybe even millions of people.
They have identified over a dozen products and services known to alleviate poverty. They now challenge entrepreneurs to design ways to distribute to people in need.
Challenges
Health Access
Self-injectable Contraceptive Challenge
Oxygen Challenge
Patient Identification Challenge
Maternal Health Challenge
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Challenge
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Challenge
Child Immunization Challenge
Sugar Daddy Awareness Challenge
Water
Clean Access to Water challenge
Education
Teaching at the Right Level challenge
Agriculture
Quality Inputs challenge
Post-harvest Support challenge
Propose your own Agriculture challenge
Propose your own Livestock challenge
Livelihoods
Reading Glasses Challenge
Poverty Graduation challenge
Propose your own financial inclusion challenge
Energy
Solar lamp challenge
Public Services
Government transparency challenge
Road safety challenge
Education
Teaching at the right level challenge
Custom
Propose Your Own Challenge: 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, they want to hear what it is and see your plan to increase its distribution.
Prizes
D-Prize will award the most promising teams with up to $20,000USD to launch their new organization wherever extreme poverty exists.
Eligibility
D-Prize is for new organizations. Most of their awardees are first-time entrepreneurs. Most have not yet launched their organization, nor have they raised other funding.
They especially encourage those from low- and middle-income countries to apply.
They will consider applications from existing organizations only if your core focus is distributing an existing and evidence-based poverty intervention.
They typically will not support organizations with more than 18 months of full-time operations or that have raised more than $30,000 USD in outside funding.
