Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Awards
Usually opens in March and April and May
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
No cash prize. Awardees receive multi-year membership of the World Economic Forum communities and access to Davos and other WEF platforms.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (World Economic Forum)
private · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Annual nomination and application cycle, historically opening in the spring with awardees announced ahead of the WEF Annual Meeting
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: social, climate, health, any
- Stage: growth
Established social enterprises with demonstrated impact at scale. For-profit, nonprofit and hybrid models are eligible.
Source. https://www.schwabfound.org/awards/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked