RIVET channels the collective economic power of young people to fund their work as social innovators, and believes that it is absolutely essential to lower the barriers for equitable participation in the impact economy, especially for youth entrepreneurs and innovators. To amplify its work, RIVET is teaming up with Mountaintop International to build the world’s first microfinancing model to provide essential “first funds” to young innovators who have brilliant social impact ideas but who, due to their background, have no access to financial capital.
The Mountaintop RIVET Fellowship provides 20 Fellows ages 18-26 living in NYC and Connecticut with $500 grants to implement a 90-day project, along with world class virtual training on leadership and social entrepreneurship, a global virtual community of leading youth changemakers, and access to mentorship from leading social innovators from around the world. Through the fellowship, RIVET and Mountaintop aim to rapidly accelerate the trajectories of emerging, locally-rooted social innovators who will go on to transform the future of their communities.
Candidates ages 18-26 living in NYC or Connecticut are eligible to apply. The application deadline is November 15th.
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For more information, contact: Reed Shafer-Ray at reed.shaferray@mountaintop.international