Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact (F. M. Kirby Impact Prize)

Last update: Oct 22, 2026

Location: Worldwide

Funding Agency: Nonprofit organization

Contracting Authority: Fuqua School of Business of Duke University in Durham

Contracting Authority Type: Academic institution

Status: Open

Budget: USD 150,000

Award ceiling: 150,000

Award floor: N/A

Sector: Community Development & NGOs, Environment & Climate, Social Development

Eligible applicants: Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible nationalities: Worldwide

Date posted: Oct 9, 2026

Objectives:

Objectives

Purpose: Support one impact enterprise with an unrestricted USD 150,000 prize to accelera...

Eligibility criteria:

Eligible applicants: Impact-driven enterprises with a social and/or environmental mission; nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations may apply.
Financial threshold: The organization must have an annual operating budget of at least USD 250,000 based on actual past-year operations, not projections.
Impact evidence: Applicants must provide ...