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Custom Challenges Grant

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An organisation based in United States

Summary

A US social-innovation platform partners with purpose-driven organizations to design and launch custom challenge competitions that crowdsource solutions to specific social impact goals or industry needs. This is a platform service for funders seeking to run bespoke innovation challenges rather than a direct grant to solution-builders.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 10 Aug 2026Accurate?

About this grant

MIT the funder's Custom Challenges programme allows organisations—including corporations, foundations, philanthropists, and investors—to design and launch their own open innovation challenges tailored to their specific social impact goals or industry needs. Leveraging the funder's signature methodology and research-backed platform, the programme provides end-to-end support including promotion, applicant selection, vetting, and ongoing support for challenge participants. The funder has run over 100 challenges to date, attracting more than 28,200 solutions submitted from applicants in over 190 countries. …

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Who can apply for Custom Challenges?
Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme, nonprofit, social-enterprise, university, research-institution. The full eligibility conditions are part of the Pro detail.

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