Resource Radar: Week of Jul 6

Vibes: The Next 250 ⏩

It would be an understatement to say that the vibes for the marking of 250 years of the US, have been...strained. I'll spare you my specific takes on why this is (i'm sure y'all already know) is and instead - I'll share what I'm doing with this tension.

It's challenging me to reflect on how our ancestors handled such moments in the past and to contemplate what sort of ancestor do I want to be?

More to share in the ⚡️ Recharge .

Table of Contents
💰 Funding Opps
💼 Jobs & Fellowships
📝 RFPs & Contracts
⚜️ Lagniappe
⚡️ Recharge

💰 Funding Opps · 35+

Visible Hands Boston Founder Fellowship by Visible Hands
💰 $5,000
✍🏾 13-week fellowship for underrepresented early-stage entrepreneurs in Greater Boston with $5,000 non-dilutive grant
📅 July 10, 2026 📍 Boston, Massachusetts
💪🏾 Apply Now

100+ Accelerator Cohort 7 by 100+ Accelerator
💰 $100,000
✍🏾 Global accelerator offering up to $100K pilots for sustainability startups partnering with major consumer goods companies
📅 July 10, 2026 📍 Global
💪🏾 Apply Now

Indigenous Tomorrows Fund 2026 by Indigenous Tomorrows Fund
💰 $25,000 - $100,000
✍🏾 Youth-driven grants for Native-led organizations supporting Indigenous community thriving across five impact areas
📅 July 14, 2026 📍 United States and territories
💪🏾 Apply Now

Philadelphia Regional Tech Startup World Cup Pitch Competition by City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce
💰 $20,000 (1st place); $10,000 (2nd place); $5,000 (3rd place)
✍🏾 Philadelphia tech startups can compete for up to $20,000 and a spot in the global Startup World Cup pitch competition.
📅 July 15, 2026 📍 Philadelphia, PA
💪🏾 Apply Now

Studio KIN Kinfolx Imagining Neighborhoods | Cohort 2 by BlackSpace Urbanist Collective
💰 $5,000 stipend per participant, with opportunities to win an additional $5,000 or $10,000 at Pitch Night
✍🏾 A 12-week accelerator for place-based founders advancing cultural heritage projects in Black communities, with a $5,000 stipend and pitch competition prizes.
📅 August 10, 2026 📍 Virtual with in-person Pitch Night in New York City
💪🏾 Apply Now

💼 Job Opps · 45+

Philanthropy Operations and Grants Manager for Housing Partnership Network
🤑 $77,000 - $90,000/year
✍🏾 Manage grants operations and Salesforce systems for a national affordable housing network scaling its philanthropy function.
📅 Apply Now 📍 Boston, MA; Remote
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Director of Growth & Giving for Elemental Impact
🤑 $138,100 - $207,200
✍🏾 Lead philanthropic fundraising and pitch strategy for a catalytic nonprofit climate investor mobilizing $30M+ annually.
📅 Apply Now 📍 Honolulu, HI / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA; Hybrid
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In-House Graphic Designer for Project Equity
🤑 $75,000 - $85,000 / year
✍🏾 Design compelling visual assets that advance employee ownership and economic equity as Project Equity's in-house brand guardian.
📅 Apply Now 📍 Oakland, CA; Remote
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Clean Energy Strategist for S2 Strategies
🤑 $105,000–$125,000
✍🏾 Shape clean energy policy and strategy across sectors as a mid-level strategist with S2 Strategies.
📅 July 10, 2026 📍 Washington, DC; Hybrid
💪🏾 Apply Now

Cooperative Development Field Director for Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI)
🤑 $88,500–$98,500
✍🏾 Lead national field-building and practitioner training to scale worker cooperative and employee ownership development across the U.S.
📅 July 13, 2026 📍 United States; Remote
💪🏾 Apply Now

📝 Contract Opps · 10+

RFP: Coalition Impact Calculator by New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN)
＄$20,000
✍🏾 Build a two-version economic impact calculator for EDO-CBO coalitions across 24 regional sites.
📅 July 10, 2026📍 Remote / National
💪🏾 Apply Now

Call for Proposals: Workshop Submissions for the 2026 New York Cooperative Summit by New York Cooperative Summit
＄ N/A
✍🏾 Submit a workshop proposal for the 2026 New York Cooperative Summit focused on cooperative development, skill-building, and statewide movement-building.
📅 July 15, 2026📍 Schenectady, NY
💪🏾 Apply Now

Call for Proposals: 2027 Just Economy Conference Breakout Sessions by National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
＄ N/A
✍🏾 NCRC invites breakout session proposals for the 2027 Just Economy Conference focused on economic and social justice themes.
📅 July 30, 2026📍 Washington, DC
💪🏾 Apply Now

Sometimes you need a lil extra

⚜️ Lagniappe

New Orleans families recognize painful legacy, teach U.S. stories of enslavement by Linsey Davis for ABC News

The Take:  Major salute to the incredible leaders at The Descendants Project! They continue to fight for the right to clean air and economic self-determination in Louisiana. Not only that but they're doing this rooted in the example and wisdom of their ancestors, while modeling the types of ancestors we can all aspire to be in the future. go support their work → The Descendants Project

Image source: ABC News via YouTube

Jo Banner
Co-Founder, The Descendants Project

⚡ Recharge ⚡

When I think about where we can draw wisdom to reflect on these times, Dr. King's words and the actions of him and the broad coalition of folks whose names we'll never know. They engaged in direct action to call to light the existing tensions in America - in order to confront it and create the country we deserve.

Check out these words from Dr. King shared on April 16, 1963

"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. I just referred to the creation of tension as a part of the work of the nonviolent resister. This may sound rather shocking.

But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word tension.

I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, but there is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth.

Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, we must see the need of having nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood. "

Image source: Getty Images via The Atlantic

Check out the full Letter from a Birmingham Jail:

https://archives.cdn.sos.ca.gov/pdf/MLK_Letter.pdf

For those of us from these areas, for those in solidarity with us, for those who want to ensure that the transition of our economy away from extraction is just — Common River is for you.

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