Finance the future

Social enterprise grants are divided into two tiers to reflect the broad range of this work:

• Startup funding is aimed at newly or recently registered businesses (up to two years) to provide the initial investment and resources needed to launch new projects.
• Large-scale financing is designed to improve, evolve or expand existing initiatives for established businesses (two years or more), helping them become more impactful and sustainable.

Beyond direct support, the Innovation Hub aims to build a network of social entrepreneurs all working in the field of sport for sustainable development. This network will support and learn from each other and provide business models for the global sports sector for sustainable development.

Driving innovation through the Olympism365 innovation center

The Olympism365 Innovation Hub, a collaboration between the IOC, Beyond sport And Women winis a tailor-made program and fund that will support 50 innovations/beneficiaries that use sport for development around the world, through a multi-million dollar investment that will benefit thousands of people and communities by 2026.

With the aim of fostering new and innovative ways to use sport for social change, four distinct funding opportunities have been launched through the Innovation Hub: Grassroots365, Enterprise365, Collective365 and Tech365.

For more details on the Olympism365 Innovation Center initiatives and funds, visit Olympisme365 Innovation Center.