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[Name] Echoing Green [What they offer] Echoing Green's world-renowned two-year Fellowship program provides more than $2 million in seed funding to a diverse group of the world's most promising social entrepreneurs. Through our two-year Echoing Green Fellowship program, we provide start-up capital and technical assistance to help new leaders launch their organizations and build capacity of their social enterprise. We offer: A stipend of $80,000 for individuals ($90,000 for 2-person partnerships) paid in four equal installments over two years; A health insurance stipend; A yearly professional development stipend; Conferences led by organizational development experts; Access to technical support and pro bono partnerships to help grow your organization; A community of like-minded social entrepreneurs and public service leaders, including the Echoing Green network of nearly 500 alumni working all over the world. You can also browse the online resources: links to fellows' websites, blogposts and signposting services [Eligibility] Criteria include: Applicants must be 18 years of age or older; Organization must be the original idea of the applicant; Organization must be in a start-up phase. To be considered a start-up, the organization may have been in operation for up to two years, and Echoing Green's financial support should qualify it as significant early funder. Applicants who have only worked on their organization on a part-time basis or have yet to start the organization are generally considered eligible; Applicants must make a full-time commitment (minimum 35 hours per week) to the organization's development for the duration of the two-year fellowship. It is expected that all selected fellows resign from their current employment to dedicate themselves full-time to their initiatives. Students will not be eligible for their fellowship stipend if their organization is put on hold due to conflicts with their studies; Applicants can be citizens of any nationality and their organizations can be based in any country. However applicants based in the US must have legal status to work in the US. If you are authorized to work in the US, but this status is granted to you through your current employer and you are only authorized to work for that employer, you are not eligible to apply for a US-based proposal. [Description] 
Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Through a two-year fellowship program, we help our network of visionaries develop new solutions to society's most difficult problems.
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