Fisherman Foundation Grants
The Hapinoy Fisherman Competition
The SEVEN Fund and the Boston-based Fisherman Foundation are pleased to announce the Hapinoy-Fisherman Breakthrough Innovation Prize. This business plan competition is open to all who aspire to alleviate poverty through new and viable business ideas and innovations that can be offered through the Hapinoy Sari-Sari Store Network. Proposals must be innovative, resourceful, scalable and fit to the particular needs of the Philippines. The competition will award four (4) prizes of php 100,000, php 75,000, php 50,000, and php 25,000. The submission deadline for business proposals is August 15, 2010.
The Breakthrough Innovation Grant
The Fisherman Foundation, partnered with the SEVEN Fund and the University of Asia Pacific-Center for Social Responsibility, is looking to fund innovative business ideas that can create impact on poverty alleviation in the Philippines through the “Breakthrough Innovation Grant” (BIG) competition. The BIG competition aims to search for the most innovative business idea that will create prosperity in Metro Manila, Philippines. Target participants are small and medium-sized enterprises as well as social entrepreneurs whose ideas can serve as drivers for poverty alleviation and social improvement. Proposals must be innovative, resourceful, scalable, and fit the particular needs of the Philippines. Grant winners will be awarded up to USD $20,000 seed funding and technical support for implementing their innovative proposal.