New Profit’s Build Investments offer multi-year, unrestricted support for community-led nonprofits

New Profit, a philanthropic organization focused on expanding access and opportunity across the United States and its territories, is offering $1.5 million multi-year, unrestricted grants through its Build Investments portfolio, alongside deep strategic advisory support from a dedicated New Profit Deal Partner.

Build Investments are designed to strengthen and expand the leadership and organizational capacity of nonprofits working at the intersection of education, economic mobility, and democracy. The funding model prioritizes long-term impact and sustainability, pairing flexible capital with tailored strategic guidance and access to a national network of social entrepreneurs and impact leaders.

According to New Profit, Build Investments supports organizations that are meaningfully guided by the communities they serve and led by social entrepreneurs with the experience and vision to co-design solutions to systems-level challenges. The portfolio focuses on organizations with an existing track record of impact that are navigating periods of growth or transition.

Each organization selected into the Build portfolio receives unrestricted funding over a four-year period, allowing leaders to allocate resources where they are most needed to increase impact, improve operations, and stabilize finances. In addition to capital, organizations work closely with an experienced Deal Partner who serves as a strategic advisor and sits on the organization’s board of directors.

New Profit says this combination of capital, capacity, and community enables participating organizations to strengthen leadership, refine impact models, improve strategic planning, and clarify economic models for both short- and long-term financial stability.

“Being in New Profit’s portfolio, even as we were building, was really transformational and powerful for both of us in our leadership and development,” said Maya Bhattacharjee-Marcantonio, co-founder of Marcy Lab School, one of the organizations supported through Build Investments.

Organizations interested in joining the Build portfolio begin the process by submitting a Discovery Form, which is open year-round. Submission indicates interest in a potential partnership and allows New Profit to assess baseline alignment before inviting organizations to apply for a specific funding cycle. Submitting a Discovery Form does not constitute an application.

The selection process includes four stages: discovery, pipeline review, application, and screening and diligence, which may involve interviews with organizational leadership to better understand their work and readiness for partnership.

To be eligible, organizations must focus on the United States and its territories, hold 501(c)(3) status, have a minimum annual expense budget of $2 million, and be led by at least one full-time social entrepreneur. Selected organizations must also actively participate in New Profit’s Build support model, including strategic advising, board engagement, and participation in the broader New Profit community.

New Profit describes its work as grounded in the belief that leaders closest to the communities they serve are best positioned to design effective and sustainable solutions. Through Build Investments, the organization aims to support scalable approaches that match the scale of systemic challenges facing education, economic opportunity, and democratic participation.