Emergent Ventures
Mercatus Center grants for "zero to one, highly scalable, meaningfully improving society" projects. Has a dedicated Africa & Caribbean track with its own cohorts.
verified 2026-07-31 · program site
The money
- Amount
- no stated range
- Cycle
-
rolling
Rolling, no deadline. Africa & Caribbean track runs its own cohorts.
How they pay
The field no other directory carries. Getting it wrong is the most expensive mistake in the whole process.
- Method
- bank_transfer
- Pays individuals
- yes
- Pays internationally
- yes
- Entity required
- no
- Note
- Mercatus is a US 501(c)(3) that funds African cohorts routinely and wires internationally to individuals. No entity needed - this is a solved problem for them.
Eligibility
- Age
- 13+
- Countries
- anywhere
- Student required
- no
- Individuals only
- unknown
- Entity required
- no
- Must leave your job
- no
- Relocation required
- no
- Domains
- no restriction
AI policy
- Stance
- the funder does not say