Foundry for Good backs companies that sell to nonprofits, schools and associations. We are building a group of businesses that know this market well enough to grow inside it, and a panel of investors who have already done it.
This forum is for founders whose companies are past the idea stage and who understand the buyers they are selling to. We look for operators who know the sector from the inside and can show what their business is already doing in it.
The form has four sections: the first is for eligibility, the second is about you, the founder, the third is about the business, and the fourth is the ask.
Applications reviewed
Every applicant hears back
Our panel reads each application and scores it against the same criteria before we write to you with a decision.
Founders selected
Present live on Zoom
If you are selected, you will get your time slot and the Zoom link at least a week beforehand. You will have 10 to 15 minutes to present, followed by questions from the panel.
Investors follow up
Conversations begin
Any panel member who wants to take it further will contact you directly. Each of them writes checks of $25K to $100K.
Application details
Here's what to know before you start.
There are five things we check, and the form asks all of them on the first screen, so if one of them rules you out you'll know before you fill in the rest.
You're a for-profit company, and we don't invest in nonprofits.
You sell to nonprofits, schools, associations or faith-based organizations, and while it doesn't have to be all you sell to, you do have to be selling there now.
You have paying customers, so pilots and letters of intent don't count.
You're open to selling a minority stake.
A founder can present live on Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 2:00pm ET.
There are 33 questions across the four sections, and all of them are published before you open the form with their character limits, so you can draft your answers in a document and paste them in. You can also leave and come back without losing anything.
Where a question asks about revenue, customers or growth, it's better to give us the number than to describe it, and where it asks what you do, one sentence is enough.
Applications close Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:59pm ET, and you'll hear back either way by Wednesday, October 7. If you're selected, your slot and the Zoom link arrive at least a week before the forum, which runs Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 2:00pm ET.
The dates are fixed for this round, so if you miss it the next forum will have its own.
Your application goes to Foundry for Good and to the panel reviewing this round, and nobody outside that group sees it, so it isn't published or sold.
If you're selected, the panel reads your answers before you present, so you won't spend your slot on background, and if you're not, we keep them on file for the next round unless you'd rather we deleted them.
Does it cost anything to apply or to present? No, there's no fee to apply and no fee to present.
Do we have to be based in the United States? No, the forum runs on Zoom and the panel invests across borders.
Can more than one founder join the call? Yes, though one person should lead the pitch.
What if we're not ready this round? You can still apply, and we or our advisors can opt to mentor if you have the right idea.
Get investment from the operators who built this market.
On Thursday, October 15, 2026, a panel of angel investors, funders, and operators who are already backing the sector will hear founders pitch on Zoom. Each of them writes checks of $25K to $100K.
Step 1 of 4: Eligibility
Your answers save in this browser as you go, so you can stop and come back on this device.
This application is for for-profit companies.
You told us your organization is a nonprofit, so the Pitch Forum is not the right room. Foundry for Good invests in the businesses that sell to nonprofits, schools, and associations.
The Pitch Forum is for companies whose customers are nonprofits, schools, associations, and faith-based organizations.
The panel's operating experience is in that market. If you do not sell into it, there is nothing here they can help you with.
The panel invests in companies with a proven product and real customers.
Come back when you are selling.
That address does not look complete. It should look like you@yourcompany.com.
Panel members buy minority stakes of $25K to $100K each.
If you are not selling equity, there is nothing for this room to do. Tell us when that changes.
That address does not look complete. It should look like you@yourcompany.com.
The forum runs quarterly.
Leave your work email and we will write when applications open for the next one.
That address does not look complete. It should look like you@yourcompany.com.
Your application is with the Pitch Forum panel.
Your application is now in review, so it cannot be edited.
We have sent a copy of your application to the work email you gave us.
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Copy the block below and paste it into an email to hugh.sasil@foundryforgood.com. The link under it opens your mail app with the subject ready and no answers in the body, so whatever you paste is the whole application.
