Deadline: October 16, 2026
Applications are open for the Miller Center’s Accelerator Program 2027. The world-class accelerator is designed for leaders ready to scale. Six months of mentor-guided, customized curricula help you create your long-range impact strategy, business plan, and funding pitch. They equip leaders with knowledge, networks, and confidence to accelerate your social enterprise’s mission.
Your customized path through the accelerator draws only on the elements most essential to you and your business. It includes six months of top-tier business executive mentorship, helping you refine and strengthen your long-range impact strategy, business model, and funding plan to confidently advance your mission.
Cost
- This is a virtual program and there is no cost to participants.
Eligibility
Participant
- A senior leader (e.g. CEO, Executive Director, Managing Director)
- Fluent in English or Spanish
- Has consistent and reliable access to internet connectivity
- Proficient in Excel
- Has the availability to participate in the 6-month program requiring:
- Weekly 1-hour calls with mentors
- Commitment to work a few hours per week on plan to become more investable
Organisation
- Committed to creating positive benefits for people living in poverty, addressing one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Intentional about supporting women’s economic power, climate resilience, or the intersection of both. Miller Center looks at four dimensions of women’s economic power — women as leaders, employees, value chain participants, and/or customers. Climate resilience focuses on addressing the intersection between the climate crisis and people living in poverty who are most impacted, specifically in the areas of safe water and sanitation, renewable energy, and regenerative agriculture.
- Committed to scale its solution far beyond current operations
- Operational for at least a year and delivering products/services to customers
- Has at least $50,000 USD (or local currency equivalent) in annual earned income and is not entirely dependent on contributions or grants
- Working financial model forecasting cash flow, balance sheet, income statement
- Minimum 3 full-time staff (or equivalent)
- Minimum 3-month cash runway
Application
They are currently recruiting for the accelerator that kicks off in January 2027.
- Early Application Deadline: Friday, September 11, 2026
- Early Decision Notification: Mid October 2026
- Regular Application Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2026
- Cohort Selected: All applicants will be notified by Friday, November 20, 2026
Applications submitted after October 16, 2026 will be considered for the next accelerator.
For more information, visit Miller Center Accelerator Program.
