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Social Innovation Incubator

The Social Innovation Incubator invests human, social and financial capital in early-stage (discovery and experimentation stages) entrepreneurs in the social innovation sector. The program is designed for entrepreneurs who have experienced challenges and who strive to drive impact in education, income and health in North Texas.

The Incubator provides organizational and leadership development, with personalized mentorship and a learning platform that guides participants through the process of developing a validated business plan.

Results & Impact

100%

graduation rate
in 2024-25

226

hours of mentoring and coaching
provided to participants last fiscal year

16,456

North Texans
served by Incubator alumni in 2024-2025

    100%

    graduation rate
    in 2024-25

    226

    hours of mentoring and coaching
    provided to participants last fiscal year

    16,456

    North Texans
    served by Incubator alumni in 2024-2025
    The Incubator is a consultative program that helps early-stage social entrepreneurs—especially women and leaders facing systemic barriers—rapidly test and validate their ideas. With bespoke design support from innovation experts, the Incubator provides insightful validation methodologies throughout their innovation journey. Through community-centered market research, competitive analysis, and customer validation, Fellows discover key market realities from which they decide to pivot, persist, partner, or pause.

    Incubator Alumni

    2025

    • Dr. Jayla’s Office
    • Empower the Voice
    • Allen Learnimy
    • Jacob Way Organization
    • Kham’s House
    • Kidmistry
    • Millennial Education
    • Phoenix Health Alliance
    • Rose M Turknett (RMT Cancer Network)
    • STORM Center of Hope & Services
    • Texas TicKids
    • The Caregiver’s Toolbox
    • The Salome Foundation
    • To You From Us

    2024

    • Any Step Community Services
    • FASTell Girl
    • Parent2Parent Cafe
    • Project Beauty
    • Rootines App
    • Royalty Health Inc.
    • SelfSuffi
    • The Learning Bridge
    • Primos Dallas

    2023

    • Code Pink Productions Inc.
    • Commissary is Very Necessary
    • Delighted to Doula
    • ENPWR U
    • FearLess Dallas
    • Generational Shift USA
    • Helen’s Project
    • Mind Molders
    • Notre Dame School STAR Program
    • Nspire Tutors
    • Queens In Training
    • Reading Huddle
    • SerenelyStar Publishing
    • TLACA (The Leadership of Creative Arts)
    • Wholly Informed Sex Ed
    • World Explorers of America
    • Cortina’s Venture
    • Mindset Solutions Multimedia
    • S.E. Charities

    2022

    • ATLAST
    • Be Natural Wellness
    • Create + Co
    • Dallas Free Press
    • Destination Known Workgroup
    • DFW Kids on the Move
    • Geared Up
    • Harmoni Health Education Services
    • Jacob’s Harvest
    • Parent Work Space
    • Premium Tax Service
    • Rally Funds
    • Reducing the Gap
    • The Smart Project
    • TMJ Dance Project
    • We are Poderosas
    • MEE
    • Reading to New Heights

    Our Mentors

    • Olaitan Akintola  
    • Abeer Albashiti  
    • Jamey Applegate  
    • Rezeq Asali 
    • Valerie Ballard  
    • Kathleen Batel  
    • Yvonne Booker  
    • Jordan Dsilva  
    • Tania Garcia 
    • Inne ten Have  
    • Cathy Kang  
    • Eundeok Kim  
    • Bora Laci  
    • Dixon Milner 
    • Ann Montgomery 
    • Ana Salazar 
    • Ashley Sharp 

    Interested in joining the Social Innovation Incubator?

    The application for the 2025 cohort has closed. Interested in learning more about our social innovation programs? Send us your contact information and we’ll be in touch.

    Invest in Lasting Change

    Together, we can improve access to education, income and health so all North Texans can thrive.

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    Social innovation is at the heart of the work we do 365 days a year. Our programs provide financial, human and social capital to help identify, develop and grow social ventures that are implementing new and innovative solutions to the most urgent challenges facing North Texas in education, income and health.

    Provides entrepreneurs with resources—funding, mentorship and community connections—to accelerate the growth and stability of their ventures.
    Creates impact in Southern Dallas by providing healthy meals, quality childcare, career opportunities & resources to ensure students succeed.
    The Social Innovation Alumni program is designed to continue the investment of human, social and financial capital in Social Innovation Lab.

      The Social Innovation Incubator is sponsored by:

      Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  Comerica Women of Tocqueville Fund for Women and ChildrenThe Eugene McDermott FoundationTarget Corporation Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.  
      In partnership with:
      Dallas CollegeSMU MADIeqALL