The Impact Incubator (QIF) is a collaborative effort between Make An Impact and Queens Innovation Foundation that offers a a full support ecosystem for early-stage purpose-driven organizations and social entrepreneurs from underserved communities. With startup grants ranging from $10K-$100K, expert mentorship, and access to our national network, we help founders build the solutions their communities need most. In 18 months, we take organizations from concept to measurable impact.
When ventures graduate from the Impact Incubator (QIF) program, they become eligible to become members of the Impact Collaborative, Make An Impact’s foundational pillar, where purpose-driven organizations and cross-sector partners unite to access vetted business solutions, share knowledge, and co-create innovations. As a member of the Impact Collaborative, they also will have the opportunity to have their innovations scaled through our Impact Accelerator and amplified through Impact Studios.
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Our Goal:
To support emerging purpose-driven organizations and social entrepreneurs with tools to turn bold ideas into sustainable impact—through funding, mentorship, and strategic resources.
A Message from the Queens Innovation Foundation
Sixty years ago, the World’s Fair brought leading companies, innovators, countries, and world leaders together to present a positive future and peaceful society thanks to technological connectivity and understanding.
Hailing itself as a "universal and international" exposition, the Fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding", dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe".
Fifty-eight million visitors from around the globe were informed, entertained, and inspired.
Now, more than ever, the world needs a reenvisioned, reinvented, and reimagined World’s Fair.
Queens is positioned to embrace the role of global hub, showcase, incubator, educator, and accelerator for a positive and peaceful society through technology cooperation, collaboration, and inclusion.
Queens aims to be the US Headquarters for thousands of companies seeking access to talent, tech, funding, infrastructure, and key US corporations and consumers.
The newly envisioned World’s Fair will not be an event. It will not be episodic. It will be a mission, a Foundation, and an ongoing initiative committed to fostering innovation, education, and a positive vision of the future.
It will be a public-private partnership, inclusive of business, government, healthcare, educational institutions, leading technologists, and futurists. It will include
This initiative will also connect the local with the global when it comes to initiatives, relationships, and opportunities. To learn more about our partnership with Make An Impact visit our website QueensAI.org
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