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The 2025 RISE Challenge
is Now Open
The 2025 RISE Challenge is looking for practical, ready–to-deploy solutions that can help community lenders better serve small businesses.
If you’re a business or nonprofit with a product that strengthens digital infrastructure, streamlines operations, or expands access to capital, this is your opportunity to make a national difference.
This is not a pitch contest. It’s a chance to put your solution to work. The selected participant will receive a paid contract with Prosperity Now to implement their solution through the Prosperity Next initiative.
We’re looking for:
Tools that solve real operational challenges for CDFIs and community lenders
Solutions that are already in use or ready to pilot and scale
Capacity to collaborate with lenders and adapt based on community needs
A commitment to helping underestimated entrepreneurs thrive
Key Details:
Applications close August 22
Finalists pitch live at the 2025 Prosperity Summit (Oct 5–7 in D.C.)
One winning solution will be selected for implementation through a paid partnership
If you’ve built something that works—and you’re ready to bring it to more people—this is your moment.
Questions? Reach us directly at [email protected]
Let’s build stronger systems, together.
—The Prosperity Now Team
