Echoing Green
Echoing Green identifies tomorrow’s transformational leaders today. Through its Fellowships and other initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact. The organization has established a global community of emerging leaders who have launched hundreds of innovative social enterprises to drive social good. In June 2020, Echoing Green launched a $50 million Racial Equity Philanthropic Fund (REPF) and has since increased that fundraising goal to $75 million. With this fund, Echoing Green furthers over three decades of commitment to bold, strategic investments in incredible leaders working on the frontlines of racial equity and justice. For more information on Echoing Green, please visit www.echoinggreen.orgwww.echoinggreen.org
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Oct 16, 2026
Grant TrahantHOST
Today, I wanna spotlight an organization that has spent nearly four decades finding social entrepreneurs before most funders, investors, or institutions are willing to take them seriously.
Grant TrahantHOST
That organization is Echoing Green.
Grant TrahantHOST
Echoing Green has been a pioneer in identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs long before they gain recognition from traditional funders or investors.
Grant TrahantHOST
Since its founding in 1987, this organization has focused on finding individuals with bold ideas, deep community ties, and the potential to drive meaningful social change.
Grant TrahantHOST
Over nearly four decades, Echoing Green has supported over one thousand social innovators, including the founders of Teach For America, City Year, One Acre Fund, and Last Mile Health.
Grant TrahantHOST
At its core, Echoing Green is an early-stage investor in people, not just ideas.
Grant TrahantHOST
It supports entrepreneurs at their earliest stages, often before they have funding, teams, or the kind of track record that traditional investors typically require.
Grant TrahantHOST
For example, Wendy Kopp received support from Echoing Green when Teach For America was just a concept in, in her senior thesis.
Amisa Rashid AhmedGUEST
That's a good thing.
Amisa Rashid AhmedGUEST
And one of the key things that I was speaking with another colleague is that we are in a fellowship with together called Echoing Green.
Amisa Rashid AhmedGUEST
And there's this group or there's this fellowship that comes with the money.
Amisa Rashid AhmedGUEST
for our Christian community founders, the founders community.
Laura KnightsHOST
Mm-hmm
Jamila TrimuelGUEST
... it's by Echoing Green, and the research talked about, and it's just recent, just over the last five years.
Laura KnightsHOST
Yeah, I saw that.
Laura KnightsHOST
I saw that.
J.F. GarrardHOST
She has worked extensively in youth development.
J.F. GarrardHOST
She was twice awarded a public service fellowship from the Echoing Green for her work with girls, and was a 2024 writer-in-residence at Bank Street School for Children.
J.F. GarrardHOST
She lives with her family in New York City, where she writes, makes things, and needs to get more sleep.
J.F. GarrardHOST
[laughs] Welcome.