DreamForge Tech for Good Accelerator
Innovation for Good
Cannot Be
Institution-Bound
Innovation Circles are permanent, cause-driven communities where changemakers learn, build, and advance tech for good — together.
Apply to Join a Circle Learn About the AcceleratorWhat Is An Innovation Circle?
Like a Giving Circle.
But for Building.
A Giving Circle pools resources so communities can fund causes they care about. An Innovation Circle pools expertise, technology, and purpose — so communities can build the solutions they need.
Each Circle is a small, permanent cohort of changemakers — social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, community technologists — united around a shared cause area. Together, they learn cutting-edge AI skills, explore tech-for-good methods, and build real tools for real impact.
Innovation Circles are not cohorts that graduate and disperse. They are lasting communities of practice — places where your network, your skills, and your mission grow together over time.
How It Works
Three Pillars of Every Innovation Circle
Each circle is built around three integrated learning tracks — designed to work together so members grow in capability, community, and impact.
AI Training
Circle members develop practical AI skills through guided workshops and peer learning — so you can apply today's most powerful tools to your cause, not just read about them.
Tech for Good Methods
Grounded in impact-centered design, circles learn and apply methods from civic tech and social innovation. Developed in partnership with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Supported Building
Every circle member has access to resources, mentorship, and real support to build something meaningful — from proof-of-concept to community launch.
Who It's For
Built for Changemakers
Who Build
Innovation Circles are for people who see a problem in the world and want to do something about it — with technology, with community, and with purpose.
Social Entrepreneurs
Building mission-driven ventures that need tech and community to scale their impact.
Nonprofit Innovators
Nonprofit leaders ready to bring modern technology skills inside their organizations.
Community Technologists
Developers and designers who want to apply their skills to causes that matter.
Emerging Changemakers
Early-career doers who want to grow alongside a community of builders from day one.
You don't need a technical background. You need a cause you care about.
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Your Circle?
Join a permanent community of changemakers building tech for good. Applications are open now for our founding cohort.