The fellowship is the only route into the portfolio.

You don’t. We are looking for very specific kinds of ideas. We don’t want to waste people’s time, and so we rely on a referral network developed over 20 years. To find out when we open up referrals, see the sourcing timeline on the Our Fellowships page.

$100K unrestricted.

$100K is restricted to charitable purposes for our for-profit fellows.

Yes — we fund both. See our current fellows to see a typical mix.

Read How We Fund for the basics. For a deeper, systematic walkthrough of how we track progress toward real impact at scale, read Making Ourselves Accountable — our most complete write-up of our diligence process.

Read Go Big or Go… Oh, Just Go Big. More teaching materials coming in 2026.

If the organization is a Fellow or in our Portfolio and accepts donations, you’ll find a donate button on their organization page. 

If there is one or two organizations that align with your funding goals, we prefer you donate directly to them. If you want a low hassle portfolio of high impact organizations, and have capacity for larger gifts (think six figures), contact us — we’d be delighted to talk.

Read How We Fund for the basics. For a deeper, systematic walkthrough of how we track progress toward real impact at scale, read Making Ourselves Accountable — our most complete write-up of our diligence process.

Yes please— thoughtful recommendations from peer funders are our lifeblood. Sign up for Mulago’s Links to know when we’re taking referrals, and check our sourcing timeline on Our Fellowships page.

If you’re a serious funder, find the organization on our Fellows or Portfolio pages. Each org page includes a contact form where you can request a conversation with the Mulago lead for that org.

Sign up for our Mulago’s Links — we share updates on all our latest fellows and additions to our portfolio. 

Contact us — we’d be delighted to read it and consider it for a future edition.