This year, eBay Foundation is awarding nearly $3 million in Global Give grants to more than 30 nonprofits in 10 countries where eBay employees live and work.
Global Give, the Foundation’s annual grant program, is guided by principles of trust-based philanthropy and funds nonprofits working to remove barriers and expand access to the transformative power of entrepreneurship. This year’s grantees demonstrate how that mission takes shape in diverse and local contexts: mentoring small business owners, upskilling neuroinclusive tech founders, deploying mobile classrooms for women in rural India, and fostering professional networks for newcomers in Switzerland.
Alongside flexible grant funding, eBay Foundation creates opportunities for employees to support Global Give grantees. Through mentoring and skills-based volunteering, employees can share their expertise with nonprofit partners in their own communities.
From the U.S. and Canada to India, Switzerland, and beyond, the 2026 Global Give grantees reflect eBay Foundation’s commitment to supporting community-led entrepreneurship in regions where eBay employees live and work.
Spotlighting Four 2026 Global Give Grantees
There’s no single way to build a business, and no single way to support one. Micromentor, Multiple, Buzz Women, and SINGA, a sampling of this year’s Global Give grantees, work in different ways and different regions, but they share one goal: helping people access the guidance, tools, and relationships for success in entrepreneurship.
Micromentor: Expanding Access to Mentorship
Micromentor envisions a world where anyone can be an entrepreneur, regardless of who they know, where they were born, or what resources they start with in life. To that end, the organization connects entrepreneurs with the resources, skills, and networks they need to to build sustainable livelihoods — strengthening individuals, families, communities, and local economies in the process.
eBay Foundation has supported Micromentor with Global Give grant funding and volunteer mentorship for three consecutive years. That support has helped provide mentorship to 19,900 entrepreneurs through 2,600 volunteer mentors worldwide. Among mentored entrepreneurs, 47% reported revenue increases and 70% reported stronger leadership skills.
eBay volunteers with Micromentor entrepreneurs after a mentoring session.
eBay’s support of Micromentor became personal this April, when nearly 30 eBayers mentored 10 of the program’s entrepreneurs. In small groups, eBay volunteers led 90-minute sessions and shared insights on strategy, operations, and even tips for navigating the interpersonal nuances of managing a business.
Sophia A. Evans, a Micromentor entrepreneur matched with an eBay volunteer, lauded her mentor’s personalized, real-world guidance. "They even supported me through personal struggles, like pricing and setting boundaries."
The experience left an impression on eBay’s volunteers, too. "Navigating the mentees’ challenges together was a great opportunity to partner and witness immediate progress," said one eBay mentor. "It not only provided valuable solutions for them but also fostered a significant mindset shift and a wealth of learning for us as mentors."
Micromentor says eBay's continued support has also helped build confidence in its model with other funders, contributing to its largest philanthropic gift in 2025 and an expansion into South Africa.
Multiple: Building Technology from Lived Experience
Multiple is an autism innovation accelerator on a mission to support founders developing technology for the autism and broader disability community. Many founders in their accelerator know the needs they are working to meet firsthand. More than 80% are neurodivergent or have autistic family members. Others are caregivers, clinicians and educators. That lived experience shapes what they build, yet many still struggle to find capital, networks and startup programs that understand their market.
Multiple helps close that gap. Its no-cost, no-equity 12-week program combines workshops, one-on-one mentoring, and showcase events to help founders refine their products, build connections, and prepare for growth. Its work supports solutions across education, employment, health care, communication, and independent living.
Multiple aims to connect 1 million neurodivergent people with life-changing technology by 2030. As a second-year Global Give grantee, it used 2025 funding to support 18 startups across two accelerator cohorts. Together, those companies reached more than 225,000 end users and raised about $3.4 million in follow-on funding.
Buzz Women: Creating Space for Women to Lead
Buzz Women works from the belief that every woman carries the strength and wisdom to change her own life, and with it, her family and community. The organization creates space for that change through transformative education and what it calls the power of sisterhood, delivered directly in the communities where women live.
When a Buzz Women mobile classroom arrives in a village, women can learn close to home. The nonprofit’s “schools on wheels” offer practical training in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, personal leadership, and community participation. Lessons are built around the barriers women often face when managing money, making household decisions, and building an income-generating small business.
The program continues after the classroom leaves. Each group elects an Anchor Woman, a peer leader who hosts monthly gatherings and keeps the group connected. This creates a village-led system for ongoing support rather than a one-time training delivered from the outside.
Since launching in 2012, Buzz Women has reached more than 900,000 women across nearly 22,000 communities around the world. It joins Global Give as a first-year grantee in 2026.
SINGA: Building Entrepreneurial Networks for Newcomers in Switzerland
For refugee and migrant entrepreneurs starting over in a new country, a strong idea is only one part of the work. Local business know-how, mentors, and professional ties can determine whether newcomer entrepreneurs succeed and become part of the local economy.
Based in Switzerland, SINGA helps newcomers build those ties through training, mentoring and peer networks. Since 2017, the nonprofit has built programs around more than 600 professional volunteers who share their time and expertise through workshops, mentoring, and one-on-one sessions.
SINGA reports that 73% of companies founded through its programs remain active three to five years later, above the Swiss startup average. Together, those businesses create about 20 jobs each year.
In spring 2026, SINGA and several alumni visited eBay’s Bern office to share their experiences with more than 30 employees. The conversation offered a firsthand look at what it takes to build a business and a professional network in a new country.
"Hosting the SINGA team in Bern was very inspiring,” said Henry De Sousa, co-leader of eBay Changemakers Switzerland. “Starting a business in a new country is not easy, and we want to do our part to help. Partnering with SINGA gives us a practical way to share our everyday knowledge with new founders."
SINGA alumni shared their entrepreneurship journeys with eBay employees in Bern.
For SINGA and eBay Foundation, the goal is to empower these entrepreneurs while helping local economies recognize the talent, ambition, and ideas that newcomers already bring.
Backing Entrepreneurs, Strengthening Communities
Through Global Give, eBay Foundation supports organizations expanding access to entrepreneurship in ways that are impactful and community-led. The 2026 grantees show how that support can take many forms: flexible funding, mentorship, education, peer communities, professional networks, and eBay employees sharing their time and expertise.
“At eBay Foundation, we believe entrepreneurship is a powerful pathway to economic opportunity," said eBay Foundation President David Estrada. "Through our Global Give program, we're proud to partner with nonprofit organizations around the world that are removing barriers to entrepreneurship and helping build vibrant, thriving communities.”
Since 1998, eBay Foundation has granted over $150 million to more than 1,800 organizations. Global Give continues to be one of its key platforms for advancing inclusive entrepreneurship, deepening employee engagement, and supporting nonprofit partners building more resilient and vibrant communities around the world.
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