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Amazon Web Services

Provides cloud technology support to startups and teams through credits, mentorship, and technical enablement services.

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Programs5
Active grants2
Total grants5
About

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is Amazon's cloud subsidiary, launched in 2006. It is a corporate support platform rather than a traditional grantmaker, and most of its help reaches startups and nonprofits as cloud credits, technical support, and mentorship.

AWS Activate gives pre-Series B startups cloud credits rather than cash, with the Founder and Portfolio tracks structured around eligibility and provider relationships. The clear cash route is the AWS Imagine Grant for nonprofits: annual awards for registered nonprofits, with Pathfinder up to $200,000 cash plus credits, Go Further, Faster up to $150,000 cash, and Momentum to Modernize up to $50,000 cash. The tagged sectors here are AI infrastructure and medtech.

That mix makes AWS most relevant when a team has real infrastructure spend or a nonprofit has a deployable technology project. The company uses credits to lower operating costs and reserves cash for mission-driven organizations that can show a concrete implementation plan and a clear technology use case.

Programs & grants under this funder
AWS Activate Founders Package

Provides AWS cloud credits for early-stage startups no partner required through the AWS Activate Founders Package.

1 grant
AWS Activate Founders Package
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
AWS Activate Portfolio Package

Connects AWS cloud credits for startups backed by an AWS Activate through the AWS Activate Portfolio Package.

1 grant
AWS Activate Portfolio Package
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative

Offers cloud access support for diagnostic innovation efforts during the COVID period.

1 grant
AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative
Discontinued
$20M pool
AWS Imagine Grant (UK)

Offers unrestricted grants to United Kingdom charities for social impact using cloud and artificial intelligence.

1 grant
AWS Imagine Grant (UK) — One
Opens Aug'26
— pool
AWS Imagine Grant (US)

Offers unrestricted grants to United States nonprofits for social impact using cloud and artificial intelligence.

1 grant
AWS Imagine Grant (US) — One
Opens Aug'26
— pool
Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: aws.amazon.com