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🏆The Moonshot Awards 2026 come to NYC on the 12th of November!

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🚀 We’re moving to the next stage of the Moonshot Awards!

After an incredible response to this year’s applications, we’re excited to announce that we now know this year’s TOP 100 applicants.

Over the next two weeks, our amazing judges will be meeting with the finalists, getting to know their work, their stories, and the impact they’re creating. Soon, we’ll know who will be joining us in New York for the Moonshot Awards. ✨

And if you’d like to be there to celebrate them with us — tickets are now on sale! Click the link in our bio🗽🚀 taken in New York City by @moonshot

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The heart behind the Moonshot Youth Innovation Summit 🤍 by @moonshot

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Almost 10.000 talented founders and ambitious projects from 170 countries applied this year. Only the top 100 innovative change-makers made it through. This is the next chapter of their story as they go head-to-head, seeking to be crowned the winners of the Moonshot Awards 2026 🚀

Be with us in New York on November 12 to meet the winners in person at our annual Moonshot Awards Gala 🏆 taken in New York City by @moonshot

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What a powerful reminder from our friend @iamrashadrobinson and his new book From Presence to Power, a call to move from spectators of social change to active players shaping it.

Recently, 40+ friends and changemakers from across the Moonshot community came together to celebrate the book and dive into a conversation about power, presence and participation - with Rashad and Marla Blow, CEO of the @skoll.foundation.

Because sometimes it’s not about getting a seat at the table. It’s about having the courage to shape what happens around it.

📖 From Presence to Power is out now. Read it. Share it. Do one thing differently. taken in New York City by @moonshot

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When people ask us what makes Awards Week special, our answer is always the same: the people. Where else do you sit down to dinner next to a young founder who started with nothing but an idea, a diplomat, and someone who has backed world-changing companies, and walk away a few hours later feeling like you’ve known each other for years?

You can join us for the full week, with intimate dinners in the homes of friends of Moonshot, a morning of movement and meditation, and conversations with UN ambassadors. Or you can come for the Gala on November 12. Either way, these are rooms you’ll want to be in.

Get your tickets before October 12 to secure early-bird pricing 🚀 taken in New York City by @moonshot

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Democracy cannot be taken for granted.

As former President of Costa Rica, @laurachinchilla01 reminded us at the Moonshot Youth Innovation Summit, democracy is beautiful, but fragile. Protecting it is not only the responsibility of political leaders or institutions. It is something we all shape through how we listen, how we respect difference, how we seek truth and how we show up for one another.

Because democracy is ultimately about having the freedom to choose the life we want to live. by @moonshot

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Have you ever wondered how sunlight and technology can help solve the water crisis? You don't have to wonder anymore because @dianavirgovicova has an answer for that! by @moonshot

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Health is foundational. And the future of healthcare needs bold ideas 🌍

From mental and physical wellbeing to healthcare access, medical research and public health, the challenges are complex and deeply interconnected. That’s why we’re looking for solutions that can transform healthcare today and build a healthier future for all.

Today, we’re proud to introduce the exceptional judges who helped us identify the most promising ideas in the Health Award category 🩺🚀

Their expertise, experience and perspective helped us recognize the young leaders who are challenging the status quo and reimagining what better healthcare can look like. by @moonshot

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Join us in New York to celebrate the young leaders changing the world around them 🚀 It will be a wonderful opportunity to connect with inspiring people from all over the globe 🌎

Be in the room - November 12 🏆

Link to tickets in our bio. See you there!

AI generated. Credits of original piece:
Song by @yunglean2001
Directed by @romaingavras
Choreographed by @damienjalet taken in New York City by @moonshot

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Young people are not waiting for permission to solve the problems they see around them. They are building organisations, serving their communities and creating solutions where support is needed most.

The Non-Profit Award recognises youth-led registered nonprofits that have already demonstrated initial success and are ready to grow their programmes, strengthen their organisations and expand their long-term impact.  
Choosing those organisations requires judges who understand what it takes to move an idea from the grassroots into something sustainable. 
This year’s panel brings together that range of experience & together, this panel brings experience from across the ecosystem, from grassroots action and youth leadership to capital, networks and organisational growth.

🧩 @tommyloper - Vice President for Network Strategy & Enterprise Development at the Aspen Institute, with nearly two decades of experience building leadership initiatives, networks and collaborations that connect people and ideas around shared challenges.

🌱 Katie Fitzgerald @kfitz1206 - Director of the Aspen Challenge, supporting young leaders to turn ideas into action and create solutions to pressing social challenges.

🤝 🤝 Lyel Resner - Visiting Faculty at MIT Morningside Academy of Design, where he teaches Impact Entrepreneurship and Responsible Innovation. He brings deep experience across technology, social innovation and economic mobility, having led public interest technology programmes and supported founders and investors to build more responsible organisations.

💡 @alexandrabizkova - Director at @globsec, Impact investor and board leader working across investment, governance, philanthropy and innovation to connect capital and ideas to public impact.

🦾 @esteban.rojas511 — Founder of Humanos3D and our 2025 Non-Profit Award Winner, returning as a judge after building an organisation that has delivered more than 400 personalised prosthetic devices to people with disabilities across rural Colombia. by @moonshot

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Repair doesn’t happen by waiting for the perfect moment. It happens when we choose to act, learn, persist and keep going. Swipe through a few reflections from @jethrotieman , @jeanette.epps, Mohamed Ali Diini and @suchi_gaur_ on what it takes to create real change. by @moonshot

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The way we learn is changing 📚✨

From new technologies to new ways of thinking about education, the future of learning is being reimagined.

The Moonshot Learning Award celebrates the changemakers creating new possibilities for how, where and why we learn.

Meet this year’s judges, bringing perspectives from education, technology, social impact, youth leadership, design and systems change. by @moonshot

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