social entrepreneur - An individual who pursues large scale social change through innovative, sustainable, and systemic approaches that benefit society as a whole, with an emphasis on those who are disadvantaged. Also, SCALE, VISION, SUSTAINABLE.
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Skoll Foundation - advancing "systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged individuals."
Social Edge - "the global online community where social entrepreneurs and other practitioners of the social benefit sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources." A program of the Skoll Foundation.
Social Venture Partners, Seattle - "a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to addressing social and environmental issues in the King County region of Washington; a philanthropic organization using a venture capital model, where Partners actively nurture their financial investments with guidance and resources."
Social Venture Partners International - "a federation of Social Venture Partners (SVP) that seek to catalyze significant, long-term positive social change in their communities by educating individuals to be well informed, effective, and engaged philanthropists and investing time, expertise, and money in innovative nonprofits to collaboratively strengthen their organizations."
Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) - "a philanthropic investment organization that helps great leaders build strong, high-performing nonprofit institutions. It concentrates money, expertise, and personal contacts to improve the lives and boost the opportunities of children and youth of low-income families in the National Capital Region."
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Echoing Green - "a social venture fund that identifies, invests and supports the world's most exceptional emerging leaders and the organizations they launch. To date, Echoing Green has invested nearly $25 million in seed and start up grants to over 400 social entrepreneurs and their innovative organizations."
Root Cause - "envisions a world in which the public, private, and nonprofit sectors work together to invest and re-invest in the most efficient, effective, and sustainable solutions to social problems, regardless of organizational structure, ego, or political agenda."
Be Bold "is a call to action for a new generation of social leaders. The online companion of the book, this initiative invites young people who are considering careers in the nonprofit sector to seek inspiration, to explore what it means to work towards positive change, and to connect with each other."
Global Philanthropy Forum - "serves to inspire, inform, and expand the international philanthropic community by matching individual grantmakers to vehicles for overseas giving, assisting foundations and governmental donor agencies in finding partners in global philanthropy, and by highlighting international issues of concern."
Ashoka - "the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems."
Omidyar Network - "a mission-based organization founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar. Established in 2004, Omidyar Network is committed to creating opportunity for individuals to improve the quality of their lives. The organization funds for-profits and nonprofits that promote equal access to information, tools and opportunities; connections around shared interests; and a sense of ownership for participants."
NextBillion.net - "brings together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise."
Social Enterprise Alliance - "association of individuals and organizations building effective, more sustainable nonprofits through earned income strategies."
Small Planet Institute - "Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé founded the Small Planet Institute in 2001 to help define, articulate, and further an historic transition: a worldwide shift from the dominant, failing notion of democracy as a set of fixed institutions toward democracy understood as a way of life, a culture in which the values of inclusion, fairness and mutual accountability infuse all dimensions of public life."
Clinton Global Initiative - Founded by President Bill Clinton, "a catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges that include poverty, climate change, global health, and mitigating religious and ethnic conflicts."
The Giraffe Heroes Project - "a national nonprofit that since 1984 has been moving people to stick their necks out for the common good and giving them tools to succeed."
The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World by John Elkington, Pamela Hartigan, Klaus Schwab (Foreword)
The New Heroes (PBS) - "the dramatic stories of 14 daring people from all corners of the globe who, against all odds, are successfully alleviating poverty and illness, combating unemployment and violence, and bringing education, light, opportunity and freedom to poor and marginalized people around the world."
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship "provides unparalleled platforms at the country, regional and global levels that highlight social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems in an innovative and effective manner."
Business2Nonprofits - "Bringing effective change agents to the social sector" - Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University, New York: Helping experienced business people make the transition to nonprofit organizations.
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