venture philanthropy

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• - Foundation that provides seed money and support to young social entrepreneurs.
  
• - A non-profit organization that fights poverty in the developing world through business development programs for small agricultural producers and other entrepreneurs.
  
• - Works with individuals, families, businesses and foundations, serving their philanthropic needs as well as initiating giving programs, anywhere in the world.
  
• - Social investment in small businesses in Africa to enable sustainable employment creation.
  
• - Ashoka is a global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs -- individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems.
  
• - Supports enterprises that increase income, increase assets and create jobs for the four billion people on earth who earn a few dollars a day.
  
• - Awards grants, loans and technical assistance to charitable organizations; list of funding criteria and description of the application process available.
  
• - Supports the development of social enterprises in emerging democracies worldwide through venture funding, education and consulting.
  
• - Philanthropic venture capital firm focused on supporting emerging Christian ministries around the world.
  
• - A non-profit venture philanthropy fund that invests in social entrepreneurs.
  
• - Yale University program which educates nonprofits about nonprofit enterprise and social entrepreneurship and serves as a mechanism for capitalizing promising profit-making ventures with financial support through its Business Plan Competition.
  
• - Supports affordable housing, microcredit, and social enterprise programs.
  
• - Non-profit social entrepreneurial venture harnessing the power of technology for social benefit.
  
• - A global MBA student business plan competition for social ventures, organizations that not only create profits, but also a social or environmental return on investment. History and vision, submission forms, and resource library included.