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Causes: Children & Youth, Human Service Organizations, Human Services, Leadership Development, Youth Development - Citizenship
Mission: To promote, preserve, and protect social enterprise as a viable concept and business reality.
Programs: The largest event for the organization is their annual social enterprise awards in which they grant money to certain social enterprises. Sponsors are obtained to donate money to host the event and to provide the money awarded to the social enterprises. The money awarded at this event is a combination of funds received from event sponsors and the organization's money.
the organization runs a 14 week program called social enterprise accelerator program that provides entrepreneurs with an expert-led, peer learning group that includes classroom time, access to coworking space, and a variety of other resources to help build their social enterprise.
the organization provides a variety of resources to educate the community about social enterprise as a viable business concept through a variety of speaking and education programs. They also educate the public about and support legislation which assists social enterprises.