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Social Entrepreneur Resources

By: Fast CompanyDecember 19, 2007
Courtesy of Social Venture Partners

Manchester Craftsman's Guild
A multi-discipline, minority- directed, arts education and presenting organization that employs the visual arts and performing arts to: educate and inspire inner-city youth to become productive citizens; preserve and promote jazz and visual arts to stimulate intercultural understanding and enhancement of the quality of life for audiences; and equip and educate leaders to further demonstrate entrepreneurial potential.
City Year
Seeks to put idealism to work by tapping the civic power of young people for an annual campaign of idealism.
Share Our Strength
One of the nation's leading anti-hunger and anti-poverty organizations. Since its inception in 1984, Share Our Strength has distributed more than $50 million to more than 1,000 anti-hunger and anti-poverty efforts worldwide.
Teach for America
A national corps of outstanding and diverse recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools.
The Denali Initiative
This site identifies social leaders nationwide with demonstrated entrepreneurial potential and high ethical standards and enrolls them in a premier 3-year curriculum taught by faculty from leading universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Stanford, Babson, and Northwestern - with significant contributions from experienced social entrepreneurs.
Changemakers
This is an initiative of Ashoka, whose mission is to provide inspiration, resources, opportunities, and an extensive library of information for those entrepreneurs interested in social change throughout the world.
View more resources on the SVP site here.
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