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Ashoka
United States of America
Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale. Founded by Bill Drayton in 1980, Ashoka has provided start-up financing, professional support services, and connections to a global network across the business and social sectors, and a platform for people dedicated to changing the world. Ashoka launched the field of social entrepreneurship and has activated multi-sector partners across the world who increasingly look to entrepreneurial talent and new ideas to solve social problems.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: United States of America | Impact: Capacity Building |
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Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN)
Singapore
AVPN is a unique funders network based in Singapore committed to building a vibrant and high impact philanthropy and social investment community across Asia. AVPN s mission is to catalyse the movement toward a more strategic collaborative and outcome focused approach to philanthropy and social investing ensuring that resources are deployed as effectively as possible to address key social challenges facing Asia today and in the future.
| Type: Investor Network | Geography: Asia | Impact: Access to Education |
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Centre Square Foundation
India
Central Square Foundation (CSF) is a philanthropy fund and policy think tank focused on improving the quality of school education and learning outcomes of children from low income communities.
| Type: Foundation | Geography: India | Impact: Access to Education |
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Dasra Social Impact
India
As India's leading strategic philanthropy foundation Dasra actively shapes the process of social change by forming powerful partnerships with funders and social enterprises. Since the last 15 years Dasra has been working towards building a 'thriving ecosystem' that enables knowledge creation capacity building strategic funding and collaboration in order to touch and transform the lives of 800 million Indians.Dasra has impacted over 20 million lives mobilized $60 million into the social sector and equipped 800 social organizations with management expertise to scale.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: India | Impact: Access to Education |
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European Venture Philanthropy Association
Belgium
EVPA is a membership association made up of organisations interested in or practicing venture philanthropy and social investment across Europe. Established in 2004 the association is a unique network of venture philanthropy organisations and others committed to practicing and promoting high engagement grant making and social investment in Europe. EVPA defines Venture Philanthropy as an approach to build stronger societal purpose organisations by providing them with both financial and non financial support in order to increase their societal impact.
| Type: Investor Network | Geography: Belgium | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
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EVPA
Belgium
EVPA is a membership association made up of organisations interested in or practicing venture philanthropy and social investment across Europe. Established in 2004 the association is a unique network of venture philanthropy organisations and others committed to practicing and promoting high engagement grant making and social investment in Europe. EVPA defines Venture Philanthropy as an approach to build stronger societal purpose organisations by providing them with both financial and non financial support in order to increase their societal impact.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: Global | Impact: Access to Education |
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Global Good Fund
United States of America
The Global Good Fund accelerates the development of high potential young leaders tackling the world’s greatest social issues. GGF achieve this by investing both human and financial capital in promising young leaders through their fellowship program. Fellows are paired with seasoned executives who serve as coaches, which is central to our leadership philosophy. The energy of the young leader, guided by the expertise of an experienced executive, becomes a powerful force for good in the world.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: Global | Impact: Food Security |
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Gray Matters Capital
United States of America
Gray Matters Capital (GMC) is an Impact Investing Enterprise founded by Bob Pattillo. We actively invest in sustainable replicable business models that benefit underserved populations in developing countries. Our Vision? An education leading to a more purposeful life for 100 million women by 2036.We place a major emphasis on co creating value with our partners social businesses entrepreneurs and other impact investors. The active participation of our founder and partners has made us catalytic in the marketplace showing others that they can create value through service engagement and investment.
| Type: Corporate | Geography: Latin America and the Caribbean | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
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Heart Capital
South Africa
Heart Capital is a boutique social investment company based in Cape Town South Africa. They work in partnership with heart South Africa s first social enterprise incubator. Their goal is to drive significant social change in a financially sustainable way. They achieve this by combining the humanitarian mindset of philanthropy the value creating capacity of entrepreneurship and the time proven model of venture capital.
| Type: Investment Fund Manager | Geography: South Africa | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
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REDF
United States of America
REDF is building a new industry that creates jobs for people who are willing and able to work, but face the toughest time getting a job.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: North America | Impact: Access to Education |
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Social Business Trust
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela
Social Business Trust's mission is to support high growth potential social enterprises to scale up their impact. Social Business Trust do that by investing cash grants and professional support from the seven partner organisations in a carefully selected portfolio of social enterprises.
| Type: Investment Fund Manager | Geography: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
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Social Ventures Australia
Australia
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a social purpose organisation that works with partners to improve the lives of people in need.Our range of services are designed to scale social impact helping business government and philanthropists to be more effective funders and social purpose organisations to be more effective at delivering services.To drive the change we seek we build on our practical knowledge of effective practice in education employment housing and with First Australians.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: Australia | Impact: Community Development |
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Spark Ventures
United States of America
Spark Ventures is an innovative non-profit with a mission to provide sustainable solutions that lift communities out of poverty. Through philanthropic investments in social businesses, Spark Ventures leverages charitable contributions to provide ongoing funding for high-impact programming in education, health and nutrition.
| Type: Investment Fund Manager | Geography: Global | Impact: Access to Financial Services |
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The Mulago Foundation
United States of America
The Mulago Foundation is focused on four elements of a lasting better life - livelihood, health, education and conservation - in the places that need it the most. Their job is to find those most able to create change and get them what they need to do it.
| Type: Accelerator/Incubator | Geography: United States of America | Impact: Community Development |