Mission: The majority of our world’s population lacks access to life’s basic needs. We develop and implement human-centered products to help them thrive. Technology can empower and liberate. A single, effective product has more potential for worldwide impact – by providing ...Read More
Clean water, renewable energy, healthcare, sustainable agriculture: Ayllu is exploring how to replicate microenterprises proven to solve root causes of poverty. We are a tax-exempt US nonprofit. This blog tracks our launch in Brazil… Ayllu Initiative ::. Read More
S.E.VEN (Social Equity Venture Fund) is a virtual non-profit entity run by entrepreneurs whose strategy is to markedly increase the rate of innovation and diffusion of enterprise-based solutions to poverty. It does this by targeted investment that fosters thought leadership through books, ...Read More
Really interesting organization taking an IDEO + business mentality to alleviating poverty. Definitely check out the What We Do section. KickStart :: What We Do. KickStart’s mission is to help millions of people out of poverty. We promote sustainable economic growth and ...Read More
Here's a sampler of organizations and funds that back social entrepreneurs seeking debt and equity financing By John Tozzi During the past two decades social entrepreneurship has gained popularity, and a growing array of specialized funding sources now exist, from angels ...Read More
For those of you who might be interested in Texas as an after school destination, this looks like a brand new organizations. Austin Social Innovation Lab: Goal: To create social impact through social innovation. The Austin Social Innovation Hub is an incubating platform ...Read More
Causecast, dubbed "a one stop philanthropy shop" by TechCrunch, is a platform where media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment and education converge to serve a greater purpose. People want to do good, want to be inspired, and want to inspire others to ...Read More
Emerging Markets Emerging Models Conference | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise. Couple of notes of point in this article: 1) Another conference to mark down on the list. 2) If you haven't checked it out before, the Monitor Group's report is ...Read More
Social Actions on one hand is an aggregator of social actions consolidating opportunities to be involved from organizations like Kiva, Global Giving, Climatepath and more than 50 others (check them out here) and on the other hand, they are an ...Read More
This website (actually the map aspect of it) recently won the Change the Web Challenge and is similar to Kiva's investor map that we saw during their presentation. I think the site itself is worth checking out in addition to ...Read More