These ten organizations are all approaching the social sector in unique and innovative ways and particularly excel in bringing fresh capital into the social sector.
1. World Resources Institute: Check out the project sponsored by WRI called nextbillion.net that is seeking sustainable business solution to help the world's poor.
2. Robert’s Enterprise Development Fund: This nonprofit is helping other nonprofits create for-profit enterprises to help fund their social missions. Very cool.
3. Echoing Green: Identifies and funds emerging leaders in the social sector in the
4. Ashoka: Innovators for the Public: An international version of Echoing Green. Ashoka identifies and funds social entrepreneurs whose projects are changing systems around the world. (I must admit my bias with this organization - I have worked for them before).
5. Self-Help: Another organization I have worked for. Self-Help is the largest non-profit community development finance institute in the
6. Acumen Fund: The Acumen Fund is a non-profit venture fund that invests in enterprises that provide critical goods and services for the world’s poor.
7. Endeavor: Endeavor is helping create jobs around the world by supporting entrepreneurs in six developing countries.
8. Global Giving: Have you ever wanted to donate to an organization in another country, but not known if an organization was quality or not? Global Giving screens high impact, grassroots social and environmental projects from around the world so you know where to invest.
9. Grameen Bank: The Grameen Bank is the pioneer microfinance organization. Grameen has now expanded to new innovative projects like making cellphones affordable to the world’s poor.
10. Kiva: This organization actually makes it possible for you to lend to micro-entrepreneurs in
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