Kauffman Foundation focuses on advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth.

Social Enterprise Alliance is an association of individuals and organizations building effective, sustainable nonprofits through earned-income strategies.

Stanford Center for Social Innovation is located at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The organization publishes the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship is a research and education center based at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

The Purpose Prize, a project of Civic Ventures, awards five prizes of $100,000 and 10 awards of $10,000 for people over 60 who are taking on society’s biggest challenges and proving that creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation for the common good are not simply the province of the young.

Troops to Teachers helps veterans make the transition to teaching with subsidies and bonuses. Civic Ventures has published a background paper with more information.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has a wealth of information on accelerated programs that provide a fast track to careers in nursing.

Do you have a compelling story about the success of a social enterprise?

Community Wealth Ventures and the Social Enterprise Alliance are producing a documentary video to tell the story of social enterprise through the voices and experiences of leaders in the field.

In partnership with the film production company Visionaries, the organizations are highlighting organizations that are harnessing market forces to effect social change. They are looking for inspirational, captivating and extraordinary ventures and leaders.