The GSBI™ continues to evolve and grow with the support of strategic partnerships.
Institutional Partner
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Jeff Skoll created The Skoll Foundation in 1999 to pursue his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity. Led by CEO Sally Osberg since 2001, their mission is to drive large scale change by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world?s most pressing problems.
The Skoll Foundation's Award for Social Entrepreneurship has enabled the GSBI to focus on systemization and growth. With the 3 year grant of $1.08 million the GSBI? will continue its vertical sector strategy, expand its geographic coverage and disseminate lessons learned from the program.
The Skoll Foundation hosts the GSBI's open online application via Social Edge, an online community for social entrepreneurs. Read the full profile »
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Discovery Partners
Discovery partners are typically existing organizations and networks. They may sponsor competitions and offer fellowships, or other institutional support. These partners nurture existing networks of social entrepreneurs that have been identified through these programs, awards, and other initiatives. They provide an initial screen to funnel high potential social entrepreneurs and their organizations through the application process. They also help in the selection and on-boarding of these ventures.
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The Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. It seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with business acumen can result in thriving enterprises that serve the poor. Read the full profile »
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Agora Partnerships believes the world needs more innovation and more companies focused on people, profit, and planet. They believe one of the best ways to make the world more entrepreneurial is to support visionary entrepreneurs in the world?s poorest communities who run small and growing companies that create social, environmental, and economic value for the world. They believe in bringing people together to bring opportunity ? in the form of social, human, and financial support ? to the men and women we think are most capable of turning that opportunity into sustained positive impact for the world. Read the full profile »
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Ashoka is leading a profound transformation in society. In the past three decades, the global citizen sector, led by social entrepreneurs, has grown exponentially. Just as the business sector experienced a tremendous spurt in productivity over the last century, the citizen sector is experiencing a similar revolution, with the number and sophistication of citizen organizations increasing dramatically.Beginning with the first Ashoka Fellows elected in India in 1981, Ashoka has grown to an association of over 2,000 Fellows in over 60 countries on the world's five main continents. Read the full profile »
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The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) is a global network of organizations that invest money and expertise to propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Officially launched in 2009, we are a member-driven organization housed within the Aspen Institute, an international non-profit that promotes enlightened leadership. Our members are the vanguard of a movement that is focused on small and growing businesses (SGBs) that create economic, environmental, and social benefits for developing countries. Ultimately, we seek to build sustainable prosperity in the developing world. Read the full profile »
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Avina Foundation works in Latin America as an article, co-investor and facilitator, using its resources, local presence and relationships with thousands of partners and scale hatching joint strategies for regional and national change. Our main contribution to our allies is the promotion of joint actions through direct investment of resources and services. Read the full profile »
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B Labs objective is to take existing operating systems technology into a new level by enabling new interactions using virtualization. B Labs technology transforms mobile operating systems into commodity environments that can be managed and interacted with, similar to existing software applications. Read the full profile »
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The Conrad Foundation is dedicated to fundamentally shifting how science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are taught in K-12 schools and across socioeconomic levels. It is the only not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization of its kind to combine education, innovation and entrepreneurship to spark student interest in STEM careers and sustain a knowledge-based economy. Read the full profile »
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Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Through a two-year fellowship program, we help our network of visionaries develop new solutions to society?s most difficult problems. These social entrepreneurs and their organizations work to solve deeply-rooted social, environmental, economic, and political inequities to ensure equal access and to help all individuals reach their potential. To date, Echoing Green has invested nearly $30 million in seed funding to almost 500 social entrepreneurs and their innovative organizations. Read the full profile »
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Endeva?s mission is to inspire and support enterprise solutions to the world?s most pressing problems: making poverty a thing of the past and preserving ecosystems for the future. In our projects, we build, share and apply knowledge to develop, implement and grow inclusive business models. As an independent institute, we work closely with partners from all sectors. The people at endeva share a passion for positive change and inspiring collaboration. Read the full profile »
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ESADE Business School is a globally oriented and highly diverse academic institution with over 50 years' experience in management training. By delivering academic services of the highest standards and intellectual rigor, we go beyond developing integral managers; we shape cooperative and responsible leaders capable of making a positive impact within their organizations and society at large. Read the full profile »
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The Hub is a place for purpose-driven people to connect and build solutions for a better world. Members work at The Hub, attend and produce events, run their own bootcamps, access funding and mentorship, source clients and co-conspirators, find social networks, build campaigns, launch companies, prototype and test products... members create what they want at The Hub. It is their space and their community to build upon. Read the full profile »
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Hub Ventures helps high caliber entrepreneurs build their world-changing startups better and faster. We operate 12-week cohort cycles at Hub Bay Area, during which participating companies receive up to $20,000 in seed funding and engage in best-in-class mentorship, purpose-drive community, and content tailored to impact startups. We also connect companies with our extensive network of investors during the program and at Investor Day, an opportunity to pitch to hundreds of investors. Read the full profile »
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The Israel Venture Network (IVN), a social investment organization, strives to bridge social gaps and generate systemic change in Israel through high-impact programs and hands-on venture philanthropy. Read the full profile »
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Katerva comes from the Latin word caterva meaning ?crowd.? It?s our belief that the wisdom of the crowd?organized, holds the key to the world?s most pressing challenges. Katerva?s mission is to create the first truly open worldwide platform for change. Katerva?s network of networks is a new kind of structure based on inclusiveness, collaboration and transparency. Designed to convene, catalyze and accelerate breakthrough solutions to global challenges, Katerva?s approach places emphasis on action for a future where we all thrive. Read the full profile »
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The MIT IDEAS Global Challenge connects students with the passion and talent to improve the world with the experience and resources of the MIT community worldwide. We support innovation and entrepreneurship as public service through an annual competition that awards up to $10,000 per team for the best ideas to tackle barriers to well being. Read the full profile »
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NextBillion.net is a website and blog bringing together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise. It is a discussion forum, networking space and knowledge base for individuals and organizations interested in the "next billion". Our goal is to highlight the development and implementation of business strategies that open opportunities and improve the lives of the world's approximately 4 billion low-income producers and consumers. Read the full profile »
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PopTech brings together a global community of innovators from many fields to share insights and work together to create lasting change. Their Fellows programs for social innovators and scientists identify and train some of the world?s most promising talent. Their Labs bring together curated and diverse experts to work together on areas of critical significance. Their Initiatives incubate high-impact, collaborative and new approaches to some of the world?s toughest problems. Read the full profile »
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Synergy Social Ventures (Synergy) invests in entrepreneurial solutions to global problems.
We identify audacious individuals pioneering ways to improve the lives of underserved people and/or our environment by providing socially beneficial technologies, goods and services. They set up social ventures specifically designed to solve social problems and create positive social change including empowering women, creating jobs, educating children, feeding families, lighting homes and protecting the environment. Read the full profile »
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The William James Foundation manages socially responsible business plan competitions, which: 1) Provide sustainable entrepreneurs with detailed and constructive feedback, and a chance at more than $100,000 worth of in-kind prizes and cash. 2) Offer our reading judges an opportunity to use their lifetime of experience to supports projects they find personally meaningful in a way that taps their interest and respects their schedule. 3) Allow our sponsors to become part of a conversation with the next generation of sustainable entrepreneurs and leading figures in the areas of socially responsible finance, academia, management, and entrepreneurship. Read the full profile »
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Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world?s leading provider of news and information, is committed to empowering people in need around the world with trusted information and free legal assistance. GSBI is an official referral partner of TrustLaw Connect, an innovative programme of the Foundation that links social enterprises and NGOs with top law firms from around the world offering their legal assistance pro bono. As such, all GSBI fellows are eligible for fast-track access to the programme in order to access free legal assistance. Read the full profile »
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The Development Marketplace provides early stage grant funding to support testing and development of innovative initiatives. To date, out of 20,000+ entrants, the Development Marketplace has selected over 1,000 finalists to participate in its global competitions. Ultimately 220 winners were selected for funding. An additional 1,000+ winners have been supported under national level competitions. Read the full profile »
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