Resources

Social Entrepreneurship Resources

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Blogs/RSS Feeds

Cooltown Studios
Global Indy
npEnterprises Forum
SocialEarth
Social Enterprise Reporter
Stanford Social Innovation Review

Community Building

Abundant Community
Digital Democracy
Earth House Collective
Indy Land Bank
IndyTalks
Neighborhoods USA

Competitions

Changemakers (from Ashoka)

Economic/Sustainable Development

Fair Trade USA
Global Peace Initiatives
Jubilee Village Project
NextBillion
OBAT Helpers
People for Urban Progress (PUP)
The Village Experience

Education

Edible Schoolyard
Latino Youth Collective
Nobel Learning Communities
Revolution Foods
Send Girls to School
School on Wheels

Environment/Energy

City Fix
Community Greens (from Ashoka)
Community Groundworks
Connected Urban Development
Ecoscraps

Funding Sources (see also General Organizations)

Citizen Base Initiative (CBI) (from Ashoka)
Ball State – Toolbox Guide to Development Funds
Elevate Ventures (Indiana)
GreenMarketing.TV: "Social Entrepreneur Funding Series: Crowdfunding Your Startup"
Indiana Small Business Development Center
SocialEarth: "130 Ways to Fund Your Social Venture"

General Organizations/Support Organizations

America Forward
ASHOKA
Atlas Service Corps
Barefoot College
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Charity Navigator
ClearlySo
GOOD Maker
Google for Nonprofits
Human-Centered Design Toolkit (from IDEO)
Law for Change
Lemelson Foundation
MercyCorps
National Center for Social Entrepreneurs
Net Impact
New Development Solutions Group
New Profit, Inc.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
SIFE
Skoll Foundation
SOCAP (Social Capital Markets)
Social Creatives
SocialEarth
Social Enterprise Alliance
Social Venture Network
SoJo
StartingBloc
Taproot Foundation
Transformative Action Institute
Unreasonable Institute
Virtue Ventures

Homeless

Back on My Feet
Humility Now
Pathway to Recovery
We Soldier On

Human Rights

Enough
Genocide Intervention Network
Living Water for Girls

Jobs

Bridgestar
Commongood Careers
Idealist
Net Impact Job Board
Opportunity Knocks
SocialEarth: "26 Resources for Social Good Jobs"

Journalism/Media

Beyond Profit
Dowser
GlobalVoices
GOOD Magazine
Green Marketing TV
Ode Magazine
Project Censored
Worldchanging

Microfinance

Kiva
Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX)
Opportunity International

Students/Young Professionals

AIESEC
Building Tomorrow
Changemakers (from Ashoka)
Compass Partners
DoSomething.org
Giving Sum 
Mobilize.org
SOS (Students Offering Support)
ThinkImpact Innovation Institute
Venture for America
Youth Venture (from Ashoka)

Teaching & Learning Resources

AshokaU (with access to the Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources Handbook [PDF])
Ashoka Resources (blogs, audio/video, publications)
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (Duke University, Fuqua School of Business)
Character Clearinghouse
GOOD Maker
International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement
New Heroes (PBS documentary series; available for checkout at University Library - call number HD60 .N4344 2005)
Ning (platform for creating custom social websites; nominal cost)
Social Entrepreneurship Empowerment Series (archived online interviews with successful social entrepreneurs)
Social Innovation Conversations (podcasts)
SoJo
TED (high-quality podcasts on a variety of topics)
YouTube videos on social entrepreneurship

Journals

Museums & Social Issues
Social Enterprise Journal
Stanford Social Innovation Review

Women

Living Water for Girls
Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
The Women's Initiative
Women for Women International
Women Like Us