The Academies for Social Entrepreneurship creates training and mentoring programs for sustainable, mission-based businesses. Our core program is Social Enterprise Academies. The Academies for Social Entrepreneurship plays the role of convener and catalyst, connecting the organizations and people needed to create, grow and celebrate social enterprises.
SOCIAL ENTERPISE ACADEMIES
ABOUT THE ACADEMY
A Social Enterprise Academy creates an eco-system of support that nurtures entrepreneurship and innovation in non-profit organizations. Its goals are to:
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Enable non-profit organizations to develop the skill sets and resources that will enable them to attract growth capital and increase revenue from earned, rather than donated income.
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Build overall organizational capacity. Academies enable non-profits to improve organizational performance by applying business practices and analytical thinking to their everyday operations.
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Create community-based change in the broader local non-profit marketplace by promoting convergence between the best practices of business and philanthropy.
IMPACT OF THE ACADEMY
To date, our unique combination of training, mentoring & “fast pitch” plan competition has:
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Expanded capacity in 148 non-profit organizations;
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Utilized the mentoring talents of more than 100 business men and women ;
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Produced millions of dollars in new investment and earned income streams.
90% of those participating in one of our business plan competitions say that it had a significant positive impact and 65% have launched or expanded ventures which generate new income for their agencies within a year. Academies are currently under way in Los Angeles and San Diego counties (California) and under consideration in six other markets.
