BWM Foundation Herbert Quandt The BMW Foundation aims to facilitate global dialogue and to drive social innovation. To this end, we bring together people from across cultures, countries and communities around selected key areas: Responsible Leadership and Transsectoral Colaboration. One of the Key Areas for The BMW Foundation is: Social Enterpreneurship The BWM Foundation Goal…

ANANDA – Social Venture Fund Ananda Ventures is one of the leading venture capital investors for social enterprises in Europe. Ananda invest in social change ‘on it’s own doorstep’- in high growth companies based in Europe and targeting social issues in the region. Ananda Ventures works with the founders of social enterprises in the spirit…

The Employment and Social Innovation (EaSi) programme The EaSi programme is a financing instrument at EU level to promote a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions. Structure and Funding EaSI is managed directly by the European Commission. It brings together three…

The Schwab Foundation for Social Enterpreneurship The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovation. It identifies a select community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global, regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the…

The Ashoka Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3,000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries putting their system changing ideas into practice on a global scale. Founded by Bill Drayton in 1980, Ashoka has provided start-up financing, professional support services, and connections to a global network across the business and social…

The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems. OUR VALUES The following core values inform our mission; guide our actions; and undergird our culture: Leverage: We seek leverage to achieve “a whole lot of good” from our investment…