Remove Entrepreneurship Remove Environmental Remove Poverty
article thumbnail

In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Furthermore, our research revealed that the unequal structure of Brazilian society is reproduced in the field of social entrepreneurship through two mechanisms.

article thumbnail

Being and Building Beloved Community: The Intersection of Culture and Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

The poverty rate is 52.4 In the 20th century, Atlanta emerged as a hub of Black entrepreneurship and education. The intentional integration of cultural narrative, strategic reinvestment, and community ownership is the most viable and maybe the only path forward to create both social and environmental impact.

Culture 122
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. The global surge in recognizing and embracing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance practices has become a driving force for businesses to invest in people with disabilities worldwide.

article thumbnail

The Future of Family Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In the early days of the pandemic, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation , whose mission is to help people and places move out of poverty and achieve greater social and economic justice, recognized the devastation COVID-19 would bring to their grantee communities. Their approach to grantmaking and strategy is very community-based.

article thumbnail

Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

This foundation is committed to expanding economic opportunities for women and girls through education, vocational training, and entrepreneurship with the goal of sustainable financial independence. Areas served: Texas-based organizations. Areas served: Worldwide. Oak Foundation. Areas served: Worldwide. Texas Women’s Foundation.

Health 98
article thumbnail

Starting With the State

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale. All of this depresses economic activity and increases poverty.