What is Social Enterprise

Tandem Structures Operating in Two Worlds: Tandem Structures in Social EnterpriseIngrid Mittermaier and Joey Neugart, Adler & Colvin Originally published in The Practical Tax Lawyer, Fall 2011 Issue© Copyright 2011 Adler & Colvin A nonprofit corporation that gains tax-exemption as a charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (a "charitable nonprofit" or "charity") is a frequent choice of entity for social entrepreneurs. (Although beyond the scope of this article, entrepreneurs may have reasons to consider nonprofit choices other than charitable nonprofits, such as a nonprofit corporation with section 501(c)(4) exemption or a taxable non-profit corporation. Increasingly, social entrepreneurs are questioning whether they have to choose only one entity. Tandem structures allow entrepreneurs to take advantage of some of the benefits offered by both charities and for-profits. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Antropia - Le premier incubateur social français PLAN Institute causeway Eventually, social entrepreneurs will encounter the challenge of finding new sources of financial capital to develop their innovation or expand their social enterprise. Traditional models of funding for the social sector do not support the scaling up of social innovation. Social entrepreneurs therefore require new financial frameworks to service their long-term needs. In response to this challenge, a new field is emerging. SiG and Plan Institute have been working with the Tides Canada Foundation to increase awareness about the need for social financing and to develop new pools of capital for social innovation and social enterprise. Reports For Reports on various social finance roundtables and conferences co-hosted or co-sponsored by PLAN and Plan Institute, see: Websites Leaders in the citizen sector who want to extend impact, durability and scale of their work should check out Thinking Like a Movement retreat. Social Innovation: Social enterprise: Social financing:

Repair Café (Deutsch) Toronto Schoolyard Farming Enterprise The collaboration that built a schoolyard farming social enterprise in Toronto is largely responsible for its success, says Katie German, a schoolyard farmer, beekeeper and project co-ordinator. Transformed students are amongst the enterprise’s achievements. A student who at first wouldn’t risk getting dirty by sitting on the grass could be seen two weeks later harvesting garlic heads, hands smeared with dirt, a huge smile on her face. The student said later she couldn’t believe how much she had changed in a few short weeks, Katie recalls. Students who struggled to arrive at school on time during the school year were eager to start at 6:30 a.m with the schoolyard farming program this past summer. The enterprise has also seen early financial success. The School Grown project works as a partnership between FoodShare, a non-profit dedicated to ensuring every city resident has access to good, healthy food, and schools in the Toronto District School Board.

Clinton Global Initiative Hebb 2013 business and mission Working Papers WP 14-01 Hebb, T., Hoepner, A., Rodionova, T., and Sanchez, I. Power and Shareholder Saliency, Working Paper, Responsible Investing Initiative and Saint Andrews University, UK. WP 13-07 Fritsch B., Rossi R., and Hebb T. (2013) An examination of the tension between business and mission among social enterprises, Working Paper, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University, Ottawa (ON), Canada. WP 13-06 Bhatt B. and Hebb T. Measuring Social Value: A Social Metrics Primer, Working Paper, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University, Ottawa (ON), Canada. WP13-05 Letourneau H. (2013) The Responsible Investment Practices of the World’s Largest Government Sponsored Investment Funds,Working Paper, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University, Ottawa (ON), Canada. WP13-04 Abele F. and Gladstone J. (2013) Responsible investment in the Canadian Territorial North? WP 11-02 “Report on Social Metrics: Key Informant Interviews” by Tessa Hebb

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Investigating the Social Economy » Cluster 4 – Measuring and Mapping the Social Economy Last Updated on January 24th, 2013 Social enterprises make significant contributions to the local, regional, national and international community. Cluster 4′s objective is to develop measurement tools to determine more precisely the value of those contributions. Co-lead, Lou Hammond Ketilson, University of Saskatchewan (principal investigator), is director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and co-director (academic) of the Community-University Institute for Social Research. Co-lead, Monique Beaudoin, is the Ontario Regional Coordinator of the Canadian CED Network – la Réseau canadien de DEC (CCEDNet-RCDEC). The following co-applicants and collaborators worked with Cluster 4: The following community partners worked with Cluster 4: Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. The following research projects were conducted under Cluster 4:

ThinkChange India Cda's Economic Action Plan Economic Action Plan 2014 announces that the Government will continue to work with leaders in the not-for-profit and private sectors to explore the potential for social finance initiatives. Governments are not always best placed to solve the most pressing or persistent social and economic problems. There are Canadians who possess innovative solutions to these problems and there are others who are willing to fund “social entrepreneurs” in meeting these challenges. In December 2013, the Minister of Employment and Social Development created a new Ministerial Advisory Council on Social Innovation, which includes experts and practitioners in the fields of social finance and social enterprise. The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Canadians’ use of innovative approaches to address pressing unmet social and economic needs. About the Initiative Who Will Benefit Initiative Update Find Out More Read more about Social Finance.