Social Enterprise

Social Enterprise Resources : Articles, reports and other resources for nonprofits interested in advancing earned income strategies as a pathway to organizational sustainability. Resources will also interest corporate and foundation grantmakers who want to make more informed investments in nonprofit sustainability. From the website of the Social Enterprise Alliance.

Social Enterprise Research : from the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise, including papers on the Economics of the Nonprofit Sector, Commercial Activity in Nonprofit Organizations, Joint Ventures, and Pricing Issues in Nonprofit Organizations. Click on "Research."

Resource Center, Yale School of Management's Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures : Register for a free membership to access cutting edge research and business tools for nonprofits interested in commercial ventures. Includes how-to guides, publications and articles, case studies, profiles of business ventures, online discussion group and more, including information on the National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations.

Community Wealth Ventures offers several free resources for use by nonprofit leaders, foundations and consumers; Mapping Your Assets and Identifying Opportunities (54-page PDF); Feasibility Analysis for Social Ventures (29-page PDF); a Community Wealth Screening Questionnaire (4-page PDF) and other tools to help nonprofit organizations become more self-sustaining through business ventures and corporate partnerships.

Nonprofit Business Ventures : Articles from the archives of The Gransmanship Center Magazine for organizations interested in or engaged in social enterprise.

Get Your Venture Started Right! A free sample business plan is available at this site provided by BulletProof Business Plans.