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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Assembly & Packaging
What is a social enterprise?
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Any organization or venture that advances a social mission through earned income strategies. The Social Enterprise Alliance is the only member organization to bring together the diverse community of social enterprises.
Childcare Construction Consulting Curriculum Sales Distribution & Shipping Document Management Educational Services Facilities Management & Maintenance Food Services & Catering Housing Hazardous Materials Abatement
Join the largest network of nonprofits and businesses working together to create earned income ventures that are changing the world.
Hotel Operations Landscape Services Laundry Services Manufacturing Printing Rentals and real estate Retail and thrift stores Technology Innovation Temporary Staffing
What kinds of organizations are members? Social enterprise encompasses both nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses. Our members represent the full breadth of social missions — from arts to environment, healthcare to housing, and all forms of human services.
What types of strategies are members using? Social enterprising strategies include but are not limited to programs, subsidiaries, partnerships, franchises, joint ventures and stand alone businesses. SEA members operate a tremendous diversity of ventures including those listed left.
Must we already be operating a venture to join? No. SEA helps move social mission-based organizations along a continuum, from just beginning to think about earned income strategies, to launching and operating a venture, to leading a well-established enterprise with a significant revenue stream.
What are the membership dues & how do I join? The easiest way to join is using our online application, which provides a detailed list of membership levels from students to large organizations. Most of our members join at the Enterpriser level for $350 per year, which extends full member benefits to all employees. A printable application is available upon request.
Accelerating social change through entrepreneurial, earned income strategies. Learn more at www.se-alliance.org or call 1-888-294-5984. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper using soy inks.
LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO
BUILD A REVENUE STREAM FOR YOUR MISSION?
MISSION: To help nonprofit shelters, facilities and housing providers access low and no-cost building materials.
We needed to network with others who understand both the mission and the business of running a social enterprise. We joined SEA to meet peers who offer a shoulder to lean on and ideas to try.
MARKET: In addition to accepting donations of surplus building materials, and diverting materials from landfills through its deconstruction and recycling programs, Materials Matter sustains its operation through a home improvement outlet where low-income families and nonprofits get an additional 20% off the pricing.
—Alison Riback, Executive VP
EARN MORE MISSION PARTNERSHIPS
Use your member discount to purchase Business Plan Pro Software, customdesigned for social enterprise.
Receive pro bono legal advice from Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms.
Visit the Knowledge Center to read case studies and articles on social enterprise.
Create a free listing on our partner site Fundraisers.com, where consumers can shop for your products or services.
Find a consultant who can help you plan your venture or develop additional ventures in the Consultant Directory. Get ideas for funding your startup in the online Funding Directory.
Our membership in SEA has been tremendously valuable. We’ve made a number of important connections through our link with SEA, that we wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else.
MARKET: RealBenefits offers innovative web-based technology to healthcare providers, government, and human service organizations. In three years of operation in two states, 96,000 families have been connected to over $370 million in benefits such as Medicaid and Food Stamps.
Distinguish yourself with the SEA member logo on your Web site and publications.
MISSION: To promote the growth, development and independence of people with disabilities through programs of education, rehabilitation & work opportunity.
Through SEA I’ve met so many people who have been sounding boards for issues that have come up, important issues that are unique to social enterprise, such as alternative legal structures.
MARKET: Northwest Center uses revenue from the 17 businesses it owns and runs to sustain its operations while providing valuable training and job placements for its clients. Since 1965, the Center has grown to become the largest community service center in the Pacific Northwest.
—Dave Wunderlin, CEO
—Enrique Balaguer, CEO
SEA offers resources to help you
PLANNING TOOLS
MISSION: To change the way low income households learn about and enroll in the public benefit programs they need to be healthy, productive, and secure.
SEA provides tools to
NETWORK & GROW
SEA creates opportunities to
LEAD THE MOVEMENT
NETWORKING
EDUCATION & EVENTS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Use the online npEnterprise Forum to get tips and advice from other practitioners
Check out our Knowledge Center for resources on social enterprise.
Network year-round by meeting other practitioners from the Member Directory.
Get training in earned income strategies by searching our online directory of Learning Opportunities.
Attend the largest educational and community-building event in the field, our annual Social Enterprise Summit.
Solve day-to-day problems using our “Ask the Expert” service. Post job openings and access the archives of The Enterprising Voice, our monthly newsletter.
Learn about the latest strategies through discounted publications. Find and submit events on topics of interest in the Event Calendar.
Choose from 50 informative sessions on earned income strategies and meet successful social enterprise practitioners. Enjoy registration discounts and special access to early registration. Nonprofit members are invited to exhibit for free at the Social Enterprise Marketplace.
ADVOCACY Get involved in advancing the national agenda for social enterprise by taking a leadership role on an SEA Member Committee. Already an accomplished presenter? Add your name to our new social enterprise Speaker Directory. Help us educate funders and lenders about the needs of social enterprise.
What is a social enterprise?
Auto Repair and Sales
Any organization or venture that advances a social mission through earned income strategies. The Social Enterprise Alliance is the only member organization to bring together the diverse community of social enterprises.
Childcare Construction Consulting Curriculum Sales Distribution & Shipping Document Management Educational Services Facilities Management & Maintenance Food Services & Catering Housing Hazardous Materials Abatement
Join the largest network of nonprofits and businesses working together to create earned income ventures that are changing the world.
Hotel Operations Landscape Services Laundry Services Manufacturing Printing Rentals and real estate Retail and thrift stores Technology Innovation Temporary Staffing
What kinds of organizations are members? Social enterprise encompasses both nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses. Our members represent the full breadth of social missions — from arts to environment, healthcare to housing, and all forms of human services.
What types of strategies are members using? Social enterprising strategies include but are not limited to programs, subsidiaries, partnerships, franchises, joint ventures and stand alone businesses. SEA members operate a tremendous diversity of ventures including those listed left.
Must we already be operating a venture to join? No. SEA helps move social mission-based organizations along a continuum, from just beginning to think about earned income strategies, to launching and operating a venture, to leading a well-established enterprise with a significant revenue stream.
What are the membership dues & how do I join? The easiest way to join is using our online application, which provides a detailed list of membership levels from students to large organizations. Most of our members join at the Enterpriser level for $350 per year, which extends full member benefits to all employees. A printable application is available upon request.
Accelerating social change through entrepreneurial, earned income strategies. Learn more at www.se-alliance.org or call 1-888-294-5984. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper using soy inks.
LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO
BUILD A REVENUE STREAM FOR YOUR MISSION?
MISSION: To help nonprofit shelters, facilities and housing providers access low and no-cost building materials.
We needed to network with others who understand both the mission and the business of running a social enterprise. We joined SEA to meet peers who offer a shoulder to lean on and ideas to try.
MARKET: In addition to accepting donations of surplus building materials, and diverting materials from landfills through its deconstruction and recycling programs, Materials Matter sustains its operation through a home improvement outlet where low-income families and nonprofits get an additional 20% off the pricing.
—Alison Riback, Executive VP
EARN MORE MISSION PARTNERSHIPS
Use your member discount to purchase Business Plan Pro Software, customdesigned for social enterprise.
Receive pro bono legal advice from Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms.
Visit the Knowledge Center to read case studies and articles on social enterprise.
Create a free listing on our partner site Fundraisers.com, where consumers can shop for your products or services.
Find a consultant who can help you plan your venture or develop additional ventures in the Consultant Directory. Get ideas for funding your startup in the online Funding Directory.
Our membership in SEA has been tremendously valuable. We’ve made a number of important connections through our link with SEA, that we wouldn’t have gotten anywhere else.
MARKET: RealBenefits offers innovative web-based technology to healthcare providers, government, and human service organizations. In three years of operation in two states, 96,000 families have been connected to over $370 million in benefits such as Medicaid and Food Stamps.
Distinguish yourself with the SEA member logo on your Web site and publications.
MISSION: To promote the growth, development and independence of people with disabilities through programs of education, rehabilitation & work opportunity.
Through SEA I’ve met so many people who have been sounding boards for issues that have come up, important issues that are unique to social enterprise, such as alternative legal structures.
MARKET: Northwest Center uses revenue from the 17 businesses it owns and runs to sustain its operations while providing valuable training and job placements for its clients. Since 1965, the Center has grown to become the largest community service center in the Pacific Northwest.
—Dave Wunderlin, CEO
—Enrique Balaguer, CEO
SEA offers resources to help you
PLANNING TOOLS
MISSION: To change the way low income households learn about and enroll in the public benefit programs they need to be healthy, productive, and secure.
SEA provides tools to
NETWORK & GROW
SEA creates opportunities to
LEAD THE MOVEMENT
NETWORKING
EDUCATION & EVENTS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Use the online npEnterprise Forum to get tips and advice from other practitioners
Check out our Knowledge Center for resources on social enterprise.
Network year-round by meeting other practitioners from the Member Directory.
Get training in earned income strategies by searching our online directory of Learning Opportunities.
Attend the largest educational and community-building event in the field, our annual Social Enterprise Summit.
Solve day-to-day problems using our “Ask the Expert” service. Post job openings and access the archives of The Enterprising Voice, our monthly newsletter.
Learn about the latest strategies through discounted publications. Find and submit events on topics of interest in the Event Calendar.
Choose from 50 informative sessions on earned income strategies and meet successful social enterprise practitioners. Enjoy registration discounts and special access to early registration. Nonprofit members are invited to exhibit for free at the Social Enterprise Marketplace.
ADVOCACY Get involved in advancing the national agenda for social enterprise by taking a leadership role on an SEA Member Committee. Already an accomplished presenter? Add your name to our new social enterprise Speaker Directory. Help us educate funders and lenders about the needs of social enterprise.
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