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Our impact to date

Nearly two decades of academies

Since 2007 the Academies for Social Entrepreneurship have trained founders, convened partners, and helped ventures raise the capital they need. Here is what that adds up to.

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How we count it

These numbers come from academy program records: cohorts delivered with strategic partners, capital raised by participating ventures after the program, and organizations served through academies, accelerator cohorts, and single-organization engagements.

The numbers behind the work

Serving social entrepreneurs since
2007The first academy convened in 2007. Nearly two decades later the model — cohort training plus dedicated mentorship — is still the core of every program we run.
Strategic partners
100Universities, health systems, cities, foundations, and companies host cohorts, sponsor seats, and supply the mentors and student consultants who work directly with ventures.
Capital raised by our ventures
$35MAcademy ventures have raised tens of millions in grants, program-related investment, and earned revenue after building an operating model a funder could underwrite.
Nonprofits and NGOs helped
300+More than three hundred nonprofits and NGOs have come through an academy, an accelerator cohort, or a single-organization engagement.

What produced these results

The four pillars of the academies