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What Is a Social Entrepreneur?

Skoll Foundation News - 1999 through 2002

San Jose Mercury May 10, 2002 - $40,000 Grant Will Help Community Projects

ABCNEWS_com Silicon Insider November 19, 2002 - Good, Hard, Work

BW Online December 2, 2002 - The New Face of Philanthropy

Center for Effective Philanthropy February 21, 2002 - Toward A Common Language

Changemakers December 2002 - Nepali Women Rising

Establishing a Nonprofit Organization

San Francisco Chronicle October 18, 2002 - Foundations Tighten Their Purse Strings

Oprah.com - Piglets Help Girls Go to School in Nepal

New York Times November 18, 2002 - Give It All Away, and Get Set for Life

Global Philanthropy Forum Conference

GuideStar - Products & Services - 2002 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report

HBS Working Knowledge - Social Enterprise Internships 2002

IBM and SeniorNet Unlock the World Wide Web for Millions More Users

Center for Effective Philanthropy - Indicators of Effectiveness

Internet Society (ISOC) October 14, 2002 - Internet Society Proposal to Operate .org Approved by ICANN

PNN Online July 8, 2002 - Learn How to Gain Support from Women

San Francisco Chronicle December 8, 2002 - Martin Makes a Middle Class

McKinsey Quarterly Faster charity

San Francisco Business October 25, 2002 - Nonprofits Get a Life

Silicon Valley Joint Venture - Preparing for the Next Silicon Valley

onPhilanthropy September 6, 2002 - Question #9 The Mission Meets the Numbers

onPhilanthropy May 6, 2002 - The Growth of the Non-Profit Sector Is It Really Real?

Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 16, 2002 - Mennonite Group Helps Individuals by Teaching Entrepreneurial Skills

Philanthropy Journal October 8, 2002 -Rockefeller Plugs In

Philanthropy New Digest April 4, 2002 - Foundation Center Announces Estimates for 2001 Foundation Giving

Community Foundation Silicon Valley Announces
Foothill-De Anza Chancellor to Join Executive Team

Chronicle of Philanthropy - A Good Year for Giving

San Jose Mercury November 20, 2002 - Former eBay chief to Plug Do-gooders in Hollywood

Skoll Community Survey Summary

San Jose Mercury March 15, 2002 - State Budget Cuts Draining Non-profits

Ashoka - The Citizen Sector Becoming as Entrepreneurial and Competitive as Business

The Foundation Center - Philanthropy's Response to 9/11

Wired April, 2002 - The Rainmaker: How a low-cost, lightweight pump is changing the economy of a nation

Womens Foundation June 21, 2002 - The Women's Foundation and Community Foundation Silicon Valley Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration to Increase Resources for Women and Girls in Silicon Valley

Wall Street Journal September 10, 2002 - Some Foundations Are Electing To Spend It All Now, Close Shop

San Jose Merc December 17, 2001 - Philanthropist to Dole Out 2 Million in Grants.htm

San Jose Merc October 23, 2001 - Co-founder of eBay Aids Non-Profits

Business Week Online March 3, 2000 - Will New York's Newly Rich Dot-Comers Embrace

Senior Net September 26, 2000 - eBay Leads Effort to Bridge Digital Divide for Seniors

PND January 11, 2000 - Community Foundation Silicon Valley Collects Record Donations

The Chronicle October 20, 2000 - Professors of the New Economy: Michael Ray Teaching Entrepreneurs How to Cut Loose

Forbes October 4, 1999 - New Town Square

The Harrisburg Patriot November 25, 1999 - Giving back a bit: many enriched by technology begin to assist worthy causes

Rotman School of Management Rotman Reader November 1999 - Manulife Financial and Jeff Skoll, eBay Vice-President, Endow Chairs at Rotman

University of Toronto Magazine Autumn, 1999 - Trading Up

University of Toronto -- News@UofT -- Quick Facts

Wired Septemeber, 1999 - Nonprofit Motive

Yahoo! Media Relations April 12, 1999 - Yahoo! Auctions, eBay, Livebid.com, Amazon.com Auctions and Others Join Together to Raise Funds to Aid Refugees

FT aims to help African schoolgirls beat poverty : 12/3/2007
(Financial Times) - Maggie, a 14-year-old Zambian schoolgirl, cries as she recalls how her stepfather was accused seven years ago of killing a neighbour's child using witchcraft. As a tear streaks down her left cheek, she describes how a local group started a deadly campaign of persecution against her family, focused on her mother... (read more)

What's Happening Now:

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New Model for Angel Investment
Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurs in Focus through Documentary
The Most Powerful Motivators

Coming Soon on Social Edge:

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Where is the money?
The X-Interviews: Josephine Nzerem, Isaac Durojaiye