Louisiana

Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
263 Third Street, Suite 610 B
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Email: ChangingLouisiana@crt.state.la.us
Phone: (225) 342-2038
Contact: Nadiyah Morris, Manager of the Office of Social Entrepreneurship

"The OSE aims to make Louisiana “the most hospitable place in the country for those who are testing and launching the best, most effective new program models for social change.”

— Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu

View an outline of the mission, model, strategies, and vision of the nation's first Office of Social Entrepreneurship and see our related blog entry .

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Texas

OneStar Foundation - Texas Center for Social Impact
816 Congress, Suite 900
Austin, TX 78701
Email: info@onestarfoundation.org
Phone: (512) 473-2140
Contact: Susan Weddington, President & CEO

“Designated by Executive Order of the Governor of Texas, OneStar Foundation works on behalf of the State of Texas to strengthen the capacity of local communities to address their most pressing needs.”

— OneStar Website

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Vermont

State passes L3C legislation
Americans for Community Development
805 15th St. NW
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20005
Email: info@americansforcommunitydevelopment.org
Phone: (202) 466-8700
Contact: Brian Reardon, Executive Director

“The L3C is a new form of limited liability company which combines the best features of a for-profit LLC with the socially beneficial aspects of a nonprofit. It is the for-profit with a nonprofit soul.”

— Americans for Community Development

"Legislation has also been introduced in North Carolina and “there are ‘expressions of interest’ in Georgia, Michigan and Montana…Minnesota also is intrigued with L3Cs.”

— Burlington Free Press

Read the press release , full bill text , Burlington Free Press’ article , and Public Innovators' recommendation .

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Virginia

The Phoenix Project
PO Box 2304
Springfield, VA 22152
Email: info@phoenixproject.org
Phone: (703) 425-3532
Contact: Marion Forsyth Werkheiser, Associate Director

“The Phoenix Project seeks to alleviate poverty by building a sustainable partnership between Virginia higher education and the Commonwealth’s most distressed communities that adds civic capacity to communities, strengthens the mission of universities, and provides a powerful context in which to prepare nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs for tomorrow’s Virginia. The Phoenix Project is accelerating social entrepreneurship in Virginia by hosting a conference series for stakeholders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors to exchange best practices and expand the dialogue about social entrepreneurship in the Commonwealth.”

— Phoenix Project Website

View Public Innovators’ recommendation on educating all three sectors, featuring Phoenix Project as the model, and read their latest report on the 2008 Nonprofit Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship Program.

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