Social-entrepreneurial principles can be applied across all issue areas to develop enduring solutions to social problems. Click on the links below for case studies that help clarify concepts defined in other parts of this site while providing examples of social-entrepreneurial solutions to particular social issues

By concept

Defining social entrepreneurship

Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (RSVP) - reducing recidivism by engaging stakeholders across sectors to work with offenders in developing an empathy-based curriculum

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abuse (TROSA) - making long-term substance abuse residential treatment programs accessible to low-income communities

Outside The Classroom - changing the drug and alcohol culture on college campuses by leveraging technology and a low-profit model

Leveraging public and private resources

KaBOOM! - building playgrounds in disadvantaged communities through partnerships that provide team-building experiences and social marketing opportunities for large corporations

ITNAmerica - providing door-through-door individual transportation services to seniors who can no longer safely drive

Testing and developing solutions

City Year - bringing youth from diverse backgrounds together in voluntary service to tackle pressing domestic social problems

New Leaders for New Schools - creating high-performing schools in low-income communities by selecting, training, and supporting exceptional principals

Benetech - leveraging technology to make educational materials accessible to the visually impaired

By social issue

Education

New Leaders for New Schools - creating high-performing schools in low-income communities by selecting, training, and supporting exceptional principals

Benetech - leveraging technology to make educational materials accessible to the visually impaired

Health

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abuse (TROSA) - making long-term substance abuse residential treatment programs accessible to low-income communities

Outside the Classroom - changing the drug and alcohol culture on college campuses by leveraging technology and a low-profit model

KaBOOM! - building playgrounds in disadvantaged communities through partnerships that provide team-building experiences and social marketing opportunities for large corporations

Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (RSVP) - reducing recidivism by engaging stakeholders across sectors to work with offenders in developing an empathy-based curriculum

ITNAmerica - providing door-through-door individual transportation services to seniors who can no longer safely drive

Economic Development

KaBOOM! - building playgrounds in disadvantaged communities through partnerships that provide team-building experiences and social marketing opportunities for large corporations

City Year - bringing youth from diverse backgrounds together in voluntary service to tackle pressing domestic social problems

Youth, Family, Elderly Services

ITNAmerica - providing door-through-door individual transportation services to seniors who can no longer safely drive

Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (RSVP) - reducing recidivism by engaging stakeholders across sectors to work with offenders in developing an empathy-based curriculum

KaBOOM! - building playgrounds in disadvantaged communities through partnerships that provide team-building experiences and social marketing opportunities for large corporations

Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abuse (TROSA) - making long-term substance abuse residential treatment programs accessible to low-income communities

City Year - bringing youth from diverse backgrounds together in voluntary service to tackle pressing domestic social problems

Outside The Classroom - changing the drug and alcohol culture on college campuses by leveraging technology and a low-profit model