Social-entrepreneurial principles can be applied across all issue areas to develop enduring solutions to social problems. Click on the links below to read case studies of social-entrepreneurial solutions to the following issues.

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 sociall 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