Echoing Green Announces 14 New Social Entrepreneurs To Receive 2009 Fellowship
Echoing Green, an angel investor in social entrepreneurial organizations, announced today fourteen new initiatives to be funded by the 2009 Echoing Green Fellowship Program with many harnessing the use of innovative technology
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- A San Francisco-based pioneer in the use of Facebook for political campaigns will launch a new organization that designs volunteer opportunities to be completed using smart phones. An investment banker in Mumbai aims to employ and provide life-skills training to low-income deaf adults in India through a full-service courier company. The daughter of a former U.S. President and a former student body president will help build the next generation of global health leaders by sending talented young professionals to both the developing world and the United States for yearlong fellowships.
Echoing Green, an angel investor in social entrepreneurial organizations, announced today that these ventures--The Extraordinaries, Mirakle Couriers and Global Health Corps--are among fourteen new initiatives to be funded by the 2009 Echoing Green Fellowship Program. From Bahrain to Baltimore, MD, the 2009 Echoing Green Fellows work in a variety of spheres including civil and human rights, community and economic development, the environment, health, and education. Many of the 2009 fellows are launching models that harness technology for the public good, including business tools for micro-entrepreneurs in the developing world and video and internet social networking to empower defenders of human rights.
Echoing Green, which granted its first funds to social entrepreneurs in 1987, provides up to $90,000 over two years to each of its fellows, plus comprehensive technical assistance, consulting support, and other organizational benefits.
Echoing Green is a global nonprofit that supports emerging entrepreneurs who enact innovative solutions that address root causes to social problems. It is one of the only organizations solely dedicated to investing in early-stage social entrepreneurs.
"With the backdrop of a new U.S. President launching an Office of Social Innovation, and increasing numbers of social enterprises around the globe tackling societal problems through innovative solutions, we are thrilled to introduce our newest Echoing Green Fellows," said Dr. Cheryl Dorsey, president of Echoing Green. "Our early stage funding combined with technical support and access to Echoing Green's vast network of social entrepreneurs helps these emerging leaders and their organizations more quickly achieve impact and reach sustainability."
Echoing Green received nearly 1,000 social business plans from around the world. The fourteen fellowship projects selected represent some of the most promising leaders and ideas working today in the social sector. With the 2009 class, the organization has now invested over $28 million in 471 fellows since 1987.
Among the organizations Echoing Green funded at their early stages are: Teach For America, Working Today, Genocide Intervention Network, Citizen Schools, JumpStart for Children, College Summit, the Global Fund for Children, and City Year.
A full description of the 2009 Echoing Green Fellows can be viewed at
2009 Echoing Green Fellows and a list with brief project summaries is detailed below. To meet the 2009 fellows, view the three-minute video on the home page of Echoing Green.
About Echoing Green
To drive transformative social change, Echoing Green identifies and assists some of the world's best emerging social entrepreneurs launching new high-impact organizations. Through our fellowship program, we support this community of visionaries as they develop new solutions to society's toughest problems. Founded by the leadership of the private equity firm General Atlantic in 1987, Echoing Green has supported more than 470 leaders sparking change in forty-one countries and forty-one states. For more information on the Echoing Green Fellowship program, the 2009 fellows and their organizations, please visit Echoing Green.
Natalie Bridgeman - Accountability Counsel
San Francisco, California
Stephane de Messieres - Citizens Market
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bethany Henderson - City Hall Fellows, Inc.
Pasadena, California
Eric Glustrom - Educate!
Boulder, Colorado
Jacob Colker - The Extraordinaries
Washington, D.C.
David del Ser - Frogtek
New York, New York
Julie Carney and Emma Clippinger - Gardens for Health International
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Barbara Bush and Jonny Dorsey - Global Health Corps
New York, New York
Sarah Hemminger - Incentive Mentoring Program
Baltimore, Maryland
Veena Ramanna - IndiaGoverns
New Delhi, India
Angie Beatty and Shawn Mckie - The J.U.I.C.E. Project
St. Louis, Missouri
Esra'a Al Shafei - Mideast Youth
Manama, Bahrain
Dhruv Lakra - Mirakle Couriers
Mumbai, India
Adam Stofsky - New Media Advocacy Project
New York, New York
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