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Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition Summary

Below are some of our favorite business plan competitions for triple bottom line endeavors. An extensive

list of competitions (many of which are annual) is here:

www.williamjamesfoundation.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=905&parentID=489&nod

eID=1.

William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition

www.williamjamesfoundation.org

Due Date: Dec. 3, 2010

Focus: For-profit business plans with social and/or environmental objectives

Team: No restrictions

Prize: Cash prizes worth at least $10,000 will be offered, as well as in-kind prizes products and professional

services from sponsoring companies.

Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) from University of Washington

http://bschool.washington.edu/gsec/

Due Date: Nov. 4, 2010 (8 am Pacific Standard Time)

Focus: Poverty in developing countries

Team: Teams may have non-student team members such as advisors and observers, but only student team

members are eligible to earn prize money.

Prize: GSEC Grand Prize ($15,000), GSEC Global Health Grand Prizes ($7,500 total), and GSEC Information

and Communication Technology (ICT) Prize ($10,000).

Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)

www.gsvc.org

Due Date: Dates for 2010-11 to be announced. See www.gsvc.org/the_competition/calendar/

US (Haas/Columbia) Region Executive Summary Deadline Jan. 19, 2011

Focus: Any social venture

Team: Each team must include at least one current or recently graduated MBA student.

Prize: Grand Prize ($25,000), the Second Prize ($10,000), the Third Prize ($5,000), and a $5,000 award to

the team with the most innovative and rigorous social impact assessment.

Social Impact Business Plan Competition from Duke University, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and

Growth Philanthropy Network

www.socialimpactexchange.org/bpc_overview.cfm

Due Date: TBA, Spring 2011. See www.socialimpactexchange.org/bpc_compcal.cfm

Focus: U.S.-based nonprofit organizations with a focus in education, youth development, health, poverty

alleviation or community economic development

Team: Early-stage growth or Mezzanine-stage growth organizations

Prize: Up to $100,000 of financial and consulting awards

BiD Network National Partners and Sector Challenges

www.bidnetwork.org/page/97620

Due Date: Ongoing. For deadlines of Bid Challenges worldwide, see www.bidnetwork.org/page/119835/en

Focus: For-profit businesses, developing countries. Industry tracks: Clean energy, Farmers, Women, etc

Team: No restrictions

Prize: Potential investment between $10,000-$1,000,000 USD