Program areas at Echoing Green
Fellowship and alumni program: the fellowship program begins with a strategic and thoughtful global search for emerging social leaders who are proximate to the communities they serve; bring a diversity of talent across ethnic, gender, religious, and economic backgrounds; and exhibit success indicators beyond a traditional business plan and formal degree, such as a lifelong commitment to leadership and social change. Through a competitive global search, Echoing Green identified transformational leaders who are often overlooked and underfunded by traditional investment institutions. We cast a wide net by working with corporate, community, and academic partners to build onramps to the social innovation sector for students and young professionals, with an emphasis on reaching women and leaders of color.fellows are provided with leadership development training, wellbeing and wellness support, and join a thriving ecosystem of social innovation that includes more than 1000+ best-in class Echoing Green's fellows, leaderships, staff, investors, and external partners to ensure that their endeavors are sustainable well beyond the fellowship program. In supporting alumni, Echoing Green provides follow-on funding grants, nearly $4m, in fiscal year 2023 as an additional capital investment to leaders battling global inequity.echoing Green created the signal fund during fiscal year 2023. The signal fund is structured to make catalytic capital available to Echoing Green's social impact leaders who have developed their organizations over five to ten years. Echoing Green expects its capital investments to advance impact for innovators and leverage significant levels of co-investment into Echoing Green alumni social enterprises.
Corporate engagement:echoing Green has a long and successful track record of developing impactful engagement offerings for business leaders. We occupy a singular space at the intersection of global business, innovation, and social impact that positions us to offer one-of-a-kind programming that benefits corporations, corporate employees, Echoing Green fellows and staff, and the broader sector.our tailored opportunities include: virtual leader lens hosted by Echoing Green staff and fellows to share insights and perspectives from fellows' work across the globe; involving employees in Echoing Green's new fellow application review and finalist selection process; and workshops for employees led by Echoing Green's leadership focused on nonprofit governance and serving on a nonprofit board.
Onramps program:the onramps program is a multi-phase program for black college students providing powerful opportunities to develop innovation skills, connect to Echoing Green's global network of social entrepreneurs, access seed funds, and pursue pathways to fellowship opportunities.echoing Green works closely with hbcu partners to offer unique engagement opportunities to introduce students to basic concepts in innovation, social entrepreneurship, the Echoing Green ecosystem; and to thrust students into an exploration of social entrepreneurship through an equity-centered, problem-solving lens.
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