Succeeding at Social Enterprise: Hard-Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs

Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) based in Washington DC is the only membership organization devoted exclusively to building  sustainable nonprofits through earned income strategies. They  accomplish this through a network connecting entrepreneurial  nonprofits with learning opportunities, technical assistance and  resources to further their efforts. SEA members are predominantly nonprofit practitioners, grant makers and lenders, but also include technical consultants, for-profit businesses and academics. Our practitioner members range from early stage entrepreneurs seeking the nuts and bolts knowledge to start and run an earned income activity to well-established practitioners seeking an opportunity to exchange ideas with other leaders of the field. Social Enterprise Alliance, as a field building association, brings together nonprofit executives and social entrepreneurs who have operated in isolation, creating a professional community and forum for addressing the needs and concerns of the enterprising nonprofit.