Announcements

Business Plan Competition Winners

Round II Results: 8 Finalists Selected
Consultants to Round II Mezzanine-Stage Entrants
Judges to Round I and II
Entrants Invited to Proceed to Round II
Round I Results

Business Plan Competition Winners

We are proud to announce that two outstanding organizations – The Parent-Child Home Program and Rubicon National Social Innovations – were selected as winners of the Social Impact Exchange’s 2009-2010 Business Plan Competition, held at the Exchange’s Inaugural Conference on Scaling, June 17 & 18.

The winners will receive a total of more than $250,000 in financial and consulting services. Consulting will be provided by Public/Private Ventures, a national leader in creating, strengthening and reproducing model programs, and The Whelan Group, specialists in financial planning, fundraising and capacity building services to growth-oriented nonprofits.

The mezzanine-stage award recipient, The Parent-Child Home Program, builds early literacy and language skills in the home in order to develop the social-emotional and cognitive competencies children need to succeed in school.  The program utilizes intensive home visiting to engage families isolated by poverty, limited literacy, lack of transportation, and language and cultural barriers in an evidence-based school readiness, early literacy, and parenting education program.

The early-stage award recipient, Rubicon National Social Innovations, is a laboratory for scaling social enterprise in the U.S., finding, nurturing and scaling businesses that can have a positive and deep impact on big problems affecting low-income people.  Rubicon’s award-winning initiative, Emerge Workplace Loan and Financial Stability Program, replaces predatory payday lending for people living paycheck to paycheck with an online lending and financial education platform.  Emerge’s goal is to migrate low-wage workers to mainstream banking relationships and serve as a scalable catalyst for change on a national level.  

Round II Results: 8 Finalists Selected

Congratulations to the finalists in the 2009-2010 Social Impact Business Plan Competition! These organizations presented at the Inaugural Conference on Scaling on June 17-18 in New York City.

Early-Stage

Benetech
Higher Achievement
North Lawndale Employment Network
Rubicon National Social Innovations

Mezzanine-Stage

First Book
Grameen Foundation
Parent-Child Home Program
ROC USA

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Consultants to Round II Mezzanine-Stage Entrants

We are grateful to the consultants who provided their services to 14 mezzanine-stage entrants in the Competition – and are certain their counsel and guidance went a long way towards ensuring the success of these organizations as they move to scale their initiatives.

Josh Baron, Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise
jbaron@cambridge-afe.com or (917) 363-2598 (mobile)
www.cambridge-afe.com
(617) 871-2740
Josh is a partner with Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise, which provides advisory services to families in business and family enterprises. He collaborates with families and their professional advisors to develop and implement philanthropic strategies that meet their personal and social goals, under the premise that philanthropists should be offered the same level of quality and sophistication in their charitable activities as they expect in their financial, tax, legal, and other professional arenas. 

Gayle Brandel, Professionals for NonProfits
gbrandel@nonprofitstaffing.com
www.nonprofitstaffing.com
(212) 546-9091
Professionals for NonProfits (PNP) is the only staffing firm providing temp, consulting, and direct hire staff exclusively to the nonprofit sector in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.

Sara Brenner, Community Wealth Ventures
sbrenner@communitywealth.com
www.communitywealth.com
(202) 478-6568
Community Wealth Ventures (CWV) is a management consulting firm that emboldens and equips leadership teams to innovate, grow and sustain organizations that build a better world. CWV offers strategy and implementation services to nonprofit organizations and philanthropic foundations, partnering with them to design and implement innovative approaches to growth and sustainability.

Mike Burns, BWB Solutions
mikeb@bwbsolutions.com
www.BWBSolutions.com
(203) 508-1462
BWB Solutions is a consulting firm focused on strengthening organizations committed to social change. BWM leverages its experience in the nonprofit, public and private sectors to bring projects and people together; help clients set goals and move forward; and work with clients to identify issues, address conflicts, and navigate transitions.

Chad Martin, Aperio
chad.martin@aperio.us
www.aperio.ca
(800) 479-1782 / (973) 624-4230
Aperio is a management consulting firm based in the U.S. and Canada that works exclusively with the social sector. Aperio’s services include strategic planning, partnerships and social entrepreneurship for non-profit organizations, charities, government agencies, associations, foundations, and social purpose for-profit companies.

Sheila Murphy, Independent Consultant
smurphygb@yahoo.com
(212) 865-7793
Sheila Murphy is a program management executive with extensive experience in both the foundation and nonprofit organization sectors. Specific expertise includes environmental scans, strategy development, program design/implementation, outcome assessment and critical analysis. Content expertise includes youth development, out-of-school time and education, adult/family literacy and the arts.

Betsy Pace, Spark & Kindling
bpace@sparkandkindling.com
www.sparkandkindling.com
(650) 348-7902
A partner at Spark & Kindling, Betsy Pace provides strategic market-driven advisory services to help companies and non-profits fuel their ideas with smart market decisions and successful business results. An accomplished operating executive and consultant, Betsy stands out for "building organizations that work." Whether it is creating a business plan, making key marketing decisions, or developing an executive staff, she is able to help others to see the linkages between strategy and execution, to set goals and priorities, and to achieve results.

Yves Salama, Charity Matrix
ysalama@charitymatrix.org
www.charitymatrix.com
(212) 501-8872
CharityMatrix helps nonprofits with multiple affiliates use social media to effectively communicate with donors, contributors, volunteers, and affiliates and grow the next generation of members. CharityMatrix provides a single source of information about social media, an online process for managing your team and content, and a collaboration platform for staff, volunteers and advisors to coordinate their efforts.

Suzanne Smith (formerly Steffens), Social Impact Architects
www.socialimpactarchitects.com
(214) 256-3579 (office)
(214) 957-0903 (cell)
Social Impact Architects provides management and sector specific services to organizations that address society’s most pressing challenges. The firm uses innovative, market-driven management tools to design cost effective, pragmatic plans for its clients.

Geri Stengel, Ventureneer and Stengel Solutions
geri@ventureneer.com or geri@stengelsolutions.com
www.ventureneer.com or www.stengelsolutions.com
(212) 362-3088
Geri Stengel is president of Ventureneer, an online education and support organization for small businesses making a social impact, and Stengel Solutions, a strategic planning and marketing firm. Geri teaches Entrepreneurship, Growing a Small Business and Social Enterprise at The New School in New York City.

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Judges in Round I and II

*participated in both Round I and II

Johanna Anderson Rod Aronson Amy Audetat Matt Axeen, Accenture* Cathy Belk, JumpStart Inc.* Julie Bernard Raj Bhatia, Carollo Engineers* Suneet Bhatt* Mercedes Biggs, Accenture* Lisa Jacobs Blau, VitalJuice.com Gayle A. Brandel, Professionals for NonProfits Maury Wray Bridges, Booz Allen Hamilton* Sarah Burdick, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Mike Burns, BWB Solutions John Brothers, Cuidiu Consulting* Laura Callanan, McKinsey & Co.* Daniel Cato, Cato Research Ltd.* Johnny Celestin, Atlantic Philanthropies Barbara Chang Jeffrey Collins, Equaterra, Inc. (retired)* Mark D. Constantine, Jessie Ball duPont Fund* Brenna Copeland, Center City Public Charter Schools, Inc. Travis Cossitt, Accenture Management Consulting Ann Davison, VOX Global* Malika S. de Silva, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University Michael Elia* Karen Epstein, Growth Philanthropy Network Andrea Fernandez* Greg Ferrante Norman Friedland, Seachange Venture Philanthropy Partners Robert Friesen, PerformInsight LLC* Neil Frye, Accenture Christopher Gergen, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Andrew Gerschutz, Moore & Van Allen PLLC* Juan Pablo Giometti, National Hispanic Entrepreneurs' Organization, Inc.* Norissa Giangola Ann Graham, Graham Strategic Philanthropy* James Green, United Way of Greater Triangle* Linda Hutson Green, Dan River Business Development Center* Jenny Harms, The Hitachi Foundation Sue Heilbronner, www.ontimeairfilters.com* Joel R. Henry Daniel Hoicowitz Emily Holleran, www.TaxFix.co.uk Tory Dietel Hopps, Dietel Partners Al Huntoon* Rhonda Hurwitz, Help Me Rhonda! Marketing Solutions* Younes Jabbara Amanda Joseph David J. Kapnick, Table Rock Capital* Khalilah Karim, Accenture Judith Katz* Charles Kauffunger* Maxime Ko Tiffany Koch, Trinity '91; Fuqua '02* Christine Koidin Matt Koidin Rick Larson, The Conservation Fund Charles G. Lief, The Hartland Group* Rae Linefsky, C3 Consulting Mark D. Livingston, Strategic Management & Performance Systems, LLC* Vaibhav Lohiya, Deutsche Bank Tris Lumley, New Philanthropy Capital* Yoav Lurie* Michael MacHarg, Arc Finance Diane Manning Michelle M. Mapel, Re-Vision Labs* Jeff Mason, Social Solutions* Michael McConnell, ASMBA STAR Foundation* Mark McKeag* David Todd Metnick, Accenture Sandra Mikush Peiman Milani, Bard Medical Dorothy Minkus-McKenna, Berkeley College* Carol M. Monaco, MarketWise Insights, Inc. Tina Morris-Anderson* Scott Moy* Sheila  Murphy Colin Mutchler, LoudSauce Matt Nash, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University* Dwayne Naylor, Langley Federal Credit Union* Sarah Nunes Steve Miller Paul Nunnally, Meridian Point Consulting, LLC James O'Brien, CIGNA Healthcare Sara Olsen, SVT Group Jacqueline Paranzino, Accenture George Perlov Tammy Phan* Georgiana Platt* Jennifer Lee Pawlowski, Booz Allen Hamilton* Dr. Ballard Pritchett, Visionary Leadership, LLC Tammy Ren, Medtronic* Sara Richards Corey Riley* Neena Sachdev* Tim Scheu* Theresa Schieber, The Whelan Group, Inc.* Janice Schoos, Growth Philanthropy Network Michael Schreiber* Jason Scott Michael Seltzer* Benjamin Shobert, Teleos, Inc.* Kevin Skurski Suzanne Smith* Barr Snyderwine* Trent Stamp, The Eisner Foundation Craig Tappel, HUB International* Jessica Thomas, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill Andrew Tulchin, Social Enterprise Associates* Liliana Valle, Mistti Brian Walsh, Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. Chandra Weiss, HumanCentric, Inc.* Jessica Wittebols* Erin Worsham, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Gay Young, The New York Community Trust* Jon Zeitler, Zipcar, Inc.* Heng Zhou

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Entrants Invited to Proceed to Round II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Round I Results

On behalf of Growth Philanthropy Network, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Sanford School of Public Policy, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we’d like to thank everyone who participated in Round I of the 2009-2010 Social Impact Exchange Business Plan Competition.

The response to the Competition was extraordinary! There were 190 nonprofit organizations that entered – 139 at the early-stage level and 51 at the mezzanine-stage level. Last month, 40 early-stage entrants and 14 mezzanine-stage entrants were invited to proceed to Round II of the Competition (click here to see who they are). All entrants will receive customized written feedback from three judges – a team of 118 judges in all (click here to see a list of the judges).

At the beginning of March, early-stage entrants received webinar training on growth business planning from faculty at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Mezzanine-stage entrants are now receiving several days of one-on-one consulting from experts in the field. All entrants are scheduled to submit their business plans by April 9th, at which time the judges will conduct their evaluations and select 4 early-stage and 4 mezzanine-stage finalists. The finalists will make presentations at the inaugural Social Impact Exchange Annual Conference this coming June in New York City.

The chart below displays statistics on the total number of organizations that entered the 2009-2010 Competition as well as those invited to proceed to Round II – sorted by program area, region of the country in which the organization is based, size of budget and number of years in operation.

 

 

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