We love to see #EGFellow organizations like Oorja Development Solutions Limited, continue to thrive and scale their impact 🌟 Oorja recently secured $1.5M in funding to expand its innovative farming-as-a-service model! Echoing Green is proud to support Oorja's transformative work through the Signal Fund, which provides critical growth capital for social innovators driving transformative change. Learn more about Oorja's impactful initiatives below ⬇️
Echoing Green
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We find the world’s best emerging social change leaders first and set them on the path to lifelong impact.
About us
Echoing Green identifies tomorrow’s transformational leaders today. Through its Fellowships and other initiatives, Echoing Green spots emerging leaders and invests deeply in their success to accelerate their impact. The organization has established a global community of emerging leaders who have launched hundreds of innovative social enterprises to drive social good. In June 2020, Echoing Green launched a $50 million Racial Equity Philanthropic Fund (REPF) and has since increased that fundraising goal to $75 million. With this fund, Echoing Green furthers over three decades of commitment to bold, strategic investments in incredible leaders working on the frontlines of racial equity and justice. For more information on Echoing Green, please visit www.echoinggreen.org
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 11-50 employees
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- New York, NY
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- Nonprofit
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- 1987
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Dreaming of making a bold impact on the world with your innovative ideas? 🌍 Your chance is here! Our 2025 Fellowship application will open on September 17th and close on October 8th! Want a sneak peek at the application process? Join us on September 12 for an informational webinar where we'll be sharing insider tips on our fellowship! Secure your spot for the webinar: https://bit.ly/3MeYrMe For more application resources, visit: echoinggreen.org/apply
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How might philanthropy shift if we framed Black economic mobility as an inherent right and a collective responsibility? In this Business Fights Poverty op-ed, our VP of Programs, Dr. Kimberly Osagie, explores the initiatives of #EGFellows and Afro-futurist innovators who are not just imagining, but actively building a more equitable future. Read more to learn about the potential of an inclusive, diverse future ⤵️
Afro-futurist Innovators Know What We Should Build Next
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Meet some of the remarkable leaders in the newest class of #EGFellows! From India to Colombia, and Zimbabwe, these innovators are at the forefront of addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Wondering how you can become an Echoing Green Fellow too? Keep an eye out - our 2025 Fellowship applications will be opening in the coming weeks!
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Help us bring social innovation to #SXSW25! As new trends in social innovation emerge across the world, they inspire and catalyze new ideas for US-based change-makers addressing some of the toughest challenges facing their communities. Featuring our Vice President of Programs, Dr. Kimberly E. Osagie, we'll explore case studies from innovations originated by #EGFellows Charlot Magayi in Kenya, Zubaida Bai in India, and Dr. Deqo Mohamed in Somalia and share insights on adapting global solutions to foster equity in the U.S. Cast your vote 🗳️ by August 18 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gew2gG3e
New World Order: Lessons from Global Social Innovation
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Innovative startups worldwide are developing solutions for a more equitable future. Our #SXSW panel will explore case studies of these social innovations from Kenya, Somalia, and India and share insights on adapting and implementing similar approaches to drive change and equity in the U.S. Vote 🗳️ by August 18 to help bring this conversation to #SXSW2025!: https://lnkd.in/gew2gG3e
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We are thrilled to introduce the newest #EGFellows! Forming one of Echoing Green’s largest and most geographically diverse classes yet, these leaders are launching solutions to drive transformational change across the globe. Meet the innovators and learn more about their work: https://lnkd.in/eEYrRayQ
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Interested in learning how global social innovators are addressing pressing community issues? Vote for our #SXSW panel featuring our Vice President of Programs, Dr. Kimberly Osagie. We'll explore case studies of these social innovations with #EGFellows Charlot Magayi '20 in Kenya, Zubaida Bai '12 in India, and Dr. Deqo Mohamed '21 in Somalia, and discuss how these approaches could be adapted to tackle challenges in the U.S. Cast your vote at the link below by August 18th 🗳️ to help us bring this conversation to #SXSW2025! ⤵️
PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
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Celebrating the power of leadership and education! 🙌 Join us in congratulating Anseye Pou Ayiti, co-founded by #EGFellow Nedgine Paul Deroly '14, on being honored by the John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation and The Aspen Institute as a 2024 #McNultyPrize Winner 🏆 Anseye Pou Ayiti works with Haitian civic leaders to create an equitable education system rooted in shared history, values, and vision. Learn more about their transformational work ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eaYtfB7T
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Stanford Social Innovation Review is pleased to announce that Cheryl Dorsey, president of Echoing Green, Joe Sciortino of The Schmidt Family Foundation, Marilee Fiebig, chief diversity officer of Save the Children US, and Dr. Lynda Gonzales-Chavez, senior vice president and chief global diversity, equity & inclusion officer at YMCA of the USA (National Resource Office), will be joining us for this year’s Nonprofit Management Institute, “What's Next for the Social Sector? Strategies and Tactics for Today's Agile Leaders,” September 17-18, 2024. In their session “Navigating DEI Backlash,” the four will have an open dialogue addressing setbacks and sharing strategies for dismantling barriers to DEI. Register now: https://bit.ly/NMI_24
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