Collaborators for Social Change

We are a catalytic network of entrepreneurs and social change agents who are engaged in the creation of earned income ventures with a double bottom line. It is our mission to nurture an environment of profitable, sustainable business enterprises with social impact in southeast Michigan, and our vision to develop a broad-based network of leaders focused on accelerating social entrepreneurship among individuals, businesses and institutions.

Our Defining Values

Our Social Ventures Network is founded upon, and is guided by, a set of defining values. These include:

• To provide learning opportunities for social entrepreneurs and institutions seeking to achieve profitability with a double or triple bottom-line, that cross boundaries and that transform the culture.
• To assist innovators of new products, new services or new approaches to social issues to bridge the distance between ideas and the realization of sustainable products and services.
• To engage the investing community in stimulating and supporting social entrepreneurship in this region.
• To promote strategic advocacy and public policy initiatives.

We will be adding content to this site, to create a place, open to all, where social innovators can network, collaborate, and build innovative social change together.

Member and Collaboration Pages

Click on Members Network to join our social network, where you can post or view photos and videos, or participate in a discussion. This is the place to interact with other members or to find out more about their missions, projects, needs, and skills. Our meetings and events will be posted here.

Click on Collaborations Pages to view or work on collaborative projects in areas such as Music Ventures; Elder Care ventures; Food-related ventures and more. Add your contact information to the member directory, and link to your own web page or build one on this site. Training materials are on this part of our site. The annual meeting schedule can be found here.