Searching for the Right Resource
Reports and White Papers
- "A Double 'Bottom Line: Lessons on social-purpose enterprises from the Venture Fund Initiative"
June 1999
- "Bladerunners and Picasso Café: A Case Study Evaluation of Two Work-Based Training Programs for
Disadvantaged Youth," by the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, 2001
- "Developing a 'Social Accountability' Framework for Rural 'Capacity Building' Organizations"
by Cabaj & Associates. March 2001
- "Enterprising Non-Profits," by Caledon Institute of Social Policy, February 2002
- "Literature Review on Social Entrepreneurship" by Sherril Johnson for the Canadian Centre for
Social Entrepreneurship, November 2000
- "Making the Connection: Improving Access to Information for Canadian Youth" by the Canadian
Youth Foundation, 1998
- "Nonprofit Capital: A Review of Problems and Strategies" by William P. Ryan for the
Rockefeller Foundation and Fannie Mae Foundation. 2001 Personal Security Index 1999. Canadian Council on
Social Development
- "Reclaiming Our Humanity" by Sherri Torjman, for the Caledon Institute of Social Policy,
December 2001
- "Social Intent and Returns: An Exploration of Investors, Instruments and the Pursuit of a Social
Return on Investment" a Session Paper by Jed Emerson, 2001
- "Survival of the Fittest Employment Policy" by Sherri Torjman for the Caledon Institute of
Social Policy, April 2000
- "The Job-Poor Recovery: Social Cohesion and the Canadian Labour Market" by Mike Burke and John
Shields of the Ryerson Social Reporting Network, May 1999
- "The Road to Self Sufficiency: An Income Growth Strategy for Out of School Youth" by the New
York Association of Training and Employment Professionals, September 2001
- "Tips for Working with Youth in Community Development Projects" by the Office of Alcohol,
Drugs and Dependency Issues, Health Canada, 1997
- "Tools for Sustainable Livelihoods: Project and Programme Planning" by Kath Pasteur, Institute
of Development Studies, Brighton, August 2001
- "Window on Youth Employment: Youth Employment Trends in Ontario" by the Ontario Association of
Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC), 2000
- "Women in Transition Out of Poverty" by Eko Nomos for the Women and Economic Development
Consortium, January 2002
- Read the Skoll Foundation's Comparative Study of Prizes Honoring Social Entrepreneurs
and Leaders
- Foundations unveil unique
giving tactics by John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, May 22 2004
- On the Social Edge. Not yet 40, eBay
founder Jeff Skoll is already making a difference by Sally Osberg, Philanthropy World Magazine,
Vol 9, Issue 1 Profiles
- Katalysis Partners Convene in
Silicon Valley: An Exploration of the Future of 'Bootstrap Banking'
- Big Giving Makes a Comeback by
Nicole Lewis and Matt Murray, Chronicle of Philanthropy, February 19, 2004
- Social Capitalists - The top 20
groups that are changing the world. Cheryl Dahle, Fast Company, January 2004