Mega-list of Incubators and Accelerators for Social Entrepreneurs

One caveat as you view and explore the options of this list–the links are to the names, not the URL. I hope this isn’t confusing.
Also, if you like this list or find it useful I suggest bookmarking it or saving it via delicious or Evernote

Social Innovation Incubators
Virtue Ventures
http://www.virtueventures.com/
Good Company Ventures
http://www.goodcompanyventures.org/
Spark Seed
http://www.sparkseed.org/
Echoing Green
http://www.echoinggreen.org/
Starting Bloc
http://www.sparkseed.org/
Unreasonable Institute (bares repeating) http://unreasonableinstitute.org/
Mars DD in Canada
http://www.marsdd.com/
Internet & Mobile Tech Incubators
Plug and Play Tech Center http://www.plugandplaytechcenter… [pretty massive incubator in the Valley & I believe a couple different cities in CA]
Tech Stars
http://www.techstars.org/
Y Combinator
http://ycombinator.com/
University Based Incubators for Social Innovation
1) Tulane Funding Opportunities (I think it may be focused on the developing world, but I’m not sure)

http://tulane.edu/socialentrepre…

2) Santa Clara University GSB
http://www.scu.edu/sts/gsbi/

3) UNC Chapel Hill

http://uncsocialentrepreneurship…

they also have a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem
3) MIT

http://netimpact.mit.edu/

http://d-lab.mit.edu/

4) Stanford
http://twitter.com/gsbStanfordCSI (also their D-school & B-school)
for instance d.light design & Nuru International & others have come from Stanford
5) University of Michigan (including the William Davidson Institute)

http://ross.campusgroups.com/net…

http://cfe.umich.edu/sociale/

6) I would feel remiss not to mention Northwestern.

http://www.gesi.northwestern.edu/

I would also check the list on Net Impact, which should point to support for those types of programs. I imagine getting to exact dollar amounts for possible investments is a little tricky. You can probably find additional info through Ashoka & Gray Pinstripes. http://www.beyondgreypinstripes….

And there are a variety of business competitions which are either targeted at social entrepreneurs or have a special category for social entrepreneurs, which are quite competitive, but have decent funding.

Finally, if it is a for profit venture, check out the “top universities for entrepreneurs” and dig down into their programs and the infrastructure & community they offer students.

Grant Based Funding for Social Entrepreneurs
Here are some more from the Swearer Center at Brown which are grant based:

http://swearercenter.brown.edu/s…
Mega-list of Global Accelerators
Here is a list of accelerator programs (not social innovation focused) but very useful if you can turn a profit:

http://blog.shedd.us/321987608/

Probably the only thing I left off here is an extensive list of fellowships for social entrepreneurs.

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