Start planning now, and you could win up to $30,000 [1] to make a lasting, positive impact with your cross-cultural experience and education at the Hopkins–Nanjing Center!
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| 2013 Hassenfeld Social Enterprise Fund Presentation |
1)
Be
well researched, structured, and written, with specific budget and effort
projections;
2)
Identify
a clear need that you, as HNC students, are uniquely suited to address;
3)
Create
impactful partnerships among Chinese and non-Chinese students at the HNC;
4)
Detail
a defensible strategy for financial sustainability and feasibility within
China;
5)
Have
measurable, enduring outcomes with a suggested minimum of a two-year horizon;
6)
Have
a well-defined plan for leadership turnover.
The
winning plan will receive funding from the Hassenfeld Social Enterprise Fund.
Past
winners have built an online bilingual resource for the Chinese and
international business community (http://nanjingconnect.com/) and an online
platform to connect people interested in volunteering with charities and
non-profit organizations in Nanjing (http://nanjingvolunteers.org/). Your project,
however, does not have to focus on the internet. A social enterprise:
a)
Directly
addresses an intractable social need and serves the common good, either through
its products and services or through its business and employment outcomes;
b)
Derives
strong revenue from its commercial activity, whether within a nonprofit’s mixed
revenue portfolio or through a for-profit enterprise;
You
will receive specific guidelines at the beginning of the fall semester but are
encouraged to start planning today.
[1]Award amount depends on quality of
plan and availability of funds, at the discretion of the Competition’s
Selection Committee.
[2]Definition adapted from the Social Enterprise Alliance (https://www.se-alliance.org/). The Hassenfeld Social Enterprise Competition, the Hopkins–Nanjing Center, and Johns Hopkins University are not directly affiliated with the Social Enterprise Alliance, and reference to it does not imply those institutions’ endorsement of the Social Enterprise Alliance’s views or activities.
[2]Definition adapted from the Social Enterprise Alliance (https://www.se-alliance.org/). The Hassenfeld Social Enterprise Competition, the Hopkins–Nanjing Center, and Johns Hopkins University are not directly affiliated with the Social Enterprise Alliance, and reference to it does not imply those institutions’ endorsement of the Social Enterprise Alliance’s views or activities.
