First Open Database of Social Entrepreneurs Represents Breakthrough Collaboration in the Field

The tool will allow philanthropists, investors, press, and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneurs based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors.

Social Actions, a nonprofit initiative committed to making it easier for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference, has convened the collaborating group and is building the Social Entrepreneur API with a grant from the Peery Foundation. Social Edge, a program of the Skoll Foundation, will be one of the first organizations to make use of the Social Entrepreneur API in the form of a search engine on its site.