Posted on April 9, 2009	print  e-mail
Deadline: April 24, 2009

Social Venture Partners Minnesota 2009 Opens Social Entrepreneur's Cup Challenge

Social Venture Partners Minnesota is accepting applications for the 2009 Social Entrepreneur's Cup competition, a division of the Minnesota Cup competition.

The Social Entrepreneurs Cup program is designed to seek out, support, and celebrate Minnesota's most innovative and effective social entrepreneurs and the nonprofit organizations they lead.

The first-place winner of the 2009 Social Entrepreneur Cup will receive a $20,000 general operating support grant plus forty hours of technical assistance from Social Venture Partners. The Social Entrepreneur Division Runner Up will receive a $5,000 general operating grant and twenty hours of consulting from Social Ventures Partners. Social Entrepreneur Division Honorable Mentions will receive a $1,500 general operating grant. All finalists will be invited to make a live presentation at the 2009 Engaged Philanthropy Conference (June 18) in Minneapolis to a panel of judges comprised of business entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and social entrepreneurs.

Visit the Minnesota Cup Web site for further information.

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Primary Subject: Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Geographic Funding Area: National

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