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Welcome to the New Profit network, LEAP Innovations! As a recent investment in the New Profit Innovation Fund, LEAP Innovations connects education and innovation with technology tailored to each student’s skills, interests, and goals. CEO and founder Phyllis Lockett answers five questions to help us better understand where the organization comes from and its bright future ahead.

Tags: education, LEAP Innovations, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Amplify Blog, CAREER, College, Technology, venture philanthropy

The application for the Fall 2016 cohort of the Halcyon Incubator is open! The program is seeking intrepid early stage social entrepreneurs with sustainable and scalable models that address critical 21st century challenges.

Tags: Halcyon Incubator, social entrepreneurship, social impact, social innovation, Amplify Blog, Entrepreneurs, Social Problem Solving

Tags: NPR, philanthropy, Poverty, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, The Atlantic, Amplify Blog, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, venture philanthropy

The following blog post was written by John Griffith, Senior Analyst and Project Manager at Enterprise Community Partners, an organization that helps finance, build and advocate for affordable housing in communities across the U.S.

Tags: Emanuel Cleaver, Housing Financial Services Committee, HUD, Jeb Hensarling, Jim Himes, John Delaney, John Griffith, Low Income Investment Fund, Pay For Success, PFS, President Barack Obama, Rob Portman, SAHF, Sheldon Whitehouse, America Forward Coalition, Amplify Blog, Barbara Boxer, Dennis Ross, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Enterprise Community Partners, FAST, Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, Jeanne Shaheen, LIIF, Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future, Susan Collins, venture philanthropy

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Yesterday, New Profit announced that two extraordinary leaders - Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp and Bain Capital's Steven Barnes - have joined the organization's Board of Directors. In addition, we announced the Jeff Walker has become our new Board Chair. Below is Jeff's first "Letter to the New Profit Community" as Chair.

Tags: Jeff Walker, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Amplify Blog, The Generosity Network, venture philanthropy

February 25, 2016 (Boston): New Profit, a pioneering nonprofit venture philanthropy fund in Boston, is pleased to announce two new additions to our board of directors: Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach For America (TFA) and CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, and Steven Barnes, a Managing Director at Bain Capital Private Equity. We are also excited that Jeff Walker, a longtime supporter and board member, has become the new Chairman of New Profit’s board.

Tags: Jeff Walker, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Steve Barnes, Teach For America, Amplify Blog, Teach For All, The Generosity Network, venture philanthropy, Wendy Kopp

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The following post was written by Pamela Cantor, M.D. and K. Brooke Stafford-Brizard, Ph.D.

Tags: Building Blocks for Learning, Classroom, education, philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, America Forward Coalition, Amplify Blog, Turnaround for Children, venture philanthropy

Tags: Jonas Chartock, Leading Educators, New Profit Innovation Fund, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Amplify Blog, venture philanthropy

The following blog post was written by Elyse Rosenblum, Principal, Grads of Life

Tags: Minority Talent, President Barack Obama, Talent, America Forward Coalition, Amplify Blog, Department of Education, Grads of Life, venture philanthropy, youth employment

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The following post was written by Candace Stanciel, New Profit's Director of Convenings.

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Amazing work is being done in the New Profit community every day! Interested in joining in? Here are some open job opportunities with our awesome portfolio organizations, as well as a few right here at New Profit:

Tags: Health Leads, iMentor, Innovate Public Schools, Job Postings, KIPP, Leading Educators, MLT, Organizations, Roca, The Mission Continues, Acelero Learning, Achievement Network, Amplify Blog, anet, AVANCE, College Possible, College Summit, E4E, Educators 4 Excellence, Enlearn, LIFT, New Classrooms, peer health exchange, Third Sector Capital Partners, venture philanthropy, Youth Build

Tags: Business Insider, education, Mental Health, philanthropy, Poverty, President Barack Obama, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, Teach For America, #TFA25, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Amplify Blog, Entrepreneurship, TechCrunch, venture philanthropy

Last week Teach For America celebrated 25 years of dedication to education. The weekend brought together 15,000 friends, partners, and members of the TFA community to reflect on progress made and to discuss the work to be done. After New Profit's founding in 1998, Teach For America was among the first few organizations New Profit supported, and the relationship has grown into one of our most successful partnerships to date. We were honored to attend TFA’s 25th Anniversary Summit in Washington and to witness so many leaders working to move education in our country forward. In honor of such a successful weekend, here are some of the top tweets from the 25th anniversary Teach For America Summit:

Tags: Reimagine Learning Fund, Teach For America, #TFA25, Amplify Blog, Wendy Kopp

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Amazing work is being done in the New Profit community every day! Here are some recent highlights from our game changing organizations, partners, and friends.

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Tags: education, Recidivism, Social Innovation News, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Atlantic, Amplify Blog, college advising, EdSource, TechCrunch, venture philanthropy

Tags: education, Innovate Public Schools, NPR, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, Amplify Blog, DevEx, venture philanthropy, Wired

Tags: education, NPR, Recidivism, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, The Atlantic, Amplify Blog, The Washington Post, venture philanthropy

Tags: education, High School, NPR, philanthropy, Secondary School, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, Amplify Blog, venture philanthropy

Tags: Al Jazeera America, Bill Gates, education, Huffington Post, Impact Investing, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Atlantic, Amplify Blog, venture philanthropy

Tags: LEAP Innovations, Medium, NPR, organization, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Innovation News, Amplify Blog, EdSurge, Quartz, venture philanthropy

February 3, 2016 (Boston) – New Profit, a national nonprofit venture philanthropy fund, is investing $1 million over the next four years to support Leading Educators, which will support the New Orleans nonprofit in ensuring that all students have access to great teachers, especially in urban schools.

Tags: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, education, Investment, investment announcement, Leading Educators, NPIF, philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Amplify Blog, venture philanthropy

February 3, 2016 (Boston): New Profit, a national nonprofit venture philanthropy fund working to break down the barriers standing between people and opportunity in America, is investing $1 million over the next four years to support Enlearn, a Seattle-based nonprofit that is helping create and find the best learning pathways for students, teachers, and classrooms so that every student, regardless of ability or situation, has access to a learning ecosystem that adapts to them at the moment.

Tags: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, education, Investment, investment announcement, NPIF, philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Amplify Blog, Enlearn, venture philanthropy

February 3, 2016 (Boston) – National nonprofit venture philanthropy fund New Profit is investing $1 million over the next four years into LEAP Innovations, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to transforming education by bridging the gap between education and innovation. LEAP Innovations helps educators develop and implement personalized learning environments enabled by technology to tailor instruction to each student’s skills, interests, and goals.

Tags: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, education, Investment, investment announcement, LEAP Innovations, NPIF, philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, Amplify Blog, Technology, venture philanthropy

Tags: FoodCorps, inequality, Inside Philanthropy, Medium, social innovation, Social Innovation News, Amplify Blog, Boston Globe, EdSource, Technology, The Washington Post, venture philanthropy, Wired

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Amazing work is being done in the New Profit community every day! Here are some recent highlights from our game changing organizations, partners, and friends.

Tags: First Place for Youth, Health Leads, iMentor, Innovate Public Schools, KIPP, MLT, New Teacher Center, Amplify Blog, anet, AVANCE, College Advising Corps, College Possible, Educators 4 Excellence, Eye to Eye, Food Corps, LIFT, Third Sector Capital Partners