| Feature |
Milwaukee
Project for Social Entrepreneurs |
Venture
Fund Initiative |
Denali
Initiative |
Denali
Initiative
Cont. |
| Original
Program Model |
National
Center for Social Entrepreneurs |
Roberts
Foundation |
Manchester
Craftsmen's Guild:
Class 1
|
Manchester
Craftsmen's Guild:
Class 2 |
| Participants
|
- Neighborhood House of Milwaukee
- Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
- Skylight Opera Theatre
- Southeastern Wisconsin Area Agency on Aging
- Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
|
- Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation
- YWCA of Greater Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Community Service Corps
- Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
- Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
|
- Bonnie Bellehumeur,
Second Harvest of Wisconsin
- June Perry,
New Concept Self Development Center
- Kimberly Haines-Tornehl,
WI Lake Schooner Association
- David Espinoza,
La Causa
|
- Michael Dudley, Senior Pastor, Capital Christian
Center
- Christopher Litzau, Interim Executive Director,
Milwaukee Community Service Corps.
- Anselmo Villareal, Executive Director, La Casa
de Esperanza
|
| Program
Emphasis |
Organization-wide
process, an 18-months, including entrepreneurial audit,
brainstorming and testing ideas, with business or marketing
plan as a result |
Venture-focused
effort involving a 6-month process to complete an audit
of current business activities with recommendations
for stabilization or expansion. |
A
36-month leadership development program to develop Entrepreneurial
leadership and a business venture. |
|
| Program
Methods |
Training;
technical assistance, peer group sharing; consultation;
and, organized local support |
Audit
review; consultation; and organized local project support
|
30-36
days classroom learning and training; distance learning;
community, peer and mentor support |
|
| Outcomes |
Marketing
or business plan for existing or new initiatives |
Business
audit and expansion recommendations |
Business
plan, financing plan and business launch |
|
| Sponsors |
Nonprofit
Management Fund, Greater Milwaukee, Helen Bader and
Faye McBeath Foundations |
Roberts
Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Helen Bader
Foundation |
National
and local underwriting including Greater Milwaukee and
Helen Bader Foundation project support |
|
| Status |
Completed
May 2000 |
Completed
1999 |
Group
1 completed
Starting group 2 |
|
