In June 2024, Shweta Verma, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Ginny’s Planet Pvt. Ltd. (Ginny’s Planet), faced a pivotal decision: Should she continue with her company’s subtle but too cautious messaging or launch a bold new campaign to reach more people? Ginny’s Planet was a Delhi-based social enterprise whose signature product, the Ginny doll, was designed with physical differences to foster empathy and normalize disability. The company .....more

The United Villages Children’s Foundation’s (UVCF) Gram Bhavishya Yojana (GBY) program focused on holistic child development and protection in semi-rural areas of India by empowering local communities. Through participating in the United Nations Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) program, GBY aimed to provide safe and accessible toilets in schools in an effort to increase student enrolment. A UVCF volunteer program officer assigned to assess the .....more

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Sean Rayland-Boubar, the founder of Red Rebel Armour, a Canadian streetwear company, was considering a growth plan for his company in August 2024. Red Rebel specialized in Indigenous streetwear clothing that featured Anishinaabe designs. The venture also served as a social impact enterprise, providing safe employment opportunities for Indigenous people who were trying to break the cycle of recidivism. Rayland-Boubar had grown the venture’s product .....more

In January 2024, the co-founder of Keystone Foundation and managing director of Last Forest Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (LFE), faced a challenge—scaling sustainably while preserving Indigenous traditions and biodiversity. Based in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, LFE empowered local communities through eco-friendly livelihoods. As demand for ethical products grew, the leadership aimed to expand while maintaining local control, cultural integrity, and environmental .....more

In January 2025, Dr. Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, the superior leader of Kinnar Akh??? (KA), a Hindu organization of transgender people, announced the ordination of a cisgender woman as a religious leader. Mamta Kulkarni was a popular national face, but she had a dubious past and no record of public leadership or advocacy. Her appointment as a spiritual leader in the KA generated a nationwide media uproar, questioning the appointment and Tripathi’s leadership. .....more

Just out of college, Maggie Kane founded Raleigh, North Carolina's, first non-profit, pay-what-you-can eatery, A Place at the Table (the Table). Almost ten years later, the restaurant had served over 255,000 meals to people who could not afford the cost of a meal. Many in the community knew the Table as Maggie’s Place, which was unsurprising given that the restaurant’s success was tied to her vision, tireless work, personal story, media engagement, .....more

In September 2023, Dr. Prakash Tyagi, executive director of Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS), reflected on GRAVIS’s journey from a humble mud hut in 1983 to a leading social enterprise managing 35 projects across the Thar Desert. Guided by Gandhian principles, GRAVIS had expanded from water conservation to health care, education, and women’s empowerment. However, rapid growth strained resources, raising concerns about funding sustainability, program .....more

<div style="font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.4;"><p align="justify">In June 2023, the Lotus Petal Foundation founder and his management team were discussing plans to significantly scale up the capacity of the Lotus Petal Foundation school Lotus Petal Senior Secondary School. The school was a significant initiative for the foundation. The founder hoped to accommodate 10,000 underprivileged children in an expanded Lotus .....more

In March 2024, Anil Nair, the CEO of St. Jude ChildCare Centres (St. Judes), Mumbai, India, was preparing to meet the board of trustees with a strategy. St. Judes, an NGO, had two initiatives: 1) Providing a free ‘Home Away from Home’ (HAH) to under-privileged children undergoing cancer treatment and their accompanying families. Nair looked forward to adding 200 more children at their newest centre, but the demand for places was still higher than .....more