Established: 2018 (incorporated in 2020)

Jurisdiction: South Australia

Overview:

Collab4Good is the South Australian social enterprise intermediary that builds the capacity and capability of impact-driven leaders and organisations to lead, learn, connect and collaborate for good. We do this by delivering workshops, accelerator programs, coaching and collaborative impact initiatives, and working closely with our local and national ecosystem partners to unlock opportunities for SA social enterprises to grow their business and impact. Our vision is for a just economy that is based on participation, equity, access and rights for all.

Website: www.collab4good.com.au

Email: hello@collab4good.com.au

Established: 2021

Jurisdiction: South-East Victoria

Overview:

Frankston Social Enterprise and Innovation Hub (FSEIH), is a not-for-profit place-based intermediary, enabling organisations and individuals to launch and scale social enterprises while advancing social innovation in the south east region of Melbourne. We deliver a range of services for our community, including community events that bring together local businesses, social enterprises and organisations to foster innovation, networking and collaboration; educational workshops on topics such as entrepreneurship, circular economy, social enterprise, business for good and innovation; mentoring for current and aspiring social enterprises; accelerators and programs that support the growth and development of social enterprises and business for good; professional advisory services; and the Social Procurement Champions network.

Website: www.fseh.org.au

Email: hi@fseh.org.au

Established: 2016

Jurisdiction: Queensland HQ, operating nationally

Overview:

Impact Boom is a certified social enterprise and B Corporation focused on the support and development of the 'business for good' movement. Impact Boom provides direct support to effectively develop and scale purpose-driven businesses via a suite of comprehensive accelerator and impact-led business programs, as well as events, retreats, workshops and advisory services. Impact Boom has a strong track record in providing leadership support and helping people tackle deep-rooted challenges, changing the world for the better. Impact Boom proudly led Australia’s successful bid to host the 2022 Social Enterprise World Forum, which catalysed sector growth nationally.

Website: www.impactboom.org

Email: hello@impactboom.org

Established: 2015

Jurisdiction: Western Australia

Overview:

Impact Seed is an Australian impact investing advisory firm working to mobilise capital for positive social and environmental outcomes. They support investors, foundations, governments and enterprises to design, deploy and manage impact investment strategies that deliver measurable impact alongside financial returns. Impact Seed provides end-to-end support across strategy development, deal sourcing, due diligence, impact measurement and portfolio management. With deep expertise across sectors including social enterprise, affordable housing, climate and community outcomes, Impact Seed plays a key role in strengthening Australia’s impact investing ecosystem and helping capital flow to solutions that create lasting change.

Website: www.impactseed.org

Email: team@impactseed.org

Established: 2017, launched 2022

Jurisdiction: National/International

Overview:

LendForGood is a crowdlending platform focused on democratising impact investment in order to catalyse millions of dollars towards growth ready impact businesses to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

LendForGood provides entrepreneur support organisations, incubators, accelerators, early stage investor networks and other syndicate leads with access to tools, systems and a rapidly growing community of individuals and organisations who want to lend their support to courageous impact entrepreneurs. Through collaboration, community and digital technology, the impact and innovation potential of thousands of impact enterprises around the world can be unlocked, creating better communities and a better world for us all.

Website: www.lendforgood.io

Email: hello@lendforgood.io

Established: 2011

Jurisdiction: national 

Overview:

Sefa was born out of the federal government’s SEDIF initiative and exists to strengthen the capability of, and increase access to capital for, social purpose organisations, so they can generate positive impact and advance more equitable communities across Australia. Our $20m evergreen Sefa Loan Fund has disbursed close to $50m in tailored finance solutions that unlocked an additional $100m of impact capital from other investors, banks, philanthropy and government across over 70 borrowers: (1) with over 50% of loan capital going to women-led or co-led organisations and (2) over 50% benefiting non-metropolitan borrowers. We also provide fee-based capability-building services to help organisations maximise their impact, strengthen resilience, and prepare for investment.

Website: www.sefa.com.au

Email:

Established: 2014

Jurisdiction: national

Overview:

Social Impact Hub collaborates with bold, purpose driven organisations to accelerate change. Through advisory services, impact education, mobilising capital and ecosystem building, they are on a mission to build a world where the full potential of people, organisations and capital is harnessed for the benefit of society and our planet. Social Impact Hub specialises in supporting social enterprises, not-for-profits, and purpose-driven organisations to design, demonstrate and scale their impact. Social Impact Hub has a strong track record in partnering with government to deliver programs, including the Social Sector Transformation Fund, the Office of Social Impact Investing’s Capability Building Program and the Incubator Support Initiative.

Website: www.socialimpacthub.org

Email: enquiries@socialimpacthub.org

Established: 2008

Jurisdiction: national

Overview:

Social Traders has been a national industry body for social enterprise for 16 years. We exist to build a thriving social enterprise sector. We are Australia’s certifier of social enterprises. We hold Australia’s largest social enterprise dataset and regularly release insights on the sector. We help social enterprises grow trade revenue through social procurement and connecting them to business and government buyers, with $1.1 billion in contracts secured for the sector since FY18. We have been a partner for government programs in Victoria, NSW, QLD, ACT and SA.

Website: www.socialtraders.com.au

Email: info@socialtraders.com.au

Established: 2010

Jurisdiction: National/International

Overview:

StartSomeGood exists to inspire and support changemakers globally to create the change they want to see in the world. We help people turn bright ideas into real impact through social entrepreneurship.

StartSomeGood offers a blended ecosystem, with community, courses and fundraising platforms, all designed to help early-stage and aspiring social entrepreneurs to make their ideas happen.

We have a strong track record of designing and delivering social entrepreneurship programs for brands, foundations, governments, universities and the UN which inspire new ideas and support emerging entrepreneurs in specific geographies, communities or issue areas.

Website: www.startsomegood.com

Email: hello@startsomegood.com

Established: 2015

Jurisdiction: Western Australia

Overview:

Impact Seed is an Australian impact investing advisory firm working to mobilise capital for positive social and environmental outcomes. They support investors, foundations, governments and enterprises to design, deploy and manage impact investment strategies that deliver measurable impact alongside financial returns. Impact Seed provides end-to-end support across strategy development, deal sourcing, due diligence, impact measurement and portfolio management. With deep expertise across sectors including social enterprise, affordable housing, climate and community outcomes, Impact Seed plays a key role in strengthening Australia’s impact investing ecosystem and helping capital flow to solutions that create lasting change.

Website: www.impactseed.org

Email: team@impactseed.org

Established: 2019

Jurisdiction: Queensland HQ, operating nationally

Overview:

White Box Enterprises is a team of bold entrepreneurs on a mission to mainstream jobs-focused social enterprise. They build large-scale social enterprises from the ground up, lead innovative systems change initiatives, and offer expert advisory, financial and property services to help existing social enterprises scale and grow. In five years, they’ve helped enable more than 1,000 new jobs, incubated four social enterprises, raised $52 million in blended finance for job creation projects and are currently partnering with the federal government to deliver Australia’s first Payment By Outcomes trial for jobs-focused social enterprises.

Website: www.whiteboxenterprises.com.au

Email: info@whiteboxenterprises.com.au