For over 25 years, Ashoka's highly rigorous and effective selection process--also known as the Venture process--has identified and invested in 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows). The innovative solutions of Ashoka Fellows have produced systemic change--shifting societal perceptions, encouraging new behavior patterns, and revolutionizing entire fields.

The Venture process is the core of Ashoka’s business model. It is a blueprint for identifying entrepreneurial and innovative approaches that yield the greatest social impact. Fellows selected have effective business models that have the potential to scale nationally, regionally, and internationally. An investment in scaling one Fellow’s work is an investment towards creating wide scale impact.

A Sampling of Fellows’ Impact & Results:

• Providing a reliable power supply in rural Indonesia achieved through a new model of small-scale hydropower run at the community level. (Ashoka Fellow Tri Mumpuni)
• Increasing college acceptance rates of 10,000 low-income US high school students through strategic assistance with the admissions process. (Ashoka Fellow J.B. Schramm)
• Delivering life-saving assistance to children in danger or distress through an international network of hotlines connected in 38 countries. (Ashoka Fellow Jeroo Billmoria)

Watch a 10 minute video on Ashoka's global impact.

To learn more, read our recent Summary of Results and browse through profiles of our leading Fellows.