Echoing Green

For the electronic band, see The Echoing Green (band), for the poem see The Echoing Green

Echoing Green is a global nonprofit organization that provides fellowships, seed-stage funding, and strategic support to social entrepreneurs globally.

Echoing Green was founded in 1987 by General Atlantic, a global growth private equity firm, to increase social impact by using the venture capital investment model.

Since its founding, Echoing Green has invested in more than 700 social entrepreneurs working in more than 75 countries, providing a total of $42 million in seed-stage funding and support systems.

Echoing Green manages three Fellowship Programs: Global Fellowship, Black Male Achievement Fellowship, and Climate Fellowship. Through the fellowship program, Echoing Green fellows are awarded $90,000 along with access to social entrepreneur professionals to run their organizations. The Global Fellowship supports social entrepreneurs who are connected to the needs and potential solutions that may work for their communities. The Climate Fellowship, created in partnership with the ZOOM Foundation in 2013, supports those who are working on climate change reform. The Black Male Achievement Fellowship, created in partnership with the Open Society Foundation in 2012, supports individuals working on issues that affect black men and boys in the United States.

Past Echoing Green Fellows include the founders of Teach for America, City Year, College Summit, Citizen Schools, One Acre Fund, and SKS Microfinance.

Cheryl Dorsey is the President of Echoing Green. She received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1992 for her work with Family Van, a mobile health unit in Boston. In 2002, Dorsey took over leadership at Echoing Green and turned it into a nonprofit organization. She has served in two presidential administrations as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Labor (1997-98); Special Assistant to the Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Labor Department (1998-99); and Vice Chair for the President's Commission on White House Fellowships (2009-present).

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