Social innovation is a growing field that combines the passion and purpose of a social or environmental mission with the rigor and accountability of a market-based approach to enterprise design, financing, and operations. The Center on Social Innovation and Finance at the University of New Hampshire will provide for-profit and nonprofit organizations the talent, skills, knowledge and networks needed for growing successful social enterprises. 

By combining education, research, and community outreach, the center will:

• Bolster social innovation in New Hampshire and New England, building the state’s and region’s capacity to develop, sustain, and scale innovative and effective responses to social needs.
• Promote enhanced access to financial capital nationally and internationally, through innovations in finance products, credit guarantees and enhancements, impact investing, and strategic philanthropy.
• Contribute significantly to the University of New Hampshire’s strategic plan for 2020 through new, interdisciplinary approaches to teaching, research, and community outreach.

The Center on Social Innovation and Finance is an initiative of the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire in partnership with the Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

Download our center overview here. (PDF)