Our Programs

For more than 40 years, Ashoka has built and nurtured the largest network of leading social entrepreneurs in the world. After a rigorous selection process, they are introduced to a life-long fellowship, where every member is committed to championing new patterns of social good. We encourage Ashoka...

The future is better than we think. In pockets across the globe, humans are pioneering and implementing real-life solutions — answers to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Powered by Ashoka, Next Now identifies, supports and lifts up these examples, and the changemakers behind them. From...

Ashoka U is working at an institutional level to make a difference in the education of millions of students, building on Ashoka’s vision for a world where Everyone is a Changemaker. We collaborate with colleges and universities to break down barriers to institutional change and foster a campus-wide...

A global initiative led from the global South that aims to elevate the number, knowledge, and power of women in social entrepreneurship by redefining success from a gendered lens and celebrating the unique ways in which women successfully lead and make impact.

The Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur — or E 2 — Network is an exclusive network of world-class, impact-focused founders and CEOs. Our members have built businesses that transformed the world around them, and they have created generational wealth for themselves and others. Now, with the E 2 Network, they...

Young people everywhere present an opportunity for growth and a positive impact on their communities. By working with educators, schools, parents, and companies Ashoka is creating an educational ecosystem where young people can lead and practice the four core ‘changemaker skills’: Empathy...

The Ashoka Support Network is a global community of committed leaders who share, support, and advocate for Ashoka’s values and vision, while unleashing their own potential as changemakers.

We work with changemakers around the world to identify and effectively address systemic root causes of social and environmental problems. In doing so, we activate and support a global network of social entrepreneurs, innovators, executives, policy makers, foundations, academics and activists to...

The Ashoka Executive in Residence program fosters high-impact collaborations between companies and leading social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows) that have the potential to change the dynamics of traditional markets, enhance competitiveness, and create systemic social impact.

Ashoka’s Integrity (Legal) Team promotes initiatives that enhance the connections between law and social entrepreneurship. Learn more about how Ashoka engages the Legal-Social Impact Community to accelerate an Everyone a Changemaker™ Lawyer world.