Social Enterprise News

The second annual Tamer Center for Social Enterprise Awards Breakfast drew more than 250 attendees and raised a record-breaking $1 million.

Columbia Business School’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise recently honored Justine Zinkin ’02, CEO of Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, with the 2017 Social Enterprise Leadership Award at its annual reception. 

The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School announced the winners of its most recent round of funding. Three new social ventures, including the first nonprofit organization and first all-undergraduate founding team, received $25,000 each from the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures.

Columbia Business School is pleased to announce that it has joined The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) as an Institutional Member.

This story was originally published in Columbia Ideas at Work. Matt Schiavenza

To help advance causes like childhood education and waste management, four entrepreneurs received $25,000 for their ventures in the latest round of funding from the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures

The brainchild of Andrew Gundlach '01, Professor Ray Horton, and adjunct professors Melissa Berman and Doug Bauer, Effective Philanthropy in Urban Communities puts students in the driver's seat when it comes to making an impact on local neighborhoods. By Agatha Bordonaro

The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School has awarded grants to five up-and- coming social innovators

In May, Columbia Business School welcomed six new members to its esteemed Board of Overseers. The board advises the School’s senior leadership; participates in events, programs, centers, and initiatives; and enriches the School community by providing students and faculty members with access to unique industry insights. Board members also support and champion the School’s most ambitious endeavors, including its much-anticipated move to Manhattanville.

By Agatha Gilmore   As part of our Big Apple series, Samantha Brenner ’08, executive director of strategic initiatives and partnerships for the division of instructional and information technology at the New York City Department of Education, talks to us about her goals for the city's public schools. Her Big Apple Impact