Twenty-seven Michigan-based mission-driven organizations graduate from first statewide Social Enterprise Collective

Lansing, MI– Twenty-seven organizations from across the state have taken the next step in their growth, as they completed a program specifically designed to take mission-driven businesses to the next level.

The Center for Social Enterprise Development (CSED) successfully concluded its first Social Enterprise Collective, which aims to increase the sustainability and impact of mission-driven businesses. The inaugural cohort is supported by Incompass Michigan and the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), who sponsored workshops and technical training sessions over the past six months with subject matter experts Millie Chu of Global Entrepreneurship Business Lab, Shonna Hawkins of DeYampert & Hawkins - DeYampert Law Company PLLC, writer and communications strategist Carmen Dahlberg, Gingras Global, Good Fruit Video, and Resch Strategies.

“As Michigan’s small business community grows, so does its collective impact,” said Brian Calley, President and CEO of SBAM. “Equipping these mission-driven organizations with advanced financing, marketing and legal strategies primes them for sustained growth and success that benefits our entire state.”

“We are incredibly proud of the dedication shown by these organizations as they prepare for the next level of growth,” said Laurie Morse-Dell, CIO of Incompass Michigan. “Through the technical assistance offered by the Social Enterprise Collective, these organizations are poised to thrive and serve their communities well into the future.”  

CSED accelerates the development of small businesses and nonprofit organizations that measure their success by the lives they change.

Organizations that completed the first cohort of the Social Enterprise Collective include:

• Abilities Unleashed • Muskegon

• Anastasia and Katie’s Coffee Shop & Cafe • Livonia

• Arbor Trading Post • Ann Arbor

• Culinary Queens with Blue Diamonds Training and Consulting • Grand Rapids

• Brookelyn Elias Promise • Wyoming

• Capital City Sweets • Lansing

• Centro Multicultural La Familia • Pontiac

• Community Canvas • Dundee

• D'Artillery • Detroit

• Eye Care for Detroit • Detroit

• First Choice Office Oultet - MMI • Clare

• Grand Traverse Industries • Traverse City

• LeadHERship Impact • Grand Rapids

• Life Skills Centers • Clinton Township

• Lincoln Stone Paper • Farmington

• MRC Industries • Kalamazoo

• Neighborhood Grocery • Detroit

• Pioneer Resources • Muskegon

• Rebel Nell • Detroit

• Relax 9 • Detroit

• Services to Enhance Potential • Dearborn

• The Detroit Writing Room • West Bloomfield

• The Growth Initiative • Battle Creek

• Thumb Industries • Bad Axe

• Uloma House • Flint

• WeCycle • Midland

• W.I.S.E. Partnership • Detroit