Thirty Days to Apply: Our Tweet Challenge Is On!

Even though it's only Monday, today is an exciting milestone for two reasons:

a) We just zoomed past 100,000 followers on Twitter. Wow!

b) There are only thirty days left to apply for the 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship!

Last week, we were approached by a terrific supporter and member of Echoing Green's Social Investment Council, Kathryn Corro, with a terrific challenge idea.  For every Tweet about the Echoing Green Fellowship deadline that includes the tag #EG2010, Kathryn will donate $1 to our operating fund (up to $1000)!  We’re looking high and low for this year’s BEST ideas for social change, and we need your help to spread the word about the Echoing Green Fellowship!  

You can use the following suggested tweets or come up with your own!  As long as you include the tag (#EG2010), it will count toward our challenge goal. 

Suggested tweet 1: Less than a month to apply 4 the 2010 @echoinggreen fellowship! Win $ & support for bold social change ideas. http://bit.ly/EG2010 #EG2010

Suggested tweet 2: This tweet = $1 donation to @echoinggreen.  Its seed funding fellowship deadline is 12/2 – pass it on - http://bit.ly/EG2010 #EG2010 

Read the following heart-felt letter from Kathryn Corro about why she supports Echoing Green: 

I first learned of Echoing Green when I was searching for one nonprofit organization with which I wanted to work.  After attending various events, I started to better understand the depth of the organization and the reason that Echoing Green Fellows have been behind some of the most successful firms promoting social change, including Teach For America and City Year.  The Echoing Green platform does not simply identify fellows and provide an endorsement.  The 12 to 15 entrepreneurs that are selected every year (out of approximately 1,500 applicants) receive seed funding, and become part of the Echoing Green global community of entrepreneurs effecting social change.  Over the two years of the fellowship, the entrepreneurs are supported through intensive training programs, promoted through networking events, and encouraged through an extensive community of supporters of social entrepreneurship.  

The success of Echoing Green can be measured.  Echoing Green has invested approximately $30 million in seed grants to over 450 social entrepreneurs.  The fellows have been located in more than 40 countries, creating an expansive global footprint.  Finally, approximately two-thirds of the Echoing Green fellows have built businesses that are ultimately sustainable. 

I have been impressed.  

Background:

Kathryn Corro is a Principal at Rockpoint Group, L.L.C, a global real estate investment management firm that has sponsored five investment vehicles which represent a total capitalization of approximately $17 billion.  She has worked in the real estate private equity business for more than 10 years.  Kathryn currently resides in San Francisco.