How it works

The Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge gives you the opportunity to make a difference and support entrepreneurial ideas to improve our world!

Here’s how it works:

1. Find a cause. Scroll through the main page or Team Leaderboard, and find one or more social entrepreneurs that you’d like to help. Each organization’s page explains the innovative work they are doing to promote social change.

2. Make a donation. Click “donate” on an organization’s profile page to make a gift.

3. Fundraise! Set up your own “fundraiser” to invite friends and family to support one or more of your favorite organizations.

4. Share the Challenge. Use Facebook, Twitter, and email to tell your friends and family why you donated!! By involving more people, we have the ability to make a huge impact!

This is a contest—participants are all trying to raise funds and enlist new champions for their work. Over the course of the campaign, all of the organizations will compete and collaborate to raise enough money to unlock prizes and a donation match from the Skoll Foundation. Find out more in the "About the Challenge" tab above.

Here are the weekly Bonus Challenges that are running throughout the SE Challenge for organizations to win. They are such a great way to rally your supporters through the Challenge. And, they're fun.

We'll be making updates here throughout the Challenge with the organizations that are entered in each Bonus Challenge and the Bonus Challenge leaders so please check back here often to see how your team is doing and to see if you won it all.

Please note that our mean lawyer is making us say that the weekly Bonus Challenges are subject to change. So, you can't be mad at us if they do.

Start and End Times for each Bonus Challenge (except Bonus Challenge #1 and #6)
Bonus Challenges start at 2:00pm ET
Bonus Challenges end at 12:00pm ET

Bonus Challenge One

New start date: October 27 at 12:00pm ET - November 4 at 12:00pm ET

Every organization that can raise at least $3500 this week will receive $1500 from Skoll.

Rules
WINNERS: AFGHAN INSTITUTE OF LEARNING, AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM, APOPO HERORATS, ARZU, B LAB, BAREFOOT COLLEGE, BASICNEEDS, BENETECH, BIOREGIONAL, CAMFED, CERES, COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, CRISIS ACTION, DIGITAL DIVIDE DATA, FAIR TRADE USA, FOREST TRENDS, FRIENDS-INTERNATIONAL, FUNDACION ESCUELA NUEVA, GAWAD KALINGA, GLOBAL FOOTPRINT NETWORK, GOODWEAVE, HALF THE SKY FOUNDATION, HEALTH CARE WITHOUT HARM, INJAZ AL-ARAB, INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND PRACTICES, INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES TO JUSTICE, KICKSTART-INTERNATIONAL, LANDESA, MOTHERS2MOTHERS, PRATHAM USA, RIDERS FOR HEALTH, ROOT CAPITAL, ROOTS OF PEACE, SAUDE CRIANCA, SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, SONIDOS DE LA TIERRA, THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION (TCF), THE ONEVOICE MOVEMENT, TOSTAN, VERITÉ, VILLAGEREACH, VISAYAN FORUM FOUNDATION, VISIONSPRING, WITNESS, YOUTHBUILD USA

Bonus Challenge Two

November 4 - November 11

The top 20 organizations that get the greatest number of donations (not dollars) from unique donors this week will win $5,000 each.

Rules
WINNERS: Amazon Conservation Team, ARZU, B Lab, Barefoot College, Fair Trade USA, Forest Trends, Global Footprint Network, GoodWeave, Half the Sky Foundation, Health Care Without Harm, International Bridges to Justice, Pratham USA, Root Capital, Saude Crianca, Search for Common Ground, The Citizens Foundation (TCF), The OneVoice Movement, Tostan, VisionSpring and YouthBuild USA

Bonus Challenge Three

November 11 - November 18

Any organization that gets donations from at least 25 unique donors this week will be entered to win $5,000. There will be 20 winners.

Rules
Winners: Amazon Conservation Team, APOPO HeroRATs, B Lab, Benetech, Ceres, Child & Youth Finance International, Community and Individual Development Association, Crisis Action, EcoPeace Middle East, Friends-International, Fundación Escuela Nueva, Gawad Kalinga, GoodWeave, KickStart-International, Marine Stewardship Council, Room to Read, Search for Common Ground, Verité, Visayan Forum Foundation, World Health Partners

SURPRISE BONUS CHALLENGE FOUR ANNOUNCED

November 18 - November 25

Every organization is paired up with a "buddy organization." The top 10 buddy teams that raise the most this week will get $5,000 for each organization.

Rules
Winners: Pratham USA & Child & Youth Finance International, The Citizens Foundation (TCF) & Ciudad Saludable & National Center for Arts & Technology, The OneVoice Movement & Independent Diplomat, Visayan Forum Foundation & Gram Vikas, mothers2mothers & Room to Read, Friends-International & Landesa, ARZU & Center for Digital Inclusion, Barefoot College & Nidan, International Bridges to Justice & Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), Half the Sky Foundation & One Acre Fun

Bonus Challenge Five

November 25 - December 1

The top 20 organizations that raise the most money this week win $5,000 each.

Rules
WINNERS: Afghan Institute of Learning, ARZU, Benetech, Community and Individual Development Association, Crisis Action, Fair Trade USA, Forest Trends, Global Witness, Half the Sky, INJAZ Al-Arab, KickStart-International, mothers2mothers, Pratham USA, Riders for Health, Search for Common Ground, The Citizens Foundation (TCF), The OneVoice Movement, Visayan Forum Foundation, VisionSpring, YouthBuild USA

Bonus Challenge Six- #GivingTuesday Week

DECEMBER 2 AT 12:00AM ET - DECEMBER 5 (AT 1:59:59PM ET, WHEN THE CHALLENGE ENDS)

SURPRISE BONUS CHALLENGE SIX ANNOUNCED Every dollar your organization raises up to $3000 this week will get matched

Rules
WINNERS (Note: you will receive an email from CrowdRise to let you know the amount you won): AFGHAN INSTITUTE OF LEARNING, AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM, APOPO HERORATS, ARZU, B LAB, BAREFOOT COLLEGE, BASICNEEDS, BENETECH, BIOREGIONAL, BUILDING MARKETS, CAMFED, CENTER FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION, CERES, CHILD & YOUTH FINANCE INTERNATIONAL, CIUDAD SALUDABLE, COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, CRISIS ACTION, DIGITAL DIVIDE DATA, ECOPEACE MIDDLEEAST, FAIR TRADE USA, FOREST TRENDS, FRIENDS-INTERNATIONAL, FUNDACION CAPITAL, FUNDACION ESCUELA NUEVA, FUNDACION GAIA AMAZONAS, GAWAD KALINGA, GLOBAL FOOTPRINT NETWORK, GLOBAL WITNESS, GOODWEAVE, GRAM VIKAS, HALF THE SKY FOUNDATION, HEALTH CARE WITHOUT HARM, HEALTH LEADS, INDEPENDENT DIPLOMAT, INJAZ AL-ARAB, INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND PRACTICES, INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES TO JUSTICE, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES (INDIA), KICKSTART-INTERNATIONAL, LANDESA, MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL, MEDIC MOBILE, MOTHERS2MOTHERS, NIDAN, ONE ACRE FUND, PRATHAM USA, PROXIMITY DESIGNS, RIDERS FOR HEALTH, ROOM TO READ, ROOT CAPITAL, ROOTS OF PEACE, SAUDE CRIANCA, SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, SONIDOS DE LA TIERRA, THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION (TCF), THE ONEVOICE MOVEMENT, TOSTAN, VERITÉ, VILLAGEREACH, VISAYAN FORUM FOUNDATION, VISIONSPRING, WATER & SANITATION FOR THE URBAN POOR (WSUP), WATER FOR PEOPLE, WITNESS, WORLD HEALTH PARTNERS, YOUTHBUILD USA