Social Enterprise Typology
EmploymentBusinesses that provide employment, training and support for marginalised groups. |
Service DeliveryBusinesses that create or retain services in direct response to social or economic needs in the community. |
Income GenerationBusinesses that generate profits to support other community or not for profit organisational activities. |
Cooperatives, Associations and Mutuals
Member benefit businesses which are formed to meet defined social needs of members ie childcare, housing.
Hybrid
Most social enterprises do not neatly fit into the typologies presented, often mixing and matching characteristics from many typologies in order to meet the needs they have been developed to address.
Fair Trade Organisations
Businesses that exist to benefit producers and workers in developing countries by paying fair prices for products and commodities which they on-sell in developed countries.
Intermediate Labour Market Companies
Businesses that undertake commercial work in order to train, support and employ disadvantaged job seekers and then transition them into mainstream jobs.
Charitable BusinessVentures
Commercial businesses established by charities to generate revenue which is reinvested in their charitable purpose.
Social Firms
Businesses that undertake commercial work in order to create employment for people with a disability.
Community Enterprise
Businesses set up to provide benefits to the community in which they are located. ie community buy-outs.
Community Development Finance Institutions
Financial institutions that provide products and services to individuals, organisations and communities who have difficulty accessing mainstream finance.
Australian Disability Enterprises
Businesses developed to employ people with a disability that are unable to work in mainstream businesses.