Ashoka forges strategic partnerships with leading global companies, to provide management, communications, finance, and other expertise to the citizen sector. In turn, Ashoka and its vast network share knowledge and opportunities with business partners, expanding the horizons of these pioneering businesses and the people who work for them.

Together, our strategic partners support Ashoka’s social entrepreneurs in many countries, delivering millions of dollars of pro bono consulting services each year. But the partnerships’ true value is in enabling the flow of talent and resources between business and citizen sectors, accelerating innovation in both sectors to solve society’s most pressing problems.

Learn more about our partnerships below:

• McKinsey & Company - Ashoka and McKinsey & Company, the world’s leading management consulting firm, created the first Center for Social Entrepreneurship together in 1996, based in Brazil. The two organizations now share offices and expertise in several countries. McKinsey consultants work with Ashoka Fellows on a pro bono basis, strengthening institutional capacity and training social entrepreneurs to write business plans, make effective presentations, and market their work. Ashoka in turn creates opportunities for transformative experiences and impact to McKinsey and its clients.
• Hill & Knowlton - One of the world’s leading public relations firms, Hill & Knowlton provides pro bono marketing and communications services to Ashoka and Ashoka Fellows. This global partnership is critical to advancing the profession of social entrepreneurship by providing strategic communications, media and presentation training. To date, 25 offices on 5 continents have contributed to this rewarding effort. Hill & Knowlton is enabling social entrepreneurs to gain greater support for their ideas and to share best practices around the world.
• Latham and Watkins - By providing pro bono legal services to our organization and Ashoka Fellows, Latham & Watkins LLP takes an active role in our communities and makes public interest issues an integral part of their practice of law.
• International Senior Lawyer’s Project - The International Senior Lawyer’s Project (ISLP) matches experienced attorneys at or near retirement age with social entrepreneurs in need of pro bono legal assistance through virtual and multi-month on site support. ISLP has supported dozens of Ashoka Fellows and Ashoka around the world to both scale the work of social entrepreneurs and spread the pro bono legal movement.
• Corporate Executive Board - Providing best practice research, decision-support tools, and executive education for the world’s top corporations and citizen sector organizations, CEB works with Ashoka-US in developing a stronger Fellowship to better support the success of the US Fellows.
• National Human Services Academy - An association of leading national non-profits, NHSA provides savings in numerous discounted services for Ashoka-US and US Fellows .
  

To partner with Ashoka or learn more, contact Kelli Moore, Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships, at