Kim Alter

Founder, Owner and Managing Director @Virtue Ventures

Founded Virtue Ventures LLC, the first management consulting firm dedicated to social enterprise and entrepreneurship. Virtue Ventures’ mission is to “empower social sector organizations to solve the world’s most pressing problems through entrepreneurship, business tools, and sound management practices.” It does this through consulting, education, and training programs, resource development, and action research. The firm has received awards and recognition for its pioneering work in, and contributions to, the field of social entrepreneurship. Responsible for all aspects of business strategy, business development and fundraising, hiring teams, project, program and portfolio management, education programs, and learning initiatives. Rendered “soup to nuts” consulting in social entrepreneurships’, capacity building, nonprofit leadership, and management focused on: income generation, innovation, strategic fundraising, financial management and sustainability, program design, operations management, marketing, operations management, and systems. Worked with literally hundreds of social entrepreneurs as well as small businesses, nonprofits, and community-based organizations, universities, and donor agencies across industries and social sectors in 47 countries.Clients include some of the most prestigious and renown social enterprises and organizations in the world. Examples include APOPO, Ashoka, Bamboo Finance, Benetech, Cardno, Carnegie Foundation, World Bank, Eurasia Foundation, FHI360, Global Giving, Grassroots Business Fund, ILO, IADB, Inter-American Development Bank, Plan International, REDF, Save the Children, Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation, SEEP Network, UNDP, USAID, Villgro, Vision Spring, White House Office of Social Innovation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, and more.