SIL does this by providing funding, mentorship, office space, and workshops, to help innovative non-profits, mission-driven companies, and disruptive technologies develop and grow into thriving, sustainable ventures that make a measurable impact. SIL was founded by graduate students at Johns Hopkins University in 2011 and is now part of the FastForward Innovation Hub within Johns Hopkins Technolog
y Ventures. Provide promising, emerging social ventures with the essential resources to help these ventures reach milestones, achieve sustainability, and scale faster;
2. Foster and contribute generously to a collaborative and inclusive social entrepreneurship/innovation ecosystem in Baltimore
3. Retain and grow entrepreneurial talent in Baltimore