Social Return on Investment Analysis: A Case Study of a Job and Skills Training Program Offered by a Social Enterprise

Marlene Walk; Itay Greenspan; Honey Crossley; Femida Handy

doi:10.1002/nml.21190

Social Return on Investment Analysis: A Case Study of a Job and Skills Training Program Offered by a Social Enterprise

Marlene Walk
, Itay Greenspan
, Honey Crossley
, Femida Handy^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare

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This article uses a social return on investment (SROI) methodology to analyze the social impact of a social enterprise offering a job and skills training program to an unemployed, largely female population. The social enterprise is based in Toronto (Canada) and run by a nonprofit agency dedicated to the advancement and empowerment of women, primarily immigrants, through access to employment. We focus our analysis on a job and skills training program that provides clients with the skills and tools that they need to successfully seek employment in their efforts to (re-)enter the Canadian labor market. Our goal is to determine the tangible and intangible program outcomes by applying and testing the SROI methodology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-144
Number of pages	16
Journal	Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21190
State	Published - 1 Dec 2015

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