Social Innovation Fund

On Tuesday night, Michelle Obama delivered the opening remarks at the TIME 100 gala in New York. I searched for the article because... well, because I wanted to see what she was wearing (which, by the way,  was a fabulous full length black dress accessorized with multiple long-strand necklaces).

When, however, I read her remarks I learned that the president's budget proposal for next year will include $50 million to help promote national service and advise nonprofit groups. The new Social Innovation Fund is designed to help nonprofits think about service in new ways and approved by Congress as part of a national service law.

The Social Innovation Fund was authorized in the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act. The White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation will coordinate efforts to enlist all Americans - individuals, non-profits, social entrepreneurs, corporations and foundations - as partners in solving our country's great challenges.