Jean began her experience with the nonprofit sector in 1955 when she was 13 years old. She organized a backyard carnival which raised nearly $500 and she was hooked. She has served as leadership staff for several nonprofits, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of New Mexico, a local hospital and the United Way of Central New Mexico. And, in the years since organizing that carnival fundraiser, Jean has been a volunteer leader with numerous local, regional and national nonprofits, including health and human service organizations, membership organizations, performing arts organizations, and advocacy groups.
In 1995, Jean formed her own consulting company to enable her to share her expertise in nonprofit management, fundraising, planning and Board development with a broad range of local and national nonprofits. She now travels extensively in the US, teaching workshops and consulting with nonprofit of all sizes and scope.
In 2003, an opportunity to learn about social enterprise led Jean in a new direction. For three years, she taught the PathFinder program for the National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, helping 25 nonprofits on the road to self-sufficiency.
In 2006, Jean formed Social Enterprise Ventures, LLC to build on her extensive knowledge base of nonprofit management and social enterprise training.
Care and Share Food Bank
Children's Health Advocacy Institute
Colorado Youth for a Change
Denver Children's Advocacy Center
Girls Inc.
Plains Conservation Center
The Gathering Place
Youth On Record
Amarillo Area Foundation/Nonprofit Service Center, Amarillo Texas
Alta Mira Specialized Family Services, Albuquerque, NM
Amarillo Family YMCA
Amarillo Senior Citizen's Association
Another Chance House, Amarillo Texas
Audubon Area Community Services, Owensboro Kentucky
Cancer Survivor's Network, Albuquerque New Mexico
Casa Esperanza, Albuquerque New Mexico
Children's Future Hillsborough, Tampa Florida (collaboration of 20 partner organizations)
Community Stepping Stones, Tampa Florida
Dismas House New Mexico, Albuquerque
Dream Tree Project, Taos NM
Family Support Services, Amarillo Texas
Gasparilla Distance Classic, Tampa Florida
Kansas Centers for Independent Living
Meals on Wheels and More, Abilene, TX
Police Athletic League, Tampa Florida
Positive Spin, Tampa Florida
Prairie Independent Living Resources, Hutchinson KS
Red River Valley Community Action Agency, Grand Forks North Dakota
Ronald McDonald House Charities, Amarillo Texas
Self Reliance, Inc., Tampa Florida
Tampa Heights Jr. Civic Association, Tampa Florida
The Skills Center, Tampa Florida
USF Pre School for Creative Learning, Tampa Florida
Adirondack Community Action Programs, Elizabethtown New York
Amarillo Botanical Gardens
Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center, Amarillo Texas
Center for Nonprofit Stewardship, Philomath Oregon
Community Action Association of New Mexico, Albuquerque New Mexico
Denton Texas Area Agencies, Amarillo Texas
Don Harrington Discovery Center
Earth Force, Tampa Florida
Globe News Center for the Performing Arts
Healthy Together, Tampa Florida
High Plains Food Bank, Amarillo Texas
Llano Cemetery, Amarillo Texas
Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Rome New York
New Life Homes, Albuquerque, NM
New York State Community Action Association, Guilderland New York
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay
Regional Economic CAP, Fort Edward, New York
Rollins College- Philanthropy and Non Profit Leadership Center, Winter Park Florida
Washington County EOC, Owego New York
Texas Brazos Trails CVBs
Texas Forest Trail
Texas Forts Trail
Texas Independence Trail
Texas Lakes Trail
Texas Mountain Trail
Texas Pecos Trail
Texas Plains Trail
Texas Tropical Trail
Tioga Opportunities, Ithaca New York
Tompkins Community Action, Cortland New York
WESST, Albuquerque, NM
Wyoming County Community Action, Perry New York
Wow! My head us still reeling! 2 days, 2 groups, 1,000 ideas... Really good. Really, really good! You light the fire of imagination. You breathe energy into possibility. You give legs to hope. You dispel unrealities, break down walls, and force honest, calculated assessment. Thank you!
Kim Phillips
Free has turned to fee. . . . Given this funding environment . . . we have taken some major hits but we are growing our programs, we are not shrinking and we are not laying off people. Our Transcare program is now a mature business and it is really pumping out some money. If we hadn't done that we would be in a heap of hurt.
Donna Todd
The Crisis Center
I was thinking before our last Social Enterprise session ended - What a great exercise in group-think this has been. Definitely worth the on-site, team training experience as opposed to individual learning.
Joyce Fleck
Tri-Cap Community Action
This was one of the best trainings I have attended and I have been to many over the past 26 years with the agency. The training was great due to the materials provided, the feedback and support received from the trainers during the training. I highly recommend this training!
Joan Tarantino
Washington County EOC, Inc.
We believe in that class, it was like a sermon! It gave you a new way of thinking. How can we sustain our program? In social service there is the old way of doing things: we depend on the grant, we depend on the state and federal funds. Now it is: Okay, you can self sustain, you can depend on you.
Harriett Scott
Positive Spin
...my directors and I were talking about your Social Venture training and how positive it was for us as a management team.
Alan Jones
CEO
Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc.
Jean Block
Jean
Block
of Counsel
Jean began her experience with the nonprofit sector in 1955 when she was 13 years old. She organized a backyard carnival which raised nearly $500 and she was hooked. She has served as leadership staff for several nonprofits, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of New Mexico, a local hospital and the United Way of Central New Mexico. And, in the years since organizing that carnival fundraiser, Jean has been a volunteer leader with numerous local, regional and national nonprofits, including health and human service organizations, membership organizations, performing arts organizations, and advocacy groups.
In 1995, Jean formed her own consulting company to enable her to share her expertise in nonprofit management, fundraising, planning and Board development with a broad range of local and national nonprofits. She now travels extensively in the US, teaching workshops and consulting with nonprofit of all sizes and scope.
In 2003, an opportunity to learn about social enterprise led Jean in a new direction. For three years, she taught the PathFinder program for the National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, helping 25 nonprofits on the road to self-sufficiency.
In 2006, Jean formed Social Enterprise Ventures, LLC to build on her extensive knowledge base of nonprofit management and social enterprise training.
Social Enterprise Ventures
Social Enterprise Ventures
https://www.socialenterpriseventures.com
Stephanie Sample
Stephanie
Sample
https://www.socialenterpriseventures.com/team/jean_block/
Jean began her experience with the nonprofit sector in 1955 when she was 13 years old. She organized a backyard carnival which raised nearly $500 and she was hooked. She has served as leadership staff for several nonprofits, including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of New Mexico, a local hospital and the United Way of Central New Mexico. And, in the years since organizing that carnival fundraiser, Jean has been a volunteer leader with numerous local, regional and national nonprofits, including health and human service organizations, membership organizations, performing arts organizations, and advocacy groups. In 1995, Jean formed her own consulting company to enable her to share her expertise in nonprofit management, fundraising, planning and Board development with a broad range of local and national nonprofits. She now travels extensively in the US, teaching workshops and consulting with nonprofit of all sizes and scope. In 2003, an opportunity to learn about social enterprise led Jean in a new direction. For three years, she taught the PathFinder program for the National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, helping 25 nonprofits on the road to self-sufficiency. In 2006, Jean formed Social Enterprise Ventures, LLC to build on her extensive knowledge base of nonprofit management and social enterprise training.
Stephanie Sample 
Patrick Hibbard