Imagine what the world would
look like if leaders from all sectors
used their skills, resources andnetworks to drive significant andpositive social change.

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CREATING IMPACT,TOGETHER
As part of the Ashoka Support Network, you are joining
the Ashoka Community, a space where you can connect,learn, collaborate and explore to expand positive
impact. The Ashoka Community is made possible bychangemakers like you who want to contribute tocreating a better world.

“Combining the world’s best business and social
entrepreneurs, all committed to the good of all with thesame deep ethical roots, brings enormous power.
Ashoka“3WHO WE ARE

Founded in 2004, the Ashoka Support Network (ASN) is composed of 300+ members
worldwide in more than 20 countries. Ashoka Support Network members are committed
leaders who share, support, and advocate for a world, where everyone has the powerand capacity to contribute to a positive change, while unleashing their own potential aschangemakers.

Joining together as changemakers from all backgrounds, we’ll show that the ability toshape the future belongs not to just a few, but to all of us. By joining Ashoka´s community
as an ASN, you are invited to embark on a transformative journey.
This journey is both collective and individual. Collectively, the ASN offers you theopportunity to be part of a community dedicated to fostering social change. Individually,
it gives you the chance to reflect on how you want to make a difference in the world and– ultimately – empowers you to take action.

How? Ashoka has a wide range of resources, and the most valuable of these are ourFellows, the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. In connecting and interacting withthem, you will be inspired and empowered to shape a better world.

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A MUTUAL COMMITMENTYOUR CONTRIBUTIONFINANCIALCONTRIBUTION

EXPERTISE& INSIGHTSACCESS TO
NETWORKSTIME

Minimum donation for atleast three consecutive
years to support Ashoka’score impact activities,
including the search andselection of new Ashoka
Fellows, and the strategic
lifelong support offered tothem.

Supporting and engaging
with Ashoka Fellows andYoung Changemakers bysharing your expertise (inmarketing, finance, etc.)
and insights as sparring
partners.

Providing social entrepreneurs and Ashoka withvaluable connections toyour network.

Investing time to attend
events, advance yourknowledge around social
topics and share expertiseand insights with with social entrepreneurs.

WHAT YOU GETCONNECTLEARNCOLLABORATEEXPLORE

Access to a global networkof social entrepreneurs,committed business leaders and companies.

Access to resources andtraining programs in a variety of formats and for all
skill levels, while supporting and collaborating withsocial entrepreneurs.

Co-develop initiatives withsocial entrepreneurs, Ashoka and socially committed individuals to achieve
deep impact on the criticalchallenges of our society,such as diversity and inclusion, biodiversity, youth,
migration or health.

Absorb yourself in ourchangemaking repositoryof manuals, handbooks,toolkits and reports developed by our community.

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WHAT IS ASHOKA?
Ashoka is on an audacious mission – to create aworld where everyone has the agency, empathy
and skills to make systemic change in theircommunities.
It is only in such a world that the solutions willoutweigh our social problems. We call this an“Everyone a Changemaker” world, and within it,
there is place for everyone to play their part.

WHO IS A
CHANGEMAKER?
A changemaker is anyone who
identifies a social problem,
develops a solution to address
it, mobilizes others, and works
towards the good of all.

Ashoka was started in 1980 with one simple
belief: that a good idea in the hands of a social
entrepreneur could change the world. It is withthis aim that we set out to search for and support
world-leading social entrepreneurs, thosechanging systems and mindsets to address theroot causes of social problems.
Today, Ashoka is the largest network of social
entrepreneurs worldwide, with more than 3,800
Ashoka Fellows in over 90 countries. Ashoka
learns from the patterns in their innovations,and mobilizes a global community that embraces
these new frameworks to build a world where
everyone is a changemaker.

Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia,
Ashoka Fellow“

Ashoka is a living
encyclopedia of social
innovation in every
field around the world“6Thedotgood, formerly NGO
Advisors, has ranked Ashoka in theTOP 10 global NGOs since 2015.

EUROPE670 Fellows
262 ASN membersNORTH AMERICA
360 Fellows
21 ASN members

ARAB WORLD123 Fellows

ASIAAFRICALATIN AMERICA

483 Fellows
3 ABB* members

1080 Fellows
10 ASN members

1072 Fellows
11 ASN members* The Ashoka Africa Builders (ABB), inspired by the Ashoka Support Network, is focusing on building a strong
network of local African partners, African diaspora members and individuals with a keen interest in Africa.

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WHO ARE ASHOKA FELLOWS?
Ashoka Fellows are leading social entrepreneurs
with transformative solutions to the world’s mostpressing social problems. They are role models
that inspire and empower other people to create
positive and long-lasting social change.

Ashoka Fellows include microfinance pioneer andNobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus,
prominent labour rights advocate Ai-jen Poo, andthe founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales.

Across the globe, Ashoka Fellows are pioneers ineducation access, in human rights, in healthcaredelivery, in environmental justice, and manyother areas of human need.
Ashoka Fellows are driving systems change bytackling the root causes of problems that persist
generation after generation and they provide aroadmap for all people to contribute in the new“Everyone a Changemaker” world. Our latest
Global Impact study shows that, on averageeach Ashoka Fellow changes the lives of 800,000
people.*As part of Ashoka, these social innovators nolonger have to work alone. They gain accessto critical resources and visibility, and mostimportantly to each other.

* Data from Global Ashoka Impact Study, 2021. Run in partnershipwith Tiresia, the Business School of the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy.

Bill Drayton
Ashoka Founder“Social entrepreneurs are theessential corrective force.
They are system-changing
entrepreneurs. And from deep
within they, and therefore theirwork, are committed to thegood of all.

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IMPACT IN FIGURESHOW ASHOKA SUPPORTS LEADING SOCIALENTREPRENEURS

80%

of Fellows report the Ashoka stipend helped
them focus full time on their idea

82%

of Fellows believe that Ashoka helped themunderstand how their work can contribute togenerating systems-change

63%

of Ashoka Fellows changed or influenced
government policy

87%

believe that Ashoka helped them see theimportance of changing collective mindsets
on the social issue they work on. 90% of those
Ashoka Fellows changed their strategy as aconsequence

Source: Global Ashoka Impact Study, 2021. Run in partnership with Tiresia, the Business School of
the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy.

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IMPACT IN FIGURESHOW ASN MEMBERS SUPPORT LEADING SOCIALENTREPRENEURS

93%of Ashoka Fellows who have collaborated with ASNs believethat Ashoka helped them increase their impact (versus
81% of those who have not worked with ASNs)

88%

of Ashoka Fellows working with ASNs received strategicguidance for their ideas (versus 71% of those who have notworked with ASNs)

71%of Ashoka Fellows who teamed up with ASNs have gained
connections to funders (versus 46% of those who have notworked with ASNs)

85%

of Ashoka Fellows collaborating with ASNs have acquired
new partnerships (versus 63% of those who have not workedwith ASNs)

Source: Global Ashoka Impact Study, 2021. Run in partnership with Tiresia, the Business School of the Polytechnic ofMilan, Italy.

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THE ASN JOURNEY: AN ENGAGEMENTTAILORED TO YOUR INTERESTS,CAPACITIES AND EXPERTISE
ASN members come from diverse backgrounds, thus their interests and expectations, capacities
to engage, time availability and areas of expertise vary. The ASN Journey accommodates thisdiversity by offering a wide range of engagement options where you can choose from. You will
design your personal journey together with Ashoka staff upon joining the ASN and can revisit iton a regular basis.

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Your JourneyWith Ashoka
Begins Here

Local Onboarding
to design your personal
journey with Ashoka

Meet Ashoka Fellows aroundthe world and get inspired• In-person/online presentations of Fellows• Visiting projects of Fellows

Collaborate with Ashoka
Fellows, Young Changemakers
and Ashoka Staff around
critical challenges - such as
climate & planet, migration,
gender equity, tech, health oryouth – to achieve deep impact• In-person/online events• ASN Directory

Learn and explore the how-to’s ofchangemaking in a variety of formats
while supporting social entrepreneurs

Bring your skills and expertise into
action by working with Ashoka
Fellows, Young Changemakers,ASNs or Ashoka Staff• Support Fellows scale their solution• Local/ global matchmaking between
ASNs and social entrepreneurs• Board member in Fellow´sorganisations

Connect with like-minded
individuals from theinternational community• Online/ in-person workshops
around system change, wellbeing,collaboration and new leadership• Reports, toolkits, articles, podcasts
Your JourneyWith Ashoka
Over Time

Connect Ashoka Fellows, Young
Changemakers and Ashoka Staff
with your network to mobilize
resources to generate more
impact together

Be an ambassador for a society
where every citizen can contribute, participate, and actively
engage in social change for thegood of all• Refer new ASN members• Provide opportunities tocommunicate Ashoka´s work
• Open network for potentialdonors• Inspire others with your ownchangemaking skills• Shape Ashoka´s activities as acommunity board member

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ASN MEMBERS
Fabienne Serfaty

Strategy Consultant and Social
Impact Investor, UK

What is the legacy that I want to leave behind? Ashoka
is a wake-up call. I have learned that there are, actually,
many opportunities to step into radical systemic change,
to up my game, help shape better global policies andparticipate in shifting the dynamics of social inequalities,
both in the social and in the business sectors.

Maite Arango

Former VP of Grupo VIPS, Spain

When you become an ASN member, not only does themoney you invest have a huge impact, but you becomea part of the Ashoka network and an important piece ofthe puzzle. Just as much as you give, you get back.

Filip Dames

Founding Partner & Managing Director,
Cherry Ventures, Germany

I want to support social entrepreneurs and motivate ourgeneration not only to take responsibility in theory, butalso to act and work towards a better future.

Peter Mortifee

Co-Founder & Chair of The
Somerset Foundation, Canada

Ashoka is about seeing the world through the lensof possibility. What intrigued me about Ashoka wasthat I was exposed to a tremendous amount ofheart and compassion for positive social change. I
was being advanced through a level of thinking andentrepreneurial zest that I had never seen before. And
being a part of the ASN community is about possibilities
that I hadn’t imagined.

Beatriz Tinajero

Founder and CEO BF Hoteles,
MexicoFor me, Ashoka is the community that inspires me
to bring out my full potential as a changemakerfrom within the company. I dream of a world wherecompanies can be active changemakers (…) and Ashoka
is the place where I get inspired, where I make allianceswith Ashoka Fellows and bring them closer to all thework we are doing, where I learn, where I can be myselfand bring out the best version of myself.

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