Over the past thirty-five years Ashoka has identified, supported, and networked 3,000 social entrepreneurs – “Ashoka Fellows” - in 80 countries, solving systemic problems, demonstrating that a small direct investment in social entrepreneurs leverages their work enormously, seeding powerful ideas and creating a high return on the initial investment. Today Ashoka is the largest community for changemakers in the world – a meeting place for social and business entrepreneurs, journalists, professionals, consultants, and leaders of all fields who want to explore and support social innovations.