Fast Company announced its "Social Enterprises of the Year" in its December 2008/January 2009 issue in which they highlighted projects at the following 10 organizations:
- Enterprise Community Partners (related article on High Point housing) (homepage)
- Do Something: An IPO (homepage)
- Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks (homepage)
- Academy for Urban School Leadership: A Teacher-Training Residency (homepage)
- DataDyne: EpiSurveyor (homepage)
- Civic Ventures: Silicon Valley Encore Initiative (homepage)
- Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking (homepage)
- Acumen Fund: Portfolio Data Management System (homepage)
- Husk Power Systems: Rice-Fired Electricity (homepage)
- HopeLab: Video Games for Health (homepage)