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Santa Clara University’s Global Social Benefit Incubator, which partners socially conscious organizations with Silicon Valley mentors, is an intensive bootcamp for entrepreneurs who want to change the world. It launched Kiva, and now it’s preparing its 10th anniversary class.

The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI), an intensive bootcamp for social entrepreneurs, is turning 10. Based at California’s Santa Clara University, the incubator has given birth to a who’s who of do-gooder organizations such as Kiva and SolarEar, and boasts an impressive 50% scale rate for graduates. Now that GSBI is celebrating their first decade, they are inviting applicants to join their 2012 class. Twenty lucky winners will receive a full scholarship and intensive coaching for their social entrepreneur efforts; six slots are reserved for projects dealing with clean, reliable low-cost energy projects.

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