<Li> Social enterprises use earned revenue strategies to pursue a double or triple bottom line, either alone (as a social sector business, in either the private or the nonprofit sector) or as a significant part of a nonprofit's mixed revenue stream that also includes charitable contributions and public sector subsidies . This distinguishes them from traditional nonprofits, which rely primarily on philanthropic and government support . </Li> <P> In the United States, "social enterprise" is also distinct from "social entrepreneurship", which broadly encompasses such diverse players as B Corp companies, socially responsible investors, "for - benefit" ventures, Fourth Sector organizations, CSR efforts by major corporations, "social innovators" and others . All these types of entities grapple with social needs in a variety of ways, but unless they directly address social needs through their products or services or the numbers of disadvantaged people they employ, they do not qualify as social enterprises . </P> <P> The Social Enterprise Council of Canada (SECC) of Canada defines a "social enterprise" as "businesses owned by nonprofit organizations, that is directly involved in the production and / or selling of goods and services for the blended purpose of generating income and achieving social, cultural, and / or environmental aims . Social enterprises are one more tool for non-profits to use to meet their mission to contribute to healthy communities ." </P> <P> Canadian social enterprise characteristics vary by region and province in the ways they differentiate social enterprises from other types of businesses, not - for - profits, co-operatives and government agencies: </P>

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