2010: MovingWorlds is Founded

Convinced that social enterprise represents the future of business, Co-Founders Mark and Derk formulated the beautiful question that would lead to the birth of MovingWorlds: What kind of support do social entrepreneurs on the ground really need to succeed? In 2010, MovingWorlds was officially registered as a Social Purpose Company, the Washington State equivalent of a "Benefit Corporation."

2014: Launch of Experteering Platform

After years of piloting, the MovingWorlds “Experteering” platform was launched to help social enterprises around the world connect with skilled professionals willing to volunteer their expertise. Since then, 1,800 projects have been completed in 122 countries, unleashing over $25 Million USD worth of pro-bono expertise.

2015+: Corporate Social Impact Programs Launch

As the social enterprise movement continued to grow, and the Experteering movement alongside it, multinational corporations asked us to help them scale their own corporate volunteering and social impact programs. We combined forces to build shared-value programs like Microsoft’s MySkills4Afrika, PayPal’s Nonprofit Experience Program, SAP’s Acceleration Collective, and more.

2017: Launch of MovingWorlds Institute Global Fellowship

To even better support our professional members, we launched the MovingWorlds Institute: a professional Global Fellowship that combines the learning of a certificate course, customized support of a career coach, real-world exposure of a consulting project, and global connections of a prestigious alumni network into a single 6-month program. Since then, our Global Fellowship community has grown to include more than 300 professionals from over 55 countries.

2020: Launch of S-GRID Social Enterprise Revenue Accelerator

To help social enterprises survive the pandemic and thrive on the other side, in July 2020 we partnered with SAP to launch The Sustainable Growth of Revenues for International Development Program (SGRID) to help social enterprises to create sustainable revenue streams by partnering with the corporate sector and connecting into global value chains.

2022: Launch of TRANSFORM Support Hub

In 2022, MovingWorlds, SAP, TRANSFORM, and Unilever partnered to merge their respective programs (including S-GRID), and re-launch as the TRANSFORM Support Hub: a global platform that connects social enterprises with corporates, peers, impact investors, learning content, and a network of pro bono professionals to deliver market-based solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals.

MovingWorlds in the News

Moving Worlds with Mark Horoszowski

Social Enterprise Alliance Podcast, April 2023

Scaling Up Through Corporate Partnerships with Mark Horoszowski

Awarepreneurs Podcast, November 2022

How Experteering Makes the World Better

Superpowers For Good Podcast, August 2022

From Competition to Collaboration: Pyxera Global Partners With MovingWorlds To Expand Pro-Bono Support to World-Changing Social Entrepreneurs

3BL Media, June 2022

How Public and Private Leaders Can Build a Social Economy by Working With Impactful Businesses

World Economic Forum, May 2022

CXO Show Time: Leading the Leaders with Mark Horoszowski

TALRadio, March 2022

Leading Systemic Change, Part One: The Discovery Journey with Mark Horoszowski

Portals of Perception, February 2022

Building an Equitable Future with MovingWorlds' Mark Horoszowski

Create New Futures Podcast, January 2022

Moving Worlds From The Inside Out: An Interview with Alexandra Nemeth

Daughters of Change Podcast, November 2021

Louise Bleach and Mark Horoszowski: CSR, Social Enterprise, and Doing Well by Doing Good

Impact Audio Podcast, August 2021

MovingWorlds Selected as a Fast Company World-Changing Idea Honoree

Fast Company, May 2021

7 Ways Corporate Responsibility Leaders Will Take Action in 2021: Findings from 50 Interviews

Triple Pundit, March 2021

MovingWorlds Selected as #2 Best Company "to Escape to" / Best Employer

Escape the City, February 2021

Revealed: the best companies to work for (and how to get a job with them)

Positive News, February 2021

MovingWorlds, a model for how you can use your skills for social impact

Tech Stands Up Podcast, December 2020

Scaling Social Impact Initiatives During a Pandemic: MovingWorlds CEO Mark Horoszowski

Restarting America Podcast, November 2020

MovingWorlds Announces New Social Enterprise Program, S-GRID, to Accelerate Post-COVID Recovery

CSR Wire, July 2020

How Social Enterprises Can Scale Impact Through Corporate Partnerships with Mark Horoszowski, CEO & Co-Founder of MovingWorlds

The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Podcast, July 2020

Changing travel: the sustainable startups boosted by awards from Booking.com

The Guardian, May 2019

2018 Halo Awards Honor Top Corporate Social Impact Initiatives

CSRWire, May 2018

MovingWorlds Helps People Accelerate Their Careers Through Social Good

Badcredit.org, May 2019

From Marketing to MovingWorlds

CareerShifters, February 2018

Where to Go in 2018 — and make a difference__

SF Chronicle, December 2017

MovingWorlds matches expertise with volunteer opportunities

King 5, May 2017

How this accountant went from crunching numbers to changing worlds

Upworthy, May 2017

How to maximize the benefits of skills-based volunteering

Devex, May 2016

This “Experteering” Program Will Transition You Into A Social Good Career In 6 Months

FastCompany, November 2016

Motivating employees through volunteerism

Globe & Mail, October 2016

The Secret Weapon Most Job Hunters Don't Know About

The Daily Muse, July 2015

When Experts Volunteer, Good Happens

Forbes, July 2015

Seattle Company Working to Do Good With Experteering

Komo 4 news, June 2014

‘Voluntourism’ Can’t Solve Big Problems. That’s Where ‘Experteers’ Come In

Huffington Post, May 2015

'Experteering' — A New Way to Pool Top Talent for Social Impact

Devex, November 2014


MovingWorlds Contributions & Thought Leadership

Preparing Leaders for Sustainable and Equitable Business

Association for Talent Development, May 2024

How to: use AI to make more impact in your social enterprise

Pioneers Post, October 2023

ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review, October 2022

Social Enterprises Can Grow Their Revenue and Impact by Partnering with Corporations – Here’s How To Support Them

NextBillion, September 2022

Riding the lion of social entrepreneurship means knowing the terrain

World Economic Forum, September 2022

Sustainable Procurement: A Big Income Opportunity for Impact Entrepreneurs

Impact Entrepreneur, April 2022

We Interviewed 50 Corporate Responsibility Leaders with Big Plans for 2021: Here’s What We Learned

Triple Pundit, March 2021

This is a Defining Moment for CSR Leaders: Stand Out, or Lose Our Faith

Triple Pundit, October 2021

How to Build a Great Relationship with a Mentor.

Harvard Business Review, January 2020

Purpose-driven leaders will occupy your workplace in 2020: Here’s how to maximize them.

FastCompany, December 2019

Managing the Managers: Nine Tips to Help Social Enterprises Build Outstanding Management Teams.

NextBillion, December 2019

Goal for 2020: Mobilize Employees For Lasting Change.

TriplePundit, December 2019

Microsoft’s MySkills Program demonstrates these five proven steps to scale social impact initiatives at your company.

Conscious Company, August 2019

Want to do good in your career? Do good for the world, first

Kununu, July 2019

3 steps to take if you want to change careers into a role that makes a difference

FastCompany, May 2019

How to grow from the feedback you receive

The Ladders, May 2019

How to Help Social Enterprises Scale: New Research Suggests it’s Not Just About Financial Capital

Next Billion, January 2019

Ensuring That Skilled Volunteers Land with Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review, February 2018

Thrive Global Column, by Mark Horoszowski

Thrive Global, periodic 2018-present

Huffington Post Impact Program, by Mark Horoszowski

Huffington Post, periodic 2016-2017

The Next Big Corporate Outsourcing Trend? How To Do Good.

Triple Pundit, June 2018

How To Create A Human-Centered Approach To Corporate Giving

Fast Company, May 2016

How to Use Stretch Assignments to Support Social Good

Harvard Business Review, November 2015

5 Surprising Benefits Of Volunteering

Forbes, March 2015

Why your company needs an international corporate volunteering program

Devex, February 2015


Quotes from MovingWorlds, its Partners and Advisors on July 2020 S-GRID Launch

What makes this moment in time so pivotal is that inequities and environmental degradation tend to increase after recessions. By investing in social enterprises today, we can help them be ready to integrate into the post-COVID recovery to better distribute wealth while using regenerative business models to address the ongoing environmental crisis.

-Mark Horoszowski, CEO and Co-Founder of MovingWorlds, SPC

Over the last 9 years, we’ve seen how essential communities of practice are to individuals and organizations intent on scaling impact. With S-GRID, we can help build the capacity of employees behind the social enterprises that will push business to be more sustainable and equitable for years to come. The program will give participants access to a community where they can discuss complex problems and design solutions, ensuring their ideas are truly scalable and world-changing.

-Cole Hoover, Director of the MovingWorlds Institute

S-GRID is the first program of its kind to help social enterprises build the skills, know-how, and connections needed to participate in global supply chains, and in a way they can truly deliver social impact. With the socio-economic implications of COVID-19 hitting social enterprises across the world especially hard, SAP is doubling down on its long-standing commitment to accelerating the social enterprise sector through access to talent, technology and markets. SAP has a powerful platform to help the private sector put their money where their purpose is and scale the social enterprise sector. Corporations today spend trillions of dollars - 3 trillion on SAP Ariba’s platform alone - related to sourcing and distribution chains. Imagine the positive impact that could be made through procurement spend if just a few percent is directed towards social-first organizations.

-Alexandra van der Ploeg, Head of SAP Corporate Social Responsibility

As a start-up we have participated in many accelerators but we are particularly keen to apply for S-GRID. We are excited by the prospect of whole team training but especially the potential to form strategic corporate partnerships. Building meaningful connections in the corporate sphere is a challenge faced by all small enterprises. As such, we are looking forward to exploring how S-GRID is able to accelerate and foster these connections so we can focus on what we do best - providing water to those at the forefront of the water crisis.

-Louise Bleach, Business Development Manager, Desolenator

We're applying to S-GRID so we can make a bigger impact. It's the only program that offers any and every member of our team training and support so that we can scale our sales and operations to effectively partner with the corporate sector. S-GRID has the potential to save us time and costs so that we can focus on our mission of cleaning the oceans, while also building a sustainable economy.

-Pete Ceglinski, CEO, Seabin

This solves a huge problem for social enterprises to scale - we need more knowledge, experience, and resources. Not just to partner with the international companies that everybody knows, but more importantly, to connect with all the organizations across a company's network that are part of these global supply chains. If corporations want to create change on the ground, they need to find a local solution to partner with and support, and S-GRID helps them do that.

-Henri Nyakarundi, Founder and CEO, A.R.E.D.

In VillageCapital’s accelerator programs, we prioritize 1-1 meetings between social entrepreneurs and corporate leaders because social enterprises often have great products but lack access to decision-makers in their sector's distribution/value chain, making it harder to scale to world-changing impact. S-GRID is an important program that will help solve this problem: assist social entrepreneurs in building the social capital they need to connect to corporate value chains.

-Allie Burns, CEO, VillageCapital

The S-GRID program fundamentally shifts how social enterprises are thinking about scale beyond the enterprise itself. There's an opportunity to enable corporations who are already shifting from a shareholder to stakeholder-view of capitalism to reconceptualize their value chains to incorporate more local social enterprises that are committed to doing good. Now that's impact at scale!

-Nate Wong, Interim Executive Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University

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