About

The Phoenix Project is a catalyst for social innovation. We provide the sparks that turn great people into leaders and promising ideas into groundbreaking solutions to our greatest social and economic challenges.

The Phoenix Project, a not-for-profit corporation, tries to model the very social entrepreneurship principles we promote. Our initiatives, which include leadership and educational programs, conferences, service-learning technologies, and university-community partnerships are designed with transformational impact, scalability, and sustainability in mind. We prove the viability of our programs in Virginia, where we are headquartered, and then make them available for replication beyond Virginia.

Our organization is led by a team with substantial experience in the fields of leadership education, entrepreneurship, organizational development, and community revitalization, including staff and board members hailing from leadership positions in the nonprofit, public and private sectors and from academia.

The Phoenix Project was honored to receive the 2009 Governor’s Award for Volunteerism and Community Service from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine.