Since 2010 · Bellevue, WA
Sowing social entrepreneurs, growing self-sufficient communities.
We adapt proven social business models, inspired by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, to fight poverty locally: incubating ventures, feeding families and training young leaders.
- ✓ 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
- ✓ Candid / GuideStar
- ✓ East King County Coalition
Who we are
About us
Global Social Business Partners was founded in 2010 by Narima Amin, inspired by her own childhood experience of food insecurity. We are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Bellevue, Washington.
Inspired by Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen model, we use social business to combat poverty: social business incubation, weekly emergency food distribution, permaculture education and youth-driven innovation.
Our vision
Self-sufficient communities where poverty is solved locally, by social entrepreneurs we help to grow.
Our mission
To replicate and adapt sustainable models, inspired by Grameen, to combat poverty and foster local self-sufficiency.
History of work
A decade of rooted, measurable impact
From incubating gardens to fiscal sponsoring a 2028 community hub — every milestone is proof that your support creates lasting change.
Bellevue College Social Business Club
Launched the Bellevue College Social Business Club, planting the seed for youth-led innovation that would grow into the 2018 Youth Rising Summit for Social Business Innovation.
Interfaith Preschool Garden
Incubated an interfaith preschool garden, connecting children of diverse faiths with the soil — an early model of community-owned, values-driven food growing.
African Immigrant Farm Support
Supported a 2.75-acre farm for an African immigrant entrepreneur, demonstrating GSBP's commitment to equitable opportunity and immigrant-led food enterprise.
$500K+ In-Kind Infrastructure
Helped a partner organization secure more than $500K in in-kind labor and materials to build aquaponics systems, nine greenhouses, and key farm infrastructure supporting millions of pounds of rescued food.
Youth Rising Summit
The Social Business Club culminated in the 2018 Youth Rising Summit for Social Business Innovation — a landmark gathering of young changemakers designing tomorrow's solutions.
GSBP CEO Home Model
Modeled a GSBP "CEO Home" to demonstrate home-based food growing and processing for neighbors and community — proving that every home can be a hub of local food sovereignty.
Community Coalitions & Events
Organized numerous events with elected leaders, interfaith partners, and grassroots groups focused on food, environment, and belonging — weaving the social fabric of East King County.
Wayfinder Hub — Fiscal Sponsor
GSBP joined a coalition of 11 agencies advancing equitable development in East King County, serving as fiscal sponsor for the Wayfinder Hub — a community-owned space within an affordable housing project.
Coming 2028Each milestone was made possible by donors like you.
Your gift today funds the next chapter — the Wayfinder Hub, the next generation of ISEED graduates, and millions more pounds of rescued food.
Donate to the mission →What we do
Programs that turn ideas into lasting local change
Ventures · ISEED
Incubation
Innovation for Social Entrepreneurship and Environmental Development: mentorship, resources and incubation that take social businesses from idea to scale.
Learn more about IncubationPermaculture & ISEED HUB
Education
Hands-on permaculture training, community workshops and the ISEED University HUB for the next generation of changemakers.
Learn more about EducationInvesting in youth
Scholarships
Awards for young people building businesses in food, agriculture and sustainability across Washington State.
Learn more about ScholarshipsOur approach
What is a social business?
A social business is a company created to solve a social problem. It sustains itself financially, and its profits go back into the mission instead of to shareholders. Every program we run is built on this idea.
The seven principles of social business
The objective is to overcome poverty, or problems such as education, health, technology access and environment that threaten people and society, not to maximize profit.
The business is financially and economically sustainable.
Investors get back only their investment. No dividend is paid beyond it.
Once the investment is repaid, profit stays in the company for expansion and improvement.
The business is gender sensitive and environmentally conscious.
The workforce earns a market wage with better working conditions.
Do it with joy.
Global goals, local action
Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The 17 Global Goals guide our work, from ending poverty and hunger to quality education and partnerships. ISEED applicants show how their social business advances them.
Our ecosystem
Four pillars, one mission
Inspired by the Grameen model and the UN Global Goals, GSBP operates as an interconnected ecosystem — each pillar strengthening the others toward a world free from hunger and poverty.
Fund
Impact Investment · Grant Management · Strategic Seed Funding
We channel impact investment, grants, and strategic seed funding toward social businesses tackling food insecurity and environmental justice.
Education
Workshops · Mentorship · Curriculum Development
From hands-on permaculture training to the ISEED University HUB, we build capacity for the next generation of social entrepreneurs.
Ventures
Social Enterprise Incubation · Scalable Models · Market Solutions
We incubate ventures through ISEED — providing mentorship, resources, and a pathway from idea to scale for mission-driven founders.
Partnerships
Global Network · Cross-Sector Alliances · Resource Sharing
We build coalitions across nonprofits, government, faith communities, and the private sector — because lasting change requires all of us.
Our impact
- Year founded by Narima Amin
- 2010
- Emergency food distribution
- Weekly
- Core programs: ventures, education, scholarships
- 3
- Years serving the Eastside
- 16
Blog & news
Stories of change
Stories from our ventures, gardens and scholars will appear here soon.
Our initiatives & partners
Support us
Change starts with each and every one of us.
Your gift, your time or your partnership helps a neighbor build something that lasts.
501(c)(3) Nonprofit
EIN 80-0681779 · Tax-deductible