The Poverty Reduction through Social Entrepreneurship
(PRESENT) Coalition

The Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship (PRESENT) Coalition is a network of social enterprise practitioners, advocates, NGOs and members of the academia who have joined together to advance social entrepreneurship as an approach to poverty eradication and socio-economic development.

- Push for the enactment and implementation of the PRESENT Bill;

- Undertake a nationwide education campaign on SE as vehicles for poverty reduction;

- Develop standards and benchmarks for self- regulation and development of the sector;

- Develop an enabling ecosystem for social enterprises to flourish towards inclusive recovery and building back fairer


The PRESENT Coalition Members


Join the Coalition

Are you a social enterprise, organization, or individual who wants to share in PRESENT’s advocacy of sustainable poverty alleviation through social entrepreneurship? Whether you want to join on behalf of an organization or as an individual, we invite you to become a member of the PRESENT Coalition. Joining is free of charge.

If you have any questions about membership or the network, please don’t hesitate to contact us

Get Involved

How can you make a difference?

Sign the Petition

to express your support for the PRESENT bill. Invite your family and friends to take a stand too.


Sign the Petition

Learn more

about the sector by accessing these free resources on social enterprises in the Philippines.


Read more

Join the Coalition

in working and advocating to advance social entrepreneurship as a strategy to poverty reduction.