Where does the social sector get the services and supports it needs to thrive?

As their primary purpose, infrastructure providers must serve members of at least one of the social sector’s core constituencies, which we define as categories or subcategories of types of social sector organizations, groups, and individuals acting to advance social missions. These types of social sector entities may or may not focus on specific issue areas.

• Social sector organization constituencies include types of nonprofits as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, for-profits with a social mission, or hybrids of the two. Examples of organization subcategories include all social enterprises or private foundations focused on health.
• Social sector group constituencies can include types of mutual aid societies, neighborhood associations, giving circles, social movements, and faith communities. Examples of group subcategories include all faith communities or groups counteracting anti-Asian violence.
• Social sector individual constituencies can include types of individual donors, volunteers, voters, and organizers. Examples of individual subcategories include all volunteers or Generation Z high-net-worth donors.

Infrastructure providers can direct their services and supports to one or multiple social sector organizations, groups, or individuals, or they can serve an entire field. They can come from the social sector, work at for-profit businesses, or be public sector agencies.