Social Enterprise Law Tracker
About the SELT
Welcome to the Social Enterprise Law Tracker ("SELT"). Beginning in 2008, state legislatures started authorizing a new class of entities collectively known as social enterprises. These corporate and company forms are designed for businesses that seek to create positive social and environmental impacts in addition to financial returns.
The SELT tracks five forms: the benefit corporation (BCORP), the social purpose corporation (SPC), the low-profit limited liability company (L3C), the benefit limited liability company (BLLC), and the statutory public benefit limited partnership (SPBLP).
The SELT was developed by Rob Esposito and Shawn Pelsinger, with support from the NYU Jacobson Leadership Program in Law & Business, the NYU Stern Business & Society Program, and the NYU Law and Social Entrepreneurship Association. The SELT is now hosted and maintained by the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship.
Annual Reports: The State of Social Enterprise and the Law
The Grunin Center publishes comprehensive annual reports tracking US social enterprise legislative developments from 2008 to the present.
📊 Access All Reports and PublicationsAbout the Tepper Fellows
Each year, the Grunin Center selects up to five student Research Assistants as Tepper Fellows. These Fellows maintain the Social Enterprise Law Tracker and author the annual reports.
Learn more about our current Tepper Fellows →Acknowledgment
This research project is generously funded by the Tepper Family. We would like to extend our gratitude to the Tepper Family, with particular thanks to Marvin Tepper '58, Elise Tepper, Jacqueline Tepper '90, Edward Tepper, and Shelley Tepper.