The institutional environments for social enterprise in the United States and Western Europe tend to reflect a private/business focus in America and a government/social service focus in Europe. The supportive institutional context in the United States largely consists of private organizations that provide financial support, education, training, research, and consulting services for social enterprise. One of the most significant contrasts is that in the U.S. most outside financial and other support for strategic development of social enterprise comes from private foundations as opposed to government (Paton, 2003).