In comparing the two approaches to social enterprise, the U.S. nonprofit definition does not allow any profit distribution while the European definition allows at least some mainly due to the inclusion of cooperatives in the definition. Also, social enterprise in Europe is viewed as belonging to the “social economy” where social benefit is the main driving force. Indeed,mainorganizationsinthesocialeconomyincludecooperatives,mutualorganizations, associations, and foundations (OECD, 2003). In the United States, the concept of a social economy is not used and nonprofit social enterprises are often discussed as operating in the market economy