Аннотация:This work examines the principal support factors for social enterprises in European countries. It shows that some of the main instruments that provide backing for social enterprises are state contracts, as well as grants and subsidies that when combined with
a policy of supplying various tax benefits to social enterprises lead to an increase in the effectiveness of development of social entrepreneurship. A model is proposed for possible collaboration between different institutions on the macro and intermediate
levels to increase the efficiency of social enterprises on the basis of two variants. One of these variants counts on interactions between the financial institutions that exist at present in the countries of Western Europe, and the other on interactions between the financial institutions active in Russia, while taking the specific conditions of Russia into account. The article shows that to achieve more effective development of social entrepreneurship during the pandemic period, it is necessary to dispense with the false positions of the neoliberal school, positions that in essence perceive the state as a nonessential element in the social entrepreneurship support system. For the successful and enduring development of social entrepreneurship during the pandemic period, it is also necessary to establish and promote a transparent market for micro-finance and for raising social equity.