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ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY

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The Field Guide

The 170+ page field guide features a history of the field, 12 key research findings, and necessary frontiers of practice for the field to advance.

 
 

Featured Case Studies & Profiles

 
 
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LoanWell
LoanWell

LoanWell seeks to provide access to capital for those that typically are left out of the financial markets.

Amplio Recruiting
Amplio Recruiting

Amplio Recruiting connects refugees to affordable jobs, which has now placed 7,628 refugees into employment.

Adrian Dominican Sisters
Adrian Dominican Sisters

Sister Corinne Florek, a member of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, has been doing what we today call social impact investing since the early 1970s.

Rising Tide Capital
Rising Tide Capital

The typical participant in Rising Tide Capital’s (RTC) programs is a mom with two kids.

Praxis Accelerator
Praxis Accelerator

The Praxis Accelerator provides entrepreneurs with a practical, biblically informed framework that enables them to be agents of cultural renewal.

Opportunity International
Opportunity International

Visit Atul Tandon’s office, and you’ll spot a red toy truck on his desk. Tandon, CEO of Opportunity International, explains that it’s a reminder of one of the organization’s greatest lessons.

  • Opportunity International

    Relentless Innovation

  • Adrian Dominican Sisters

    The Legacy and Power of “Nun Money”

  • Verdant Frontiers

    Going to Scale to Fight Poverty

  • Grace in Action Collectives

    Enterprise Solutions for Urban Youth through Co-Ops

  • Praxis Accelerator

    Nurturing “Redemptive Entrepreneurs”

  • Loanwell

    Strengthening Community Development Financial Institutions

  • Faith Driven Investor

    An Online Marketplace for Accredited Investors

  • Rising Tide Capital

    Enterprise Solutions for the Working Poor

  • Prison Entrepreneurship Program

    Enterprise Solutions for Returning Citizens

  • Blueprint Local

    Investing in Opportunity Zones

  • Everence

    Impact Investing for the Ordinary Investor

  • Advance Memphis

    Trauma-Informed Workplaces “Fundamental” in Workforce Development Programs

  • Amplio Recruiting

    Enterprise Solutions for Refugees

  • 1K Churches

    Churches Engaged in Microlending

  • Commonwealth

    Enterprise Solutions “to the World’s Biggest Problems”

  • Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship

    Empowering Entrepreneurial Women

  • Black Church Food Security Network

    A “Soil-to-Sanctuary” Pipeline

  • Purposeful Design

    Leveraging Corporate Partnerships

  • Freedom Business Alliance

    Scaling the Freedom Business Movement

 

Sample of Organizations

 
 

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