Investor

David Weekley Family Foundation

The David Weekley Family Foundation (DWFF) was established in 1990 with profits from David Weekley Homes a U.S. homebuilding company started by David Weekley in 1976 with support from his older brother Richard. The financial success of the company makes it possible to contribute a significant portion of its earnings to the foundation. DWFF is guided by the belief that everyone has a responsibility to give back and serve others by investing one s treasures talent and time to make a difference in communities throughout the world.

Type: Foundation

Geography: Global

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Detroit Development Fund

United States of America

FF REVIEW Detroit Development Fund is a non profit (501(c)(3)) organization and a certified community development financial institution incorporated in the state of Michigan. Detroit Development Fund was created in 1998 with an initial mission of helping revitalize an economically distressed target area in Detroit s far East side neighborhoods. It now operates throughout the City of Detroit. Detroit Development Fund provides loans and technical assistance to small business owners developers building owners contractors and subcontractors who cannot get all of the capital they need from traditional financing sources.

Type: CDFI

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Enterprise Louisiana Loan Fund, LLC

United States of America

The Enterprise Louisiana Loan Fund supports the redevelopment of vacant and blighted single family properties in New Orleans. Managed by Enterprise the fund encourages construction lenders to provide loans for single family home construction by committing to repay these loans upon the completion of the construction.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Freelancers Union

United States of America

FF REVIEW Freelancers Union is a national membership organization of independent workers including temporary part time freelance and self employed workers. Freelancers Union have 300000 members. Freelancers Union is a new kind of union. Freelancers Union don't charge dues. Instead of collective bargaining they use the power of the group to build market power and political power. Together they're creating a new social safety net that actually works for the members.

Type: Foundation

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Information

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Manhattan West Community Investment Fund I, LP

United States of America

The Manhattan West Community Investment Fund I LP provides secured loans to small market minority owned and women owned companies located in the United States with primary emphasis in California. The Fund offers investors a higher yield vehicle while providing the opportunity for investors to have a positive social impact in underserved communities. The team offers a combined 50 years of lending and investment experience which allows the team to provide the best capital solution for the organizations they partner with. In addition to capital the management team invests resources experience and time to develop long term relationships with entrepreneurs and help the portfolio companies succeed. Their nationwide network of relationships provides a significant resource base for their deal referral sources.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

Portugal Inova��o Social

Portugal

With the creation of Social Innovation Initiative Portugal in December 2014 Portugal was a pioneer in the European Union to channel a significant portion (about 150m euros) from the European Structural Funds of the new 2014 2020 programming cycle for the promotion of social innovation .Portugal Social Innovation intends to support Initiatives of Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (IIES) thatThey are focused on a social mission tackling important and neglected problems of societyBe innovative because they are pioneering the global or national level or for being pioneers replicas regional social innovations validated impactHave a model that can be systematized and replicated in a broader context given the nature of the problem they address and the solution they proposeThey seek to measure and validate their impact in order to continually improve performance and mobilize more resourcesAdopt implementation strategies with mechanisms that promote economic sustainability through efficient resource mobilization revenue generation or savings in public spending.Projects with these characteristics are the main beneficiaries of the financing instruments to be developed by Portugal Inovacao Social whether from social economy entities or driven by independent entrepreneurs within the public administration or by social economy entities in many Cases in partnership logic.Portugal Social Innovation will also energize an ecosystem of partner entities that train finance and monitor these initiatives helping them to achieve a greater scale and impact.The Portuguese Social Innovation Mission Structure created by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 73 A / 2014 of December 16 and amended by Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 74/2016 of November 25 is the public entity Responsible for implementing this initiative.The Mission Structure is led by a Board of Directors composed of a president (Filipe Almeida) and two vowels (Teresa Bomba and Carla Pedro).It will be supported by a committee of advisers made up of representatives of some of the main entities of the public sector and the social economy.

Type: Government

Geography: Portugal

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

StartX

United States of America

StartX is a start-up accelerator designed to accelerate the development of Stanford's top student entrepreneurs through experiential education. They provide: Community, Mentorship, Real-time education, and Resources.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Global

Impact: Access to Education

Investor

SustainVC - Patient Capital Collaborative

United States of America

PCC invests in companies that apply for financing through Investors' Circle an association of accredited investors who provide Patient Capital for a Sustainable Future. Through PCC SustainVCSM invests as the lead or participant in rounds of equity and equity related securities as small as $500000 and as large as $5000000.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services