Blueprint for Enterprise Capital

The Blueprint for Enterprise Capital promotes an approach that advances change from the ground up, driven by the enterprises rooted in these communities, advocating on behalf of enterprise capital—multi-year, flexible funding invested directly into the net assets of an organization. The Blueprint is organized into three main sections: “The Case for Enterprise Capital” describes the role and impact of “equity” in both for-profit and nonprofit enterprises and the value created by aligning capacity building with capital; “Investing Enterprise Capital” offers a product design and program delivery structure for use by funders and social investors; and “Building 21st-Century Nonprofit Capital Markets” summarizes how and why enterprise capital can play an essential role in ensuring that philanthropic markets rise to the challenge of our times.