| Case No. |
Case Organization |
Case Title |
Field of Activity |
Self-Financing Activity |
Country
(year) |
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Case Nos. 1 - 3: "Enterprising Foundations"
Case Set: How can local grantmaking foundations
use enterprise activities to build their endowment and
sustain their activities? This is the question addressed
by the first set of cases produced by NESsT in cooperation
with the Synergos Institute. The cases focus on three
Latin American grant-making foundations that use innovative
enterprise activities to raise funds for their grant-making
activities and programs.
|
| 1 |
The Corona Foundation
|
Building
an endowment |
Social
Development |
A private,
corporate foundation dedicated to social development
in Colombia, the Corona Foundation uses a conservative
investment strategy to invest all hard assets donated
by its corporate founders for its endowment, using only
cash donations for grant-making purposes. |
Colombia
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|
| 2 |
Hogar de Cristo |
Mobilizing
Local Resources |
Social
Welfare |
The largest
operating foundation in Chile, Hogar de Cristo raises
82 percent of its revenues through five types of self-financing.
The myriad of enterprises range from membership fees,
to sale of products and services, to royalties and real
estate rental income. |
Chile
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|
|
| 3 |
The FES Foundation
|
Permanent
Matching Funds |
Education |
The FES
Foundation, formerly one of the largest community foundations
in Colombia, established Permanent Matching Funds as
a way to build its endowment. |
Colombia
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|
| 4 |
Casa de la Paz |
Diversifying funding sources
by generating new clients |
Environment; Education |
Casa de la Paz generates
income for its activities in citizen participation,
environment and conflict resolution through consulting
contracts. |
Chile |
|
|
| 5 |
CIEM Aconcagua |
Furthering organizational
mission through self-financing |
Community Development; Arts-Culture |
CIEM Aconcagua generates
income for its community development work by offering
workshops and trainings and selling artisanal goods. |
Chile |
|
|
| 6 |
CODEMU |
Managing a non-mission-related
business |
Human (Labor) Rights |
CODEMU, a labor rights
group for women textile workers, generates income through
its trainings and a for-profit laundromat in Santiago. |
Chile |
|
|
| 7 |
Mexfam |
Offering high-quality services
at subsidized prices |
Health; Education |
Mexfam generates 40% of
its income through the sale of educational materials
and products for family planning, health and sex education. |
Mexico |
|
|
| 8 |
Fundamor
|
Building Self-financing
from organizational mission and assets |
Health |
Fundamor generates more
than 60% of its income from numerous enterprises in
support of its services to children living with HIV/AIDS. |
Colombia |
|
|
| 9 |
Fundaempresa |
Using know-how as a basis
for self-financing |
Small Enterprise Development |
Fundaempresa generates
nearly 80% of its income from trainings and consultations
on business planning and enterprise development. |
Colombia |
|
|
| 10 |
Eco Center Caput Insulae Beli
|
Becoming financially autonomous while capitalizing on hard assets and know-how |
Environmental Protection |
BECCIB's first self-financing activity provided accommodation
for Center visitors. Since then, self-financing activities have expanded to include
consultancy work in the environmental filed, provision of guided tours, and charging of admission.
|
Croatia |
|
|
| 11 |
Slap Association for Creative Development
|
Balancing human resource capacity while earning revenues |
Inter-sectoral cooperation for socially aware entrepreneurship |
Slap's main self-financing activity consists of providing training and consultancy services to CSOs, local authorities and firms on topics related to nonprofit entrepreneurship. The second activity is knitwear line produced by a group of socially vulnerable women. |
Croatia |
|
|
| 12 |
Udruga Slijepih Association of the Blind
|
Providing employment for the organization's target group with reaching organizational sustainability |
Services for the Blind |
The Association
established cooperation with a small family business and started the production of wooden toys. The Association has hired four previously unemployed beneficiaries.
|
Croatia |
|
|
| 13 |
Zelena Akcija (Green Action)
|
Supplementing donor funds through several small-scale self-financing activities |
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development |
The organization sells T-shirts and pens carrying Zelen Akcija's logo, they collect membership fees, and rent out space at their summer resort to visitors. |
Croatia |
|
|
14
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Udruga MI
|
Fee for services: daily program activities meeting financial needs
|
Refugee Services |
Udruga MI instituted a fee-based service to its beneficiaries, mostly senior citizens done in cooperation with the municipal government. At present, the self-financing activity manages to cover some of its direct costs, such as the salary of one professional, although not all operational costs.
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Croatia |
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| 23 |
Copeme |
Adapting Self-Financing strategies to new Market Conditions |
Micro and Small (MSE)
Enterprise Development |
Credit and loan cooperative for partner organizations |
Perú |
|
|
| 24 |
GEA |
Balancing Mission and Success in the Marketplace |
Enviromental
Consulting |
Environmental consulting services (ECOLAB) |
Perú |
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| 25 |
SER |
Self- Financing Activities Respond to the Needs of the Community |
Education |
Rural development consulting services |
Perú |
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