NESsT works to solve critical social problems in emerging market countries by developing and supporting social enterprises that strengthen civil society organizations' financial sustainability and maximize their social impact.

NESsT achieves its mission by combining the tools and strategies of business entrepreneurship with the mission and values of nonprofit entrepreneurship to support the development of social enterprises in emerging democracies worldwide.


NESsT works as a social enterprise catalyst worldwide through our four priority initiatives:

A philanthropic investment fund providing capacity-building & financing support to a portfolio of high-impact social enterprises in emerging markets.

Promotes accountability, innovation, leadership & professionalism in the social enterprise field worldwide through forums, workshops, trainings, internships, and publishing.

Offers professional services in social enterprise development to clients worldwide, typically foundations, national and international organizations.

A global, on-line shopping portal designed to enable social enterprises to reach a wider consumer market for selling their products and services.

 


  

"Social enterprises enable us to take greater responsibility and control of our own resources, to further our missions, and to steer part of the market toward the pursuit of social change."
- Lee Davis and Nicole Etchart,

in Profits for Nonprofits

(NESsT: Budapest, 1999)

Furthering nonprofit missions through social enterprise.
In Colombia the numerous enterprises owned by Fundamor generate more than 60% of the CSO's operating budget and allow it to offer more services for children living with HIV / AIDS.

Read more about social enterprises receivings support from the NESsT Venture Fund.


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