We are currently accepting requests for investment from for-profit social enterprises.

We are not accepting unsolicited grant requests.

We provide funding directly to companies and organizations.

We do not provide funding for the following:

• Intermediary organizations

• Investment / impact funds

• Endowments

• Scholarship funds

• System orchestrators

• Capital campaigns

• Transactional services

• Political campaigns / lobbying

• Advocacy

• Early stage drug development

We choose to learn about organizations through a simplified application process and virtual and onsite discussions with the organization.

We begin our review process with the letter of inquiry (LOI). We utilize the information provided in the LOI, and from the organization’s website, to determine alignment to our current priorities. For those organizations that align, we will schedule diligence discussions.

We review requests as we receive them so that we can move quickly. If you are a for-profit social enterprise that would like to be considered for funding, we invite you to submit a letter of inquiry after reviewing our eligibility criteria.

Objectives:

Understand the problem the organization is solving, the solution they are creating, and how that solution will help people in need at scale.

Learn about the senior leadership team to evaluate experience and competence.

Explore financial models to understand the capital required to achieve profitability and sustainability.

Understand the impact the organization is driving and how additional capital will enable additional impact.

We streamline reporting requirements to preserve your resources and minimize distractions. Whenever possible, we leverage standard reporting.

We will work with you to fulfill legal reporting requirements, including:

• Understanding and documenting the charitable objective of the organization.

• Aligning on how additional funds will be used to drive additional impact.

• Establishing a reporting and tracking plan to understand progress and satisfy legal requirements.

We do not accept donations. Instead, we encourage interested donors to give directly to our grantees and partner organizations.