Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Field Guide
Creating the first-ever landscape analysis of Christian organizations providing Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
Overview
This project will analyze how faith-animated social enterprises’ and impact investors’ Christian faith commitments affect the work of their organizations.
We will do this through a three-fold process:
Mapping the field
Scan and map the main actors and trends across the ecosystem of enterprise approaches
Sharing stories
Highlight the leading models by providing the first-ever look at the varieties of practice
Filling gaps
Identify the most pressing obstacles to enterprise-based solutions to practice and policy
Field Guide Advisors
Rosa Lee Harden
Faith & Finance
Henry McCoy
Innovate Carolina + Carolina Central University
Kim Tan
TBN + SpringHill Management
JoAnn Flett
Partners Worldwide
Endel Liias
Nexus Impact Advisors + Phillips Foundation
Greg Jones
Duke Divinity/ Belmont University
Matt Nash
Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Evan Loomis
Saturn Five + Icon
Rebecca Lilly Brooks
Morgan Stanley
Hogan Bassey
Founder at Livful
Project Details
Why this research matters?
Over the last few decades, we have witnessed a surge of interest in market-based approaches to economic development and poverty alleviation. We have also witnessed an explosion of entirely new ways of doing business. From the embrace of Corporate Social Responsibility, to the growth of social entrepreneurship and social impact investing, “business with a social purpose” has become more than a niche. It is increasingly becoming an expectation by investors and consumers.
Want to learn more? Download our recruitment packet to explore more project details and read bios of our advisory committee.
See our project timeline here.
PHASE 1
Design & Conduct Ecosystem Survey
November 2020–December 2021
PHASE 2
Holding Focus Groups & Creating Case Studies
December–March 2021
PHASE 3
Publication & Promotion of Field Guide
April 2022-July 2022