Fourth Sector Directory

Big Issue Invest is a specialised provider of finance to social enterprises or trading arms of charities that are finding business solutions that create social and environmental transformation.

RSF is a social enterprise dedicated to using the tools of business to bring about positive, real-world change. Our goal is not just to make money available to progressive and innovative projects; it’s to fundamentally change the way the world works with money. Today, RSF offers investing, lending, and giving services to individuals and enterprises committed to improving society and the environment. We currently have over one thousand clients who are creating enormous positive impact by helping us redirect the flow of money from global capital markets to local ones.

Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a national leader in helping nonprofits strengthen their financial health and improve their capacity to serve their communities. NFF speaks regularly at workshops, conferences, NFF events and other gatherings around the country focused on nonprofit finance and social enterprise.

A nonprofit community development loan fund and certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), PCG is operating as the first wholesale loan participation network in our industry. By partnering with mission focused lenders and investors, we provide access to capital for low income people and communities. Our mission is to advance economic justice and opportunity by partnering with organizations who provide access to capital for low income people and communities.

GEXSI links charitable donors, entrepreneurs and investors in funding social businesses in low-income regions around the world. We support social entrepreneurs in moving “from Aid to Market”: from charity dependence towards sustainable business. GEXSI provides social enterprises with coaching and development investment services.

InVenture Fund is a global investment fund and online social network that enables everyday people to put their money to work to change the world. When “InVestors” invest with InVenture Fund, they provide capital to entrepreneurs in developing countries who are being trained in business and community leadership and are committed to reinvesting in their own communities. This combined financial and educational investment, unique among today’s social venture capital marketplace, ensures that the entrepreneurs grow viable businesses that give back—to both their InVestors and the local communities that support them.