Innovative Funding Mechanisms for Social Change

doi:10.5771/9783845213132

Innovative Funding Mechanisms for Social Change

1. Edition 2009

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doi.org/10.5771/9783845213132
ISBN print: 978-3-8329-3948-9
ISBN online: 978-3-8452-1313-2
Nomos, Baden-Baden Nomos, Baden-Baden

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Zusammenfassung

Wo die soziale Sicherung des Staates versagt, findet die Zivilgesellschaft ihre eigenen Lösungen. In vielen Ländern haben zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen mehr Arbeitsplätze geschaffen als der öffentliche und der private Sektor. Um den damit verbundenen Herausforderungen gerecht zu werden, orientieren sich soziale Pioniere an den erfolgreichen Geschäftsmodellen und Management-Strategien der privaten Unternehmen, sie werden zu „social entrepreneurs“. Aber oft fehlen ihnen die finanziellen Mittel, um ihr soziales Unternehmen auf einen stabilen Wachstumskurs zu bringen.

Dieses Buch untersucht das Potential maßgeschneiderter sozialer Investmentfonds und Investitionsstrategien von Stiftungen, um auf neuen Wegen das fehlende Kapital bereitzustellen. Die Themen der portraitierten Finanzierungsmodelle reichen von der Augenheilkunde über die biologische Landwirtschaft bis zur Pressefreiheit. Die Autoren untersuchen die Voraussetzungen ihrer Entwicklung und ihre Relevanz für die Zukunft der Zivilgesellschaft.

Abstract

The citizen sector is rising worldwide, social initiatives and enterprises have provided much needed products and services to improve poor people’s quality of life. In many countries the citizen sector has grown faster than the public sector and the world of business and created millions of new jobs. To meet the challenges of upscaling and replicating successful operations, social pioneers have begun to adopt business models and management strategies from the market economy; they have become “social entrepreneurs”. They are restless and busy people, they have no time and in most cases no money. The development of their social enterprises is often severely compromised by the lack of adequate financial resources, and the search for innovative funding mechanisms for social change has become a top priority of both philanthropic organizations and social entrepreneurs.

The book explores the potential of structured social investment products and asset management strategies to give venture philanthropy a broader range of options in providing equity and debt to social enterprises. The authors inquire into their preconditions, relevance and outreach to society at large, and ask how innovative approaches can be scaled to improve their impact.

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1–15 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–15
16–55 1. Funding for Social Change – History, Challenges, and Methodology 16–55
- 16–23 1.1 The History of Sympathetic Values Peter W. Heller Peter W. Heller 16–23
- 24–25 1.2 The Dark Matter of Foundation Assets Daniel Schwartz Daniel Schwartz 24–25
- 26–37 1.3 Venture Philanthropy – From Operations to Finance Maximilian Martin Maximilian Martin 26–37
- 38–55 1.4 The Business Case for Philanthropy Maximilian Martin Maximilian Martin 38–55
56–127 2. Social Investment for Social Entrepreneurs – Case Studies 56–127
- 56–62 2.1 The Eye Fund David Green David Green 56–62
- 63–67 Financing The Eye Fund Asad Mahmood Asad Mahmood 63–67
- 68–72 2.2 The Sekem Fund Christina Boecker Christina Boecker 68–72
- 73–91 Sekem: Liberating a Vision, an Artistic Approach to Entrepreneurship Christian Seelos, Johanna Mair Christian Seelos, Johanna Mair 73–91
- 92–97 2.3 The Media Loan Development Fund Regula Ritter Regula Ritter 92–97
- 98–121 The Media Development Loan Fund – Operation and Funding Mechanism Sasa Vucinic Sasa Vucinic 98–121
- 122–127 2.4 The F.B. Heron Foundation David Carrington David Carrington 122–127
128–135 3. Perspectives for the Future 128–135
- 128–133 3.1 A New Template for Funding Philanthropy? Arthur Wood Arthur Wood 128–133
- 134–135 3.2 More Ventures for Smiling Money Peter W. Heller Peter W. Heller 134–135
136–141 List of Authors 136–141

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