Our Unique Structure
At Enterprise, we share one mission of increasing access to affordable housing in thriving communities. Our unique structure lets us leverage significant resources to meet the challenges of our mission—a true social enterprise.- Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit that:
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- Provides expertise to our local developer partners
- Carries out our policy work and initiatives
- Operates national programs such as Enterprise Green Communities, our national green initiative.
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Makes grants to partners to help them strengthen their operations or plan projects. These grants come from money that we need to raise every year from our donors-–individuals, corporations, foundations and the government.
- Our socially motivated for-profit subsidiary, Enterprise Community Investment, is one of the main vehicles through which we bring capital into projects, including:
- Enterprise also brings capital into projects through our nonprofit subsidiary, Enterprise Community Loan Fund, a community development lender (a Community Development Financial Institution or CDFI).