Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team (NESsT)
Santiago, Chile
With regional offices in Chile, Hungary, and the United States, NESsT is an international organization with roots in South America. The NESsT Venture Fund has provided technical assistance and seed grants to over twenty NGOs in Chile, and its social enterprise publications, tool kits, and resources are all available in Spanish.
NESsT's mission is to find lasting solutions to systemic poverty and social injustice through the development of social enterprises -- mission-driven businesses that increase the financial sustainability and social change impact of civil society organizations.
NESsT achieves its mission by combining the tools and strategies of business entrepreneurship with the mission and values of nonprofit entrepreneurship to support the development of social enterprises in emerging democracies worldwide.
NESsT works as a social enterprise catalyst worldwide through its four priority initiatives:
• NESsT Venture Fund: A philanthropic investment fund providing capacity-building & financing support to a portfolio of high-impact social enterprises in emerging markets.
• NESsT University: Promotes accountability, innovation, leadership & professionalism in the social enterprise field worldwide through forums, workshops, trainings, internships, and publishing.
• NESsT Consulting: Offers professional services in social enterprise development to clients worldwide, typically foundations, national and international organizations.
• NESsT Marketplace: A global, on-line shopping portal designed to enable social enterprises to reach a wider consumer market for selling their products and services.
Contact Information:
Co-founders & Chief Executive Officers: Lee Davis
Nicole Etchart
Address: Jose Arrieta 89
Providencia, Santiago
CHILE
Phone: +(56 2) 222 5190
Fax: +(56 2) 634 2599
E-mail:
nesst@nesst.org
Website:
www.nesst.org
