Tearfund Enterprise Program

Your donation towards Tearfund's Enterprise Program provides training, seed funding and opportunities for entrepreneurs in developing countries to build viable businesses that have a positive social impact.

“Without Tearfund Australia it’s hard to imagine we would have got to the point where we are today. Tearfund has helped us turn a nice idea into a business model on the cusp of changing the lives of many people facing poverty, and providing quality care for a growing middle class in India.” – Eddie Mall, GladRose

Donate

How your donation is used:

Create & Build

Funds are used to help Tearfund partners to learn, explore and build for-profit enterprise models that create positive social impact in local communities.

Key features

• Participation in “Design Lab” program – an eight-month business accelerator program that equips aspiring social entrepreneurs to learn, design and build new social enterprise models
• Award small grants to fund proving of business models incl. Startup costs, sales and marketing initiatives, engagement of specialist advisors etc.

Design Lab: Participation will be limited to existing partners of Tearfund Australia only.

Grow

Funding from the Tearfund Enterprise Program is granted to early stage social enterprises, who often face challenges accessing traditional financing models.

Key features

• Enterprises operating in livelihoods, women’s empowerment but also open to other broader SDG goals.

Other criteria in development that includes the team capability and scalability of the concept.

Scale

Tearfund helps facilitate investment in scalable viable business to grow social impact.

Provides direct investment opportunity for investors, or packaged investment through TEAR and/or other providers.

Key features

• Enterprises operating in livelihoods, women’s empowerment but also open to other broader SDG goals

Stage: Viable business with scalable plans & Impact

Donate towards the Tearfund Enterprise Program

Get In Touch

If you'd like to talk with us about the Enterprise Program, please contact:

Ivan Chew
1800 244 986
[email protected]