Make an Impact.
You Can Invest in a More Just and Sustainable Future.
Micro, small and early-stage artisan enterprises typically lack the capital resources necessary for them to grow successfully. Catalytic capital is needed to support artisan enterprises in building more effective sales distribution, more efficient operations and more timely financial reporting. Only with appropriate capital and support will these artisan enterprises be able to grow.
Your investment in artisan enterprises has impact in these key areas: women’s empowerment, sustainability and climate change.
We help you unlock impact opportunities in artisan enterprises in emerging markets.
With your investment, we can support more enterprises to create more economic opportunities in rural communities and contribute to sustainable economic growth. To invest, you can make a tax-deductible contribution or make a grant from your donor advised fund (DAF) or private foundation.
You can specify your investment focus or identify a specific impact opportunity that you would like to support with your contribution or grant. You can also co-invest directly in select investment opportunities. The funds you invest will be reinvested again and again, multiplying the impact of your gift and the difference you make with your contribution.
Invest via a donor advised fund.
Collectively, individuals have placed nearly $160 billion in donor advised funds (DAFs) for future charitable giving. Most of these funds are invested in the financial markets - but they don't have to be.
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund makes it easy for donor advisors to become impact investors by using their donor advised fund to support the enterprises in our portfolio.
Invest via a private foundation.
Independent foundations in the US control over $890 billion in assets, yet only give 7% of those assets as grants. The rest is invested in financial markets typically - but it doesn’t have to be.
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund makes it easy for foundations to become impact investors by using their assets to support the enterprises in our portfolio.
Invest via a charitable contribution.
Individual contributions are by far the largest source of charitable funding. Most of this giving is to churches or other religious organizations, followed by giving to universities and schools.
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund makes it easy for you to become an impact investor by using your charitable contributions to support the enterprises in our portfolio.
Please contact us if you would like to make a gift of appreciated securities, or explore options for recoverable grants or co-investment..
Download the R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund brochure.
Download the Sprout Enterprise® 2024 Impact Report.
The R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund invests in and supports early-stage artisan enterprises that create sustainable livelihoods for rural communities with few economic alternatives. Created by Realize Impact and Sprout Enterprise®.
Sprout Enterprise® is an initiative of Friends of Tilonia, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization registered in the State of New York. A copy of our latest annual report is available by request or from the New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10005.
