Resources for Capital Raising
Interested in raising capital in alignment with your organization’s mission and values? Explore mission-driven strategies and resources for social enterprises, nonprofits, cooperatives, and community investment funds.
General Capital Raising Resources
- Community Investment Funds: A How-Two Guide for Building Local Wealth, Equity, and Justice
- Comparison Chart of Direct Public Offering and Crowdfunding Strategies
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Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF)
Reg CF is an exempt offering strategy that allows startups and small businesses to raise capital directly from their community.
- Reg CF Overview: Explore key components of this exemption including the benefits, limitations, and required disclosures.
- Reg CF as a Capital Raising Strategy: consider if Reg CF is an ideal strategy
- Real world Reg CF examples include Recompose,
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Nonprofits
Nonprofits play an integral role in tackling some of the biggest socioeconomic and environmental problems we face today. Nonprofits also represent the third largest workforce in the U.S. alone, employing over 12 million people. We help form nonprofit structures, from simple stand-alone charities to supporting organizations that may have multiple supported organizations controlling the new charity’s board.
- Discover how we support Nonprofit Formation, Compliance, and Capital Raising
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Regulation A (Reg A)
Reg A allows a social enterprise to offer an investment opportunity directly to their whole community, not just the wealthiest in their networks. This direct public offering differs from other DPO strategies in a few ways: investors can come from multiple states; it can be used to raise more than $10 million; and organizations can advertise and market their offering to have the greatest potential reach.
- Regulation A+ Overview: Explore key components, the benefits and limitations of Reg A as a capital raise strategy and discover what “testing the waters” means.
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Cooperatives (Co-ops)
Cooperatives provide opportunities for shared ownership, fostering community wealth and empowering members to address socioeconomic issues. We support all stages of co-op formation or conversion, as well as expertise related to co-op laws, legal issues, and other forms of shared ownership.
- Co-ops: Explore key components of this exemption including the benefits, limitations, and required disclosures.
- Reg CF as a Capital Raising Strategy: consider if Reg CF is an ideal strategy
- Q&A with Nordland General Store, a community-owned cooperative
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Why sports teams are turning to crowdfunding
- Q&A with Nordland General Store, a community-owned cooperative
Private Offerings
A private placement or private offering is exempt from federal registration and not usually offered broadly to the public. This includes offerings to friends and family, angel investor, foundation, and venture capital investments.
- Exploring Private Raise Strategies: discover the overview of options and brief discussion of key terms and concepts.key components, the benefits and limitations of Reg A as a capital raise strategy and discover what “testing the waters” means.
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Community Investment Funds (CIF)
A private placement or private offering is exempt from federal registration and not usually offered broadly to the public. This includes offerings to friends and family, angel investor, foundation, and venture capital investments.
- 5 Simple CIF Strategies: Explore five simple strategies for setting up a CIF that can be done efficiently and cost-effectively at a community scale.
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