Alternative Ownership Enterprises (AOE)
Equipping investors to support businesses that fairly balance risk, return, and governance, from employee ownership to impact holding companies to steward ownership.
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To transform finance, a lot needs to be done.
We believe there are transformative alternatives across the entire universe of capital flows, so our programs reflect this rich diversity of approaches.
Within each program, we offer a variety of resources, experiences, and services to our stakeholders. Read more about each of them below.
Equipping investors to support businesses that fairly balance risk, return, and governance, from employee ownership to impact holding companies to steward ownership.
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We advance community control over land, housing, and other real estate assets by developing narratives and tools for the various stakeholders that are necessary for financing and building these projects.
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We are equipping business leaders and investors to understand how strategic business choices can be made outside of the constraints of purely financial considerations, making these strategies more visible, practical, and durable.
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Investments in communities from outside investors may create some benefit, but rarely build long term power for communities. We promote investment efforts that share decision making with communities: Participatory Investment.
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Not all of our work can be grouped into programs. Some other concepts we are exploring can be found here.
Social change actors know that capital holds power, and that influencing investor posture and action can advance movement goals. There are many examples of these “Capital Strategies” – and they grow more important as the financial sector becomes more and more powerful. We’re currently building out a resource hub to support movement leaders and infrastructure builders to make Capital Strategies happen.
