What are for-profit social enterprises?

For-profit social enterprises are businesses that have mission of social impact at the core of their values.

The motive of for-profit social enterprises are beyond to that of just profits, making world a better place and having a positive social impact is significant part of their business.

A for-profit social enterprises as contrary to non-profit enterprise does not rely on grant money, funding or donations, they trade products and services, and manage their own density and scaling in order to be sustainable.

The scaling of for-profit social enterprises are driven by making larger impact which in return creates more profit for the social enterprise.

Investors with social conscience are more likely to invest their money in to for-profit social enterprises as they have bandwidth to generate income and align their values for social impact that are of interests for both customers and investors.