How Self-Control Fuels Entrepreneurship in the Developing World
In the discourse surrounding the developing world, the conversation often centers on aid—the critical provision of resources, infrastructure, and…
Our Work
Entrepreneurship and Economic Independence
Microfinance, start-up investment and small-business support that let people build enterprises, employ others and lift their communities.
The Foundation’s goals are designed around one central theme: to empower the under-resourced with the tools needed to build opportunity.
Its mission is to stabilise communities through economic growth, providing resources so that leaders and visionaries have the means to build and grow businesses that allow for extended growth in the community. Access, the Foundation believes, is the most important part of seeing an idea come to life.
What we do
- Microfinance in Bangladesh. CJF Bangladesh extends finance to people with extraordinary potential so that they can establish small enterprises. Read Md. Anamul Haque’s story.
- The StartUP initiative. Led by Kristen Picot, the StartUP initiative and StartUP Fund support new ventures, and expanded to Ghana.
- Startup Fund in the Americas. A seed fund supporting mission-aligned start-ups in underserved regions of Latin America and the Caribbean, focused on sustainable agriculture, digital access and youth empowerment.
- Relief for entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur Relief Fund, a joint initiative with Venture Beyond Capital and Courtney Jordan Holdings.
- Small Business School. Business classes for people learning how to start their own small business.
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Other areas of work
Education and Learning
Scholarships, education hubs and skills that open doors, from the Foundation's first school to classrooms in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Youth and Community Development
From the Durham Youth Alliance to new initiatives for young people, building confidence, belonging and opportunity.
Community Resilience and Opportunity
Resources For All: essential goods, clean water and access to resources that make communities more stable and self-reliant.