- social or environmental impact investments
- microfinancing
- community finance
- new lending practices, and
- social impact bonds
- for a not-for-profit to be able to seek impact investors, it must set up a structure that can attract investors
- not-for-profits can’t attract equity investors
- not-for-profits can’t be 'owned' in the same ways that for-profits can be (ie. they can’t have shareholders), and
- not-for-profits can’t distribute profits
More information
Our Social Enterprise Guide steps through legal structuring in more detail, including hybrid structuring that can enable not-for-profits to benefit from equity investors.
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Refer to the ACNC’s guidance on charities and crypto-assets for information to help charities and their Responsible People understand the opportunities and risks associated with these assets.
