In 2023, enpact also founded a charitable foundation. Its goal is to mobilize direct and immediate financial support and promote sustainable entrepreneurship.
The Direct Response Fund supports entrepreneurs and small business owners worldwide whose livelihoods and work have been affected by crises and uncertainty. With it, we continue to fight against economic inequality and ensure resources and support for those who need it.
Every Euro does make a difference!
We thank you for your interest in supporting our work! Your contribution will help create real change, from wherever you are in the world.
If you would like to find out more about the foundation, our work, or the process of providing a contribution, please reach out to us via info@enpact.org with your questions.
Check out the different effects that can be maximized – and even scaled – with your support.
Since 2020, our Crisis Relief and Resilience programs have provided direct financial support to more than 2,300 entrepreneurs and small business owners in nine countries.
The impressive ripple effect affects whole communities: Participants created and preserved more than 6,600 jobs and worked with 7,200+ suppliers and small businesses.
In addition, our programs help to level the playing field by combining financial support with access to information and international connections. On average, we deliver 2000+ hours of training, mentoring, and market access sessions annually.
You encourage future entrepreneurs by enabling them to survive and thrive despite crises. By successfully building their businesses, they become role models in their markets.
Increasing the resilience of small businesses to future crises accelerates the financial recovery and independence of whole economies.
All contributions are tax deductible in Germany. Once you contribute, you will automatically receive a donation certificate that you can present to your tax authorities. Please consult your tax advisor whether the donation is eligible for a tax deduction in your country. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to us via info@enpact.org.
In our programs, we strive to achieve and maintain a ratio of up to 80% of the program funding going directly to the entrepreneurs and small business owners participating in the program. The remaining funds are utilized for the operational expenses related to developing and implementing the program and its different components.
This fund is a dedicated, independent tool that enables us to quickly mobilize support for entrepreneurs in crises. In cooperation with our funding partners, the average time for of setting up and starting a project is 7 to 9 months.With our own fund, this will become a matter of less than two months.
We cover their backs so they can fully concentrate on developing their business. Next to supporting their monthly living expenses they can use the support for covering some of their business expenses. Thus, they are enabled to maintain operational and preserve the jobs that they created.
Your donate to the enpact Stiftung, a charitable foundation under civil law with legal capacity, in Berlin, Germany. The enpact Stiftung is supervised under the authority of the State of Berlin, Department for Justice, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination (Transparency registry for Berlin, No. SPR_100152). Financial reports and annual reports are publicly available. Moreover, once you contribute, you can opt-in to receive regular, personalized updates about how your specific contribution is being utilized and the impact that it has created.
We encourage all means of contribution. Aside from direct contributions, you can contact us for collaborations as a community or strategic partner, as mentor/expert in our programs, or as sponsor of one of our events or programs. Learn more here.
The fund supports entrepreneurs that have already validated their business models and established businesses.
The support they receive through the fund reduces immediate risks of closure and gives entrepreneurs the time to find alternatives ways to adapt their products and services.
Since 2020, 0ver 92.13% of businesses funded through enpact’s crisis relief and resilience programs have remained operational after the program has ended according to our post-program evaluation.
