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Target
Investment Criteria
1
The idea behind the venture must be locally
based and locally derived or generated
2 The
idea should be innovative, with a measurable impact greater than
traditional solutions
3
The venture must employ creative
resource strategies to support ongoing operating costs, ensuring long-term
sustainability
4
The idea is likely to be
replicable outside its original cultural, social, economic, political and
regional contexts and may have immediate opportunities for replication
after initial successes
5
The venture must have clearly
defined goals and resource needs
6
The venture must have a clearly
defined strategy for becoming self-sustaining
7 The
venture must have the commitment of the visionary or designated champion
8 The
venture must have definitive methodology for reporting progress and
measuring impact through specific benchmarks and metrics of success
9 If the venture is new, the
champion must assemble a community borrowing structure, an organizational
team or participate in a social project finance structuring that will
ensure collective support and accountability
10
The venture must have an “anchor
partner” in societies with a lack of infrastructure (such as a refugee
camp), through whom Global Grassroots can communicate to the champion. An
anchor partner might include international aid organizations at refugee
camps, relief centers in disaster areas, religious institutions, etc. |
