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A diagram that switches between the Mercy Corps, Ground Up Investing / Corus, One Acre Ventures, and Heifer Impact Capital structures
Mercy Corps
Corus International
One Acre Fund
Heifer International
Mercy Corps, Ground Up Investing / Corus, One Acre Ventures, and Heifer Impact Capital structures
A parent organization box, a fund row, and a portfolio box, all the same size, stacked in one column shifted slightly left of center. For Mercy Corps and One Acre Ventures, the fund row splits into two boxes side by side. For Mercy Corps, the parent and fund row have no direct connecting line; instead a right-angle arrow runs from the parent box to a Mercy Corps Ventures box off to the side, and a branching line runs from that box back into both fund boxes, showing Mercy Corps Ventures as the manager of both funds. The fund row connects to the portfolio box below it with a labeled arrow.
Arms-length fund manager
"Future model for INGOs"
Adjacent diversification
Integrated into programming
Mercy Corps
One Acre Fund
Corus International
Heifer International
NGO, 40 offices
Staple crop farmer network
fmr. Lutheran World Relief
Core business is programming
Core business, field presence
~50% of
origination
Fund I
Evergreen
Ground Up Investing
Fund I, self-managed
One Acre Ventures
Warehouse phase
Off balance sheet
Fund II
Resilient Future Fund
Climate adaptation
GUI Fund II
$20M raising
then $75M Fund III
1AV Fund phase
Oikocredit, AgDevCo,
ResponsAbility (planned)
Heifer Impact Capital
No separate fund manager
35 direct deals, no intermediation
Mercy Corps Ventures
Fund manager
IDH Investment Mgmt
Fund manager
One Acre Ventures
Fund Manager
Joint venture
Equity
Debt
Equity → Debt
Direct loans
Portfolio companies
Agri-SMEs
GUI portfolio companies
Farmers & co-ops, direct
Social enterprises
Staple → cash-crop shift
Mountain Harvest, DelAgua + more