The Dualis Social Investment Fund

The Dualis Social Investment Fund is a nonprofit organization that directs philanthropic investments towards the growth of the social business sector in Israel, developing businesses that aspire to realize social aims while earning profits. Working in cooperation with public social welfare agencies and nonprofits that serve disadvantaged populations, Dualis businesses train, mentor, and employ people on the margins of society, helping them to build meaningful and purposeful lives. Dualis’ mission focuses on the fostering of a social business sector, training social business leaders and advocating for the growth of the sector within the business community and among regulatory authorities. Dualis has a two-pronged strategic approach: supporting individual social entrepreneurs who seek to create and build social businesses, and leveraging successful social business models by creating infrastructural, large, scale-up projects that train hundreds of at-risk people while transforming existing businesses into social businesses. Being a pioneer in this field, the Fund has played a central role in advocating for the growth of a social investment sector in Israel, and has been active in raising public awareness for the social business model as a successful tool to address social challenges.