ERI is a social enterprise founded in 2014 with the aim of : +Making the research and fundraising services most needed by non-profits and social enterprises accessible to all, regardless of budgetary constraints.+Providing a new source of funding for organizations that aim to reduce poverty and social injustice by addressing the root causes that perpetuate them. ERI consists of a management team that combines expertise from both academia and the non-profit sector, an advisory board of leaders from academia and civil society, and a large network of academic experts from a wide range of fields and disciplines.