The Jubilee Fund Inc. is an ethical investment fund established to raise awareness concerning the interrelated issues of poverty reduction, financial assets and access to credit. The Jubilee Fund provides short term loans to not-for-profit organizations and businesses, (cooperatives and social enterprises) to initiate or complete community based projects that reduce poverty and financial exclusion. The Jubilee Fund projects typically contribute to community needs and priorities, low income housing and/or small business or worker co-op business opportunities.IdentityThe Jubilee Fund was launched in 2000 as a Winnipeg-based expression of the millennium celebration for debt relief. The Jubilee Fund was inspired by the Hebrew Scriptures that call for the periodic redistribution of wealth and debt cancellation.The Jubilee Fund began in the spirit to restore equity within society and we intend to carry this spirit forward in a caring, yet business-based manner. more... See more text