Business Council For Peace, Inc.

In crisis-affected communities, Bpeace stimulates job creation and the economic empowerment for women.

We create jobs and help small and medium-size businesses grow by pairing them with volunteer business experts.

We deliver high-quality customized business consultingg through volunteer business experts we call “Skillanthropists,” to carefully vetted small and medium-size businesses we call “Fast Runners.”

Together we are in pursuit of a common vision; we believe that employment is the bridge to education, poverty reduction, improved health and ultimately less violence; and that jobs for women are vital to women’s advancement and to elevating their peaceful influence on society.

Our Core Strategy:

In crisis-affected communities, accelerate the ability of business owners, especially women, to create local jobs.

Bpeace business volunteers provide advice to help local high-potential businesses in crisis-affected countries grow and create jobs, especially for women, and build a stable future for their workers and communities.

Successful Operating Model:

Bpeace unites high-quality business consulting by international volunteers (“Skillanthropists”) with proven and promising local job creators (“Fast Runners”) to help these business owners break through the barriers to growth and job creation. More jobs mean less violence.

Bpeace is the leading community of high-impact job creators.

Bpeace is powered by 400+ Skillanthropist volunteer business experts from companies including ZS Associates, FrontierView, Trusted Media, PwC, IBM, Amazon, Estee Lauder, IPG Health, ExCo Group, Nike and Barclays, as well as independent consultants. These volunteers consistently give Bpeace 5-stars—the highest rating—on Greatnonprofits.

Either remotely or in person, Skillanthropists address challenges presented to them by U.S., Salvadoran, Guatemalan and Lebanon job creators—well vetted through Bpeace’s proven Maximizer methodology. Bpeace has a valued track record of selecting local job creators with the best characteristics to embrace and implement change and the ambition to grow and create jobs, especially for women. Skillanthropists tell us they can see the impact they are making and feel valued for their perspective and experience.

More than 41,000 family members in four countries are supported by 10,500+ Fast Runner employees. Through the strong partnerships Bpeace has forged with the Argidius Foundation and USAID, and the continuous improvement of our job creation services Maximizer and Women Forward, Bpeace is on a glide path to doubling the number of families we can impact.

The Bpeace model produces substantial and sustainable change. Small and medium-size businesses that participate in Bpeace programs over-perform their local economies.