The impact ecosystem does not know its own size.
Organizations working to address social and environmental challenges are spread across sectors, geographies, and stages. So are the funders and partners who could support them. Yet no shared picture exists of who these organizations are or how they connect. The ecosystem lacks a map of itself.
That gap carries a cost. Solving social and environmental problems requires capital, innovation, technical assistance, and talent to come together. When the actors holding those resources cannot find one another, collaboration stalls and good work stays invisible.
We built Mútua to close that gap. Our impact origination database maps impact innovators so the field can see itself and act. To our knowledge, it is the most comprehensive mapping of the impact ecosystem available today. If your organization works on impact, it may already be on the map. This explains what we look for, so you can understand whether your organization appears in Mútua's search, and why.
In short:
We map organizations working on causes, not symptoms. An organization appears in Mútua's search when it shows four things:
Impact embedded in its core model. Its core activities exist to address a social or environmental challenge, not a sustainability claim added on top of business as usual.
A defined cause area. It works in a clear domain, such as climate, health, education, economic inclusion, or biodiversity.
Demonstrable, traceable activity. It is operating and visible in public, starting with an online presence on social media, not only an intention or an early-stage idea.
Up to 500 employees. We map impact innovators, not corporations. Above that line an organization falls outside the profile impact investors look to back.
The rest of this explains how we apply these, and why.
What we look for:
In response to feedback from our users, we raised our curation standard, and we hold to it deliberately. We filter for impact, not convenience. To apply the standard, we analyzed more than 2.5 million organizations with an online presence and identified over 50,000 impact innovators across Latin America and Western Europe.
Impact embedded in the model:
The easy path would be to include every organization with a sustainability claim. We do not. Almost any company can point to a link with a Sustainable Development Goal. A waste collection company will mention sustainability. That does not make it an organization working to transform how a city handles waste. So we treat the SDGs as a filter, not a label. An organization appears when its core model is built to address a specific challenge at its root, not when it holds a passing connection to a theme. The line we draw is between easing a symptom and changing the dynamics that produce it. We map the second kind.
A defined cause area:
We look for organizations working in a clear domain, such as climate, health, education, economic inclusion, or biodiversity. We organize what we map across the critical systems a transition depends on: Food & Land Use, Energy, Water & Sanitation, Mobility & Logistics, Skills & Education, Healthcare, Housing & Physical Infrastructure, Finance, and Ecosystem Stewardship & Biodiversity. This tells us not only what an organization does, but the role it plays in the larger system it belongs to.
Demonstrable and traceable:
We look for organizations that are operating and visible in public, not only an intention or an early-stage idea. We begin where organizations already describe themselves: their online presence on social media, the most complete public record of who an organization is and what it does. From there we follow the trail, from a social profile to the organization's website, then to news coverage, articles, and other public sources that fill in the picture.
All of this information exists to be seen. Organizations publish it to explain their work and to connect with the wider ecosystem. We extend the reach of that intention and give it structure so the right people can find it. The practical consequence is simple. If an organization keeps an active public presence, we can find it. If it leaves almost no public trace, it will be harder for us, or anyone, to place it on the map.
Up to 500 employees:
The scope of what we map follows from who we serve. Mútua supports impact funds, blended finance vehicles, and family offices. These investors back organizations of a particular scale, so we apply a firm size filter: for now, we map only organizations with up to 500 employees. Above that line sit corporations, and corporations are not what impact investors search for when they look for organizations to back. This is a real boundary, not a preference. Keeping the map focused is not convenience. It is relevance.
What we add once you are on the map:
Appearing on the map is the first step. We then build out each profile with the context an investor needs: what the organization does, who runs it, which market it serves, and who benefits. This is what turns a listing into something a funder can act on. It is added value on top of the map, not the reason an organization appears.
A map that keeps growing:
Mútua is early, and the map is not finished. We designed it to grow. This wider view of the landscape serves a sharper mission: to identify where the greatest leverage lies to shift the systemic dynamics behind social and environmental challenges, and to advance a regenerative economy. We will keep publishing on each of these systems in more detail, with further findings from our analysis.
If your organization is an impact innovator, there is a good chance it is already here. Search for it on Mútua, and claim your profile to increase your exposure to mission-aligned funders. If your organization fits what we map but you cannot find it, contact us so we can review it and add it.
