Enterprise Community Partners, formerly The Enterprise Foundation, is a national nonprofit organization that develops and deploys programs and supports community organizations on the ground, advocates for nonpartisan policy, invests capital to build and preserve affordable rental homes, and owns and operates 13,000 affordable homes and provides resident services for 22,000 people. Founded in 1982 by developer/philanthropist James W. Rouse and his wife Patty, Enterprise has worked with community-based nonprofit organizations to develop 662,000 homes, investing $61 billion throughout the United States.