Enterprise Community Partners, formerly The Enterprise Foundation, is a Columbia, Maryland-based nonprofit organization with offices nationwide. Founded in 1982 by developer/philanthropist James W. Rouse and his wife Patty, Enterprise has worked with community-based nonprofit organizations to develop nearly 358,000 affordable homes and invest nearly $23.4 billion throughout the United States. At its outset the program was embraced by both Democratic and Republican administrations as a method to defund expensive subsidized housing. It was also supported by land development interests to prevent competition in the home building industry. Initial funding came from Rouse's ACTION partners Richard King Mellon, David Rockefeller, Andrew Heiskell, Ford Foundation, and other Rouse affiliates includ