Category: Finance
The Manitoba Government has launched a Community Support Small Grant Program to provide funds for Manitoba’s non-profit and community-led organizations around the following key program objectives: Build capacity within community…
The government needs to ‘do different,’ by rethinking the way they partner with social purpose organizations and empowering community-level responses to the challenges that matter to them. Let’s unleash the…
The Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) has announced the recipients of the 2018 National Credit Union Awards. Canada’s credit unions have always played a significant role in the well being of the…
Last month, Winnipeg’s City Council successfully voted to create a ‘buy local’ procurement policy. The procurement specialists at the city have been given 3 months to bring the policy back…
The Government of Ontario has announced $13.6M in investments and funding as part of the provincial Social Enterprise Strategy. The investments will improve social enterprises’ access to capital and business supports,…
We definitely know the tide is turning when industry leaders like Mitchell Cohen, the President of the Daniels Corporation, encourages the private sector to “climb aboard the social procurement train”….
The Government of Manitoba is looking for a service provider to deliver its first social impact bond (SIB) that will help children and families who are in contact, or at…
Canadian co-operatives and mutuals have committed $25 Million to establish the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund (CCIF). The CCIF will provide financing for new and expanding Canadian co-operatives in Canada. The…
The Community Impact Investment Coalition of British Columbia is calling for legislative and regulatory changes that will enable greater commumity investment in the province. BC has little enabling legislation and…
The Ministry of Economic Development and Growth is launching a Call for Proposals for new Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund (SEDF) projects. In June 2016, the Ministry launched Ontario’s Social Enterprise Strategy…
Social innovation is a new solution to a social or economic problem which gives better results than traditional approaches. It can improve people’s quality of life through collaborating with new…
Applications are open for the Social Finance Awards. These annual awards recognize the people and organizations who are helping to build an impact investing market that works for all. The…