Exclusive: Dozens of grassroots groups cut off from funding after Ontario Trillium Foundation repealed ‘shared platform’ policy
“I don’t think it’s really being inclusive … we should all have the same opportunity to shoot our shot.”
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INTERVIEW: Karina Gould, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development shares her learnings and aspirations for Canada’s new Social Finance Fund
“We are doing something totally new, totally innovative that the government of Canada has not done before.”
INTERVIEW: Maison de l’innovation sociale’s outgoing executive director talks about the organization’s achievements and where social innovation is heading in Canada
Patrick Dubé says La MIS has created a distinctive value proposition — one complimentary to Quebec’s support ecosystem
Curious about the Social Finance Forum? Here are six sessions that will bring you up-to speed
Future of Good and SVX bring Canada’s premier impact investing event to changemakers from coast-to-coast-to-coast
Non-qualified donees reap rewards after hard fought battle for regulatory change
New law a catalyst for Toronto-based foundation to grant $90,000 to non-qualified donees through new Community Grants program
Metal detectors, social workers and naloxone: how Canadian libraries are responding to communities in crisis
“The public library is the community’s living room.”
Could Canada’s largest union tackle the non-profit wage gap? One Calgary counsellor believes it can
“I’m not blaming employers. Employers are doing the best they can with the meager funds that they’re provided with.”
Government of Canada announces three Social Finance Fund wholesalers
Realize Capital Partners, Boann Social Impact, and CAP Finance will administer the long-awaited fund
Come for the heat pump, stay for the (climate justice) revolution? A bold bet on a new kind of advocacy-focused business model
“Issue-based organizing has been the primary model of the Left for the last 40 years…and issue-based organizations do not grow to scale,” says Peter Murray, founder of US-based organization Accelerate Change.
The possibilities of plain language: how jargon costs non-profits time and money
“A communication is in plain language if its wording, structure, and design are so clear that the intended readers can easily find what they need, understand what they find, and use that information.”
