Social Finance and Giving

Ottawa chooses Canadian Housing Acquisition Fund to manage $1.5 billion affordable housing money

The massive new fund will help grant Indigenous, cooperative and non-profit housing providers easier access to capital to help buy and develop homes for lower-income Canadians.

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New donation platform to help communities directly pay down mosque debt

Own Your Masjid is a project of boutique marketing agency Process Plus Marketing

Explainer: The divergent fix-it paths of Ontario and B.C.’s condo oversupply problem

Both provinces have too many tiny, shoebox condos, but both are taking different approaches to fixing it.

Elbows up: Spring Impact Capital calls for a giant spreadsheet of available early-stage Canadian capital

The Vancouver impact investor wants to crowd-source a free, national directory

Blended Finance Canada launches on West Coast

The new initiative is supported by the University of Victoria, Scale Institute and Spring.

Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy: What it is, what is happening and what’s coming next

Canada’s sustainable finance taxonomy faces big challenges, from oil and gas, Indigenous rights and the real meaning of the word ‘transition.’

First Bite Fund launches as Ottawa puts $1 billion behind domestic food processing

New revenue‑based loan fund aims to reach the 92% of food processors that conventional capital has overlooked

New database maps Canada’s $17.3 billion DAF landscape and where philanthropic wealth is concentrated

A new database is highlighting Canada’s donor-advised fund landscape in an effort to increase transparency, but not all sector leaders believe the tool will have that effect.

Edmonton housing fund uses values-aligned, blended financing to create affordable homes

The Housing Prosperity Fund combines values-aligned financing, community investment and family-focused housing to create a model it hopes can scale across Canada.

Case Study: Kingston’s food bank pilot combines three innovative solutions for food insecurity

Carney’s National Food Strategy includes boosting local food production. Pilots are already deployed. The federal strategy is arriving to meet it, not lead it.

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