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Community foundations and others in the philanthropic sector are increasingly making impact investments to unleash the power of their capital for good. Through impact investments, foundations can target positive social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Foundations held about $123 billion in assets in 2020* (public foundations about $41.6 billion, private foundations about $81.3 billion). Most of that is invested in a traditional manner, without regard to social and environmental outcomes. But imagine the good that would be done if most of those assets were instead invested into positive change-making companies…
The Investment Readiness Program (IRP) was created to support social purpose organizations (charities, non-profits, for-profit social enterprises, co-operatives) as they develop their entrepreneurial projects, and work towards goals of becoming investment-ready in Canada’s growing social finance market. The Rethinking Social Entrepreneurship Lite webinar by the Trico Charitable Foundation will support you in this work. This…
The Investment Readiness Program (IRP) was created to support social enterprises as they work to become investment-ready in Canada’s growing social finance market. The IRP team as shares an overview of the program, including the timeline, eligibility and key resources to help as you fill out the application.
The following document is intended to help social purpose organizations interested in applying to the IRP through the steps of preparing and submitting their application.
Glossary for round 2 of the Investment Readiness Program