IRP Ecosystem
The Investment Readiness Program (IRP) is delivered by a network of various partners working to convene partners, raise awareness of social finance, strategize and disburse funds to help Social Purpose Organizations increase their investment readiness. These partners have different roles in enabling the IRP, see below for details of how each partner operates.
Readiness Support Partners are organizations that disburse funding to Social Purpose Organizations. Each of these partners have different eligibility criteria, open calls for applications and deadlines.
Ecosystem builders convene partners, build relationships among and support the flow of communications between key sectors or demographics, different partners and the public.
All partners
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The Afro-Caribbean Business Network (ACBN) was created to provide resources for Black business owners to build sustainable and successful businesses. -
Ajah is a global consultancy focused on data and technology in the public and social sectors. -
Buy and Sell with Impact. Together, we build healthy communities that are rich in human, social, cultural, physical and economic capital -
CCEDNet is a member-led association connecting people and ideas for action to build local economies that strengthen communities and benefit everyone. -
The Canadian Women’s Foundation is Canada’s public foundation for diverse women and girls. -
The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker co-ops, related types of co-ops and their support organizations -
Collaboratively scaling the place-based community finance ecosystem -
The Chantier de l’économie sociale is committed to building a plural economy that produces returns for the community and protects the common good. -
Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) is the national bilingual association working to develop Canada’s co-operative ecosystem of 8,000 small, mid-sized, and large co-operative enterprises. -
The Common Approach to Impact Measurement is an independent non-profit organization developing standards for impact measurement. -
Common Good Solutions helps individuals and purpose-led businesses start, grow and make a meaningful impact. -
Community Foundations of Canada is the national network for Canada's 191 community foundations. Together, we help Canadians invest in making our communities more sustainable, resilient and inclusive. -
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is one of five National Indigenous Organizations recognized by the Government of Canada, operating as an ecosystem mobilizer. -
Transform lives. Inspire meaning and purpose. Build a better world. -
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) works to improve the standard of living and quality of life for all Canadians. -
EntrepreNorth is a project initiative that offers programming to empower Indigenous and community-based entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses and livelihoods across Northern Canada. -
Canada’s first-ever philanthropic foundation dedicated to investing in black communities. -
Imagine Canada works to bolster the charities, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs that build, enrich, and define our nation and the communities they support around the globe. -
Inclusion Canada is the national federation working to advance the full inclusion and human rights of people with an intellectual disability and their families. -
The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) is a network of 113 Friendship Centres and Provincial and Territorial Associations (PTAs) from coast-to-coast-to-coast. -
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is a national Indigenous organization representing political voices of Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse+ people -
We mobilize change through research, benchmarking, practice, and education, working in partnership across the capital spectrum, from philanthropy to impact investing to venture capital and beyond. -
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners is an Indigenous-led and owned social finance intermediary. -
Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada is a network of researchers and representatives of community-based organizations is conducting research relevant to social economy in Canada’s North -
SETSI’s mission is to engage and provide meaningful opportunities to the traditionally under-represented communities in the social economy sector. -
Social Innovation Canada (SI Canada) is an initiative to connect social innovation practitioners, build the capacity of the sector, and to elevate this work in Canada and beyond. -
Startup Canada recognizes and celebrates enterprises that are achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Canadian Communities and who are highly likely to become IRP SPO and social finance recipients. -
TIESS contributes to territorial development through the transfer of knowledge by equipping social and solidarity economy organizations so that they can face societal challenges in an innovative way -
WISIR is a research institute at the University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Enterprise and Development committed to generating trans- and inter-disciplinary knowledge about social innovations
