The Investment Readiness Program was initially released in 2019 in its first iteration. These are the resources for support from that first round of funding from 2019-2020.

Information about the Investment Readiness Program 1.0

• About the IRP Webinar recording
• About the IRP Webinar Slide Deck

Case Studies

• Social innovation and social finance
• Small Communities Initiative: projects by community based entities developing affordable housing in BC

Using social finance to enhance an organization’s impact

• McConnell Ideation session – webinar recording
• McConnell Exploration Session – Worksheets
• Reports on social innovation and social finance

IRP Partner Resources

• The Impact Investing Guidebook for Foundations (May 2019, Rally Assets, Community Foundations, PFC)
• How to Start a Co-Op
• Canadian Cooperative Investment Fund
• Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada IRP Web Portal
• BC Community Impact Investment Coalition
• The Canadian CED Network: Community Benefits
• The Canadian CED Network: Community Data Program
• The Canadian CED Network: Directory of Post-Secondary Programs Related to Community Economic Development (CED)
• The Canadian CED Network: Evaluation and Social Return on Investment Resources
• Fall for Social Acquisitions: Designing an Inclusive Recovery (Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience)
• The Canadian CED Network: Local Organizing for Fair Economies – Community of Practice
• The Canadian CED Network: Work Integration Social Enterprises
• Social Enterprise Ontario
• Social Enterprise Manitoba
• Social Enterprise Academy Canada

Additional Support Services

• Individual coaches
• Service organizations