This growing list of resources are for supporting potential IRP applicants, Ecosystem Builder Partners and Readiness Support Partners.

Reports

• Are Charities Ready for Social Finance? Survey Results: Survey of charities on their awareness of social finance and investment readiness
• Community Continuity Report: Report on the conversion of conventional businesses into social purpose organizations
• Reports on Social Innovation and Social Finance
• Developing Community Owned Housing in Small and Rural Communities
• Expanding Access to Impact Investment
• Impact Evaluation of a Portfolio of Private Investments
• Impatient Readiness: The State of Social Finance in Canada 2021
• Indigenous Innovation and Social Innovation in Canada
• Investment Readiness Program Evaluation Report
• Non-profit institutions and volunteering: Economic contribution, first quarter 2022
• Sustainable Finance Forum Report 2022
• The Economic Impact of Community Economic Development Investment Funds (CEDIFs) in Nova Scotia
• Three Horizons Framework

Case Studies

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

Articles

• An overview of the Non-Profit Sector in Canada: 2010 to 2020
• What does social finance mean for charities?

Interactive Tools

• Annual Non-Profit Institutions Human Resource Module: Interactive tool
• How to Start a Co-Op
• BC Community Investment Co-op Start-up and Operations Guide. April 2020
• Comptes économiques trimestriels des institutions sans but lucratif : outil interactif
• Quarterly Non-Profit Institutions Economic Account: Interactive tool
• Wìdjìwàgan | Tools for Social Innovation

Infographics

• Investment Readiness Program infographic
• Knowledge Graphs: Connecting the Work of Nonprofits to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Application

• NAFC: IRP Applications Open until Sept 9
• Request for Proposals: Investment Readiness Program Learning Cohort
• Seal the Deal Fund

News & Media

• Government of Canada funds 26 organizations to scale up social innovation through the renewed Investment Readiness Program
• Social Innovation Canada Social Finance Newsletter

Information about the Investment Readiness Program 1.0

• About the IRP 1.0 Webinar recording (2019)
• Resources for IRP 1.0 support