There is an increasing interest in the use of community bonds to help nonprofits achieve their financial goals. Community bonds can be used to finance a range of projects, from program development to capital expansion projects where the 'first-in' dollars are hard to find. For people in the nonprofit sector, they are a form of investment that clearly shows what the investor is interested in - you.
Today, SOCAP returned to Europe - this time with no less ambitious a goal than designing the future itself. The speaker list and schedule have been out for several weeks now, and over 400 people will be thronging Malmo University, Sweden, enjoying the event live. Here at SocialFinance.ca, we'll be covering the event both online and in person through Jonathan Sundqvist. Watch out for his posts over the next few days.
SocialFinance.ca produces a weekly round up featuring social finance related news, insights, job openings, and events. We source the content for these round ups from Twitter, an RSS reader, and directly from our community of social finance practitioners. Below is our round up for the week of May 7, 2012.
Faith. Prosperity. Microfinance. Evangelism. Collective Renewal. How are all these things connected in a virtuous cycle?
Our Video of the Week is from HOPE International, a Canadian international development agency, and tells the story of their small savings circle program which builds communities around spiritual and material sustenance.
Opened in late 2011, the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (the Centre) is designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance by catalyzing new capital, talent and collaborative initiatives to deliver innovative solutions to Canada’s social and environmental challenges. Now that the Centre has been in operation for three months, we are keen to share with the community our goals and our progress to date.
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Your Guide helps social entrepreneurs learn how to attract financing for their social ventures.
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Your Guide to Social Finance
SocialFinance.ca hosts an online guide that helps social entrepreneurs learn how to attract financing for their social ventures.
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