Structuring Your Social Enterprise

Structuring Your Social Enterprise is a time intensive process that requires familiarity with the incorporation options as well as solid grasp of the legal implications of one structure over another.

Top Publications

• Social Enterprise Legal Structure: Options and Prospects for a ‘Made in Canada’ Solution, SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development, June 2011
• The Social Investment Manual: A guide for social entrepreneurs,  Developed by the Social Investment Task Force, 2011  (NOT FINAL YET)
• Backgrounder re: social enterprise legal structures in Canada”, BC Centre for social enterprise, 2010.
• The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide, 2nd Edition, Chapter 7 (The Legal Context), by Enterprising Nonprofits
• More Reflections on Legal Structures for Community Enterprise, Richard Birdge: April 2010
• Legislative Innovations and Social Enterprise: Structural Lessons for Canada by Richard Bridge and Stacey Corriveau
• Legislative Innovations by William Chung, Mark Convery, Kerri Golden and Allyson Hewitt, MaRS Discovery District
• The Fine Print: Vital Information for Canadian Charities Operating Social Enterprises by Stacey Corriveau
• Canadian Registered Charities: Business Activities and Social Enterprise – Thinking Outside the Box by Terrance Carter and Theresa Man

Top Blog Posts from SocialFinance.ca

• Legal Innovations: Towards A Canada Based on Choice
• I’d Really Like to get into Social Enterprise, but Where Do I Find the Time to Do It?
• Legal Structures for Community Enterprise
• Who Can List on a Social Investment Exchange?

Additional Resources

• BC Centre for Social Enterprise
• MaRS = Incorporating Your Social Venture
• CorporationCentre.ca