Community
Investors/Lenders to for-profits
a. Social Capital Partners – http://www.socialcapitalpartners.ca
b. Investeco – http://www.investeco.com
c. CAPE Fund (Capital for Aboriginal Prosperity and Entrepreneurship) – http://www.capefund.ca
d. Pan Canadian Community Futures Groups – http://www.communityfutures.ca – there are several community development funds under the umbrella including Community Futures Development Corporations in Ontario (http://www.ontcfdc.com)
e. Renewal Partners (BC) – http://www.renewalpartners.com (also do grants to non-profits through Endswell Foundation)
f. Vancity Capital Corporation (BC)– http://www.vancity.com (also do loans to non-profits so they are on list below)
g. Women’s Enterpise Centre (BC) – http://www.womensenterprise.ca
Funders/Lenders to non-profits
a. Toronto Enterprise Fund – http://www.torontoenterprisefund.ca
b. Enterprising Non-Profits (Toronto & BC) – http://www.socialinnovation.ca/enp and http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca
c. Social Venture Partners (Toronto but also chapters around the world) – http://www.svptoronto.org or http://www.svpi.org (for all chapters)
d. Canadian Alternative Investment Coop (CAIC) – http://www.caic.ca
e. Canadian Community Investment Network Coop – http://www.communityinvestment.ca
f. Ecotrust Canada Capital Corporation – http://www.ecotrust.ca
g. Vartana Bank and Citizen’s Bank – http://www.vartana.org and http://www.citizensbank.ca (Citizens will operate Vartana, first dedicated bank for non-profits)
h. Ontario Trillium Foundation – http://www.trilliumfoundation.org
i. The Funding Network Toronto - http://www.thefundingnetwork.org.uk/tfn_toronto.php
j. Maytree Foundation – http://www.maytree.com
k. United Way of Greater Toronto – http://www.uwgt.org
l. City of Toronto – http://www.city.toronto.on.ca
m. Edmonton Social Enterprise Fund (Alberta) – http://www.socialenterprisefund.ca
n. Fiducie du Chantier Trust (Quebec) – http://www.fiducieduchantier.qc.ca
o. Vancity Capital Corporation (BC)– http://www.vancity.com
p. BC Social Venture Partners – http://www.bctsvp.com
q. Endswell Foundation (BC) – http://www.renewalpartners.com (grants rather than investments)
Information courtesy of SiG@MaRS
