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Updates and perspectives on the social impact sector.
Social Finance Chats: Financing to Acquire
During Social Finance Chat five, “Financing to Acquire,” Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director, and Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, outlined acquisition financing options for impact organizations looking to acquire and transition to social enterprise — including community bonds and vendor
Social Finance Chat: Overcoming the Fear of Financing
During Social Finance Chat four, “Overcoming the Fear of Financing,” Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director, and Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, explored how perceived risk can come from a number of places such as culture, perspectives, or internal fears. In
Kristi Rivait Featured in CharityVillage Connects Podcast
Director of Partnerships and Programs at Scale Collaborative, Kristi Rivait, is featured in the CharityVillage Connects podcast. The podcast, hosted by CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, explores how and why Canada's non-profit sector is shifting to embrace different funding models and revenue sources.
Social Finance Chat: Developing Your Financial Mix
During the third Social Finance Chat in the webinar series, "Developing Your Financial Mix," Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, explored finding the right financial tools, having clear investment goals, finding mission-aligned investors who can help you leverage your impact, and more.
Social Finance Chat: Equity Like Debt
During the second Social Finance Chat in the webinar series, "Equity Like Debt," Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director, and Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, explored the benefits that equity can provide, and how to bring these benefits into a debt product.
Scale Collaborative 2021 Impact Report
2021 was busy for many — including Scale Collaborative! Scale welcomed seven new team members, expanded our programming and initiatives, and launched Thrive Impact Fund. Read our Impact Report to see how we worked with leaders to support sector growth and impact.
Blueprint for Enterprise Capital: Review and Reflections
The report, ‘Blueprint for Enterprise Capital: A Strategy for Aligning Capital and Capacity to Magnify Nonprofit Impact,’ reminds impact professionals that the potential for a sector sustained by enterprise capital can be a possibility. This article explores some takeaways from this report.
Social Finance Chat: Revenue Based Financing
During the first Social Finance Chat in the series, "Shared Success Approach of Revenue Based Financing," Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director, and Emeline Le Guen, Impact Investment Manager, discussed the benefits of this pay-as-you-grow model to support the growth of impact organizations.
Kristi Rivait: Social Enterprise and Climate Change Mitigation with CHEK News
Kristi Rivait, Director of Partnerships and Programs at Scale Collaborative joined Jasmine Bala of CHEK News for Road to Recovery with Douglas Magazine Victoria to have a discussion about how social enterprises are critical to mitigating the impacts of climate change.
Takeaways from the League of Innovators Panel: The Future of Social Innovation
On November 18, 2021, Scale Collaborative Director of Innovation and Initiatives Kristi Fairholm Mader spoke alongside Keith Ippel from Spring Activator at the League of Innovators (LOI) Future of Social Innovation virtual panel, hosted by Rob Ironside. Here are the takeaways. We were inspired by Keith Ippel’s social innovation
The journey to Thrive Impact Fund
Thrive Impact Fund focuses on providing flexible and patient loans, providing the right capital at the right time to help social enterprises grow, unlocking untapped potential in local communities and providing a way for investors to make both financial and impactful returns.
CCSPI Expansion Grows Social Procurement Across British Columbia
Investment in British Columbia Social Procurement Initiative (BCSPI) supports British Columbia small businesses, communities, and local workers through education, consulting, and support. The benefits will be felt as local government purchasing dollars are invested back into communities through the expansion of BCSPI.