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THE LATEST FROM SCALE COLLABORATIVE
Updates and perspectives on the social impact sector.
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.
How Your Money Flows Matters
There is a significant access gap to capital that is flexible, willing to risk and arrives at the right time. We decided to launch Thrive Impact Fund - an impact investment fund to remove capital barriers for non-profits, charities, and social enterprises.
Non-profit Scaling During COVID-19
During COVID, some non-profit organizations have had to scale quickly to meet spikes in demand. Quick growth brings stressors and challenges, and needs to be managed differently. Here’s how Soap for Hope Canada scaled, and strategies organizations facing fast growth can apply.
When the Well Runs Dry: COVID-Impacted Non-profits and Charities
The non-profit sector runs on fumes, bolstered by the incredible innovation, passion and human power of volunteers and staff. And, historically, when the economy struggles, the sector has stepped up to take care of families, communities and vulnerable people, planet and animals.
Non-profit and Community Acquisitions: Building Community Wealth
What if non-profits could leapfrog over early start-up pains and acquire businesses instead? What pathways and conditions for success are needed for this to work? Scale Collaborative, in partnership with four BC communities is exploring new non-profit acquisition and business ownership possibilities.
Foundations are Untapped Agents of Change: We Need Them to Step Up Now
As the non-profit sector experiences broad and long-lasting impacts in the face of COVID and struggles for survival, their ability to ‘do and advocate’ is significantly reduced. Foundations are needed here, right now. Here are some ideas for foundations to think about.