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Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association (WOCDFCA) by FedDev Ont

Apr 6
2 min

Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association (WOCDFCA) by FedDev Ont

Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association (WOCDFCA) set up by FedDev Ontario aims to support the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises in southwestern Ontario. It offers business services & business financing to small & medium-sized startup companies in Southwestern Ontario. WOCFDCA has 20 Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) located throughout Southwestern Ontario that have been helping owners of small to medium-sized busines

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Ontario: Get COVID-19 relief funding for your business

Jan 19
2 min

Ontario: Get COVID-19 relief funding for your business

Ontario is helping businesses recover costs for personal protective equipment and providing extra support for businesses required to close or significantly restrict services as a result of provincial public health measures. Overview of available funding Your business can apply online for funding from one or more of the following initiatives: Ontario Small Business Support Grant - The new Ontario Small Business Support Grant, which will help small businesses that are required

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Social Enterprise Business Planning

Jul 13, 2020
3 min

Social Enterprise Business Planning

A social enterprise is an activity of a nonprofit that employs entrepreneurial, market-driven strategies for earned income in support of its mission. This outline for a social enterprise business plan is a guide for research, planning, and writing a business plan for nonprofit social enterprises. A social enterprise is an activity of a nonprofit that employs entrepreneurial, market-driven strategies for earned income in support of their mission. Business plans are a common to

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Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector

Jul 2, 2020
3 min

Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector

Why is it so hard to do great works of charity? This was the question the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector (the committee) set out to answer. Struck in January 2018, the committee was asked to examine and report on Canada’s charitable and nonprofit sector. The task was daunting, but urgent. While the sector is resilient and innovative, its potential is limited by what are seen by many stakeholders as complex, outdated rules and a lack of coordinated support w

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THERE ARE ACTUALLY 6+ TYPES OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - NICOLE MOTTER

Jun 28, 2020
5 min

THERE ARE ACTUALLY 6+ TYPES OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - NICOLE MOTTER

The term “social enterprise” can mean a lot of different things. Where on the spectrum does your favorite one fall? “What exactly is a social enterprise?” It’s a question that comes up a lot, probably because there isn’t a consensus. Generally speaking, “social enterprise” means using business tools to address a social need. This concept may or may not overlap with “social innovation” which means addressing a social need in a new, groundbreaking way. While it’s possible to us

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Embedding SDGs in your organization: an impact strategy - EMMA VERHEIJKE (Sinzer, Our Partners)

Jun 23, 2020
2 min

Embedding SDGs in your organization: an impact strategy - EMMA VERHEIJKE (Sinzer, Our Partners)

More and more organizations are working on sustainability and social impact, and link this to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the 17 sustainable development goals that were launched by the UN in 2015 as an action agenda up to 2030. The SDGs offer a good starting point for sustainable strategy, measuring results and reporting: but where do you start? In this blog series, we share some examples of our customers and how we support them to anchor SDGs more firmly in the

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Getting Ontario Readyfor the Social Finance Fund - Candian CED Network

Jun 4, 2020
3 min

Getting Ontario Readyfor the Social Finance Fund - Candian CED Network

Authors: Denyse Guy and Carolyn Pletsch, Guy & Associates Advisory Group: Michael Toye, Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet); Liz Sutherland, Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN); Peter Frampton, Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF); Elspeth McKay, Operation Come Home; Rosalind Lockyer, PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise (PARO) Executive Summary In the fall of 2018, the federal government announced an $805 million investment ($755 M for a Social Finance Fund a

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