Partner with Us

 
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Building a national platform is no easy task. In order to achieve our national scale while maintaining local engagement, we work with brilliant minds and motivated community organizations.

 
 

What describes you best?

 
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Intermediaries

Incubators, accelerators, funds, universities, and community organizations—we need boots on the ground to scout for great social enterprises and partners to support them.

Help us identify the social enterprises or join our collective of Expert Service Providers.

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Investors

Canvas Foundation is a national platform designed for investors who want to fund the growth of the Canadian social economy. Patient capital makes the infrastructure operational.

Explore funding and investment opportunities with Canvas.

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Students

Are you currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution? In partnership with National Social Value Fund, we work with local youth-led funds to evaluate potential investments.

Join an existing Social Value Fund or start one in your region.

 
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Intermediaries

You might be an incubator, accelerator, university department, research institution, government agency, fund, investor, or business association.

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Partnership Opportunities

Deal Flow Organization Network↓

Deal Flow Organizations are partners that have a pulse on the social innovation ecosystem in their regions. DFOs work with, support, or collaborate with social purpose organizations (e.g. charities, non-profits, ventures, small businesses) on a regular basis.

What does partnership look like? We contact DFO partners quarterly to ensure SPOs they work with that need financial or expertise support are considered by Canvas Foundation and network partners.

Expert Service Providers↓

Expert Service Providers are organizations that provide specialized services to social purpose organizations. This includes: financial services (investment, fundraising, accounting); strategy (business model design, market research); and creative (branding, design).

What does partnership look like? Currently, through the Social Innovation Academy, we have supported 8 Expert Service Providers with access to funding for student internships. We are working with Dossier Creative to develop the Canvas Collective: a network of ESP members that benefit from internship funding in addition to providing low-cost access to their services for social purpose organizations.

 

Current Partners

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Investors

We work with investors of all types: philanthropic donors, foundations, financial institutions, venture capital investors. Our overarching goal is to deploy friendly, patient, Social Value Investment Capital to social purpose organizations.

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Partnership Opportunities

Donate to Canvas Foundation↓

Canvas Foundation is a public foundation with charitable status. Our initial raise is structured as donation capital that will be invested into social purpose organizations.

What does partnership look like? We work with you to determine your impact objectives and use our model of investment analysis and regional engagement to source ventures that meet the strategy.

Invest alongside Canvas Foundation↓

For investors who wish to deploy investment capital, consider co-investing alongside Canvas Foundation.

What does partnership look like? Our partner National Social Value Fund can provide the mechanism to facilitate investments.

 
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Current Partners

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Students

Enrolled in an undergraduate, master, or PhD program, and want to explore how you might fit into the social innovation ecosystem? Youth are core to Canvas’ model—see how you might fit in.

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Partnership Opportunities

Join a Social Value Fund↓

The Social Value Fund program empowers teams of student peers to run an impact-focused fund in their community that supports identified financing gaps. We currently have SVFs operating in Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; London, ON; Kingston, ON; and Montreal, QC.

What does partnership look like? Each Social Value Fund team is built with a variety of skill sets, and represents a blend of post-secondary faculties. Our teams are chosen by the previous cohort in the community in which you are applying.

Create a Social Value Fund↓

Our model is built to be replicable. We aim to support new social value funds in communities big and small across Canada over the next two years, and into new countries shortly after. Each new social value fund is always lead by exceptional student innovators. Whether you are a current student, alumni of your university, or a community member wanting to see this Fund supporting social purpose organizations in your region, there is a way for you to be involved.

What does partnership look like?If you are interested in starting a SVF, we can help guide you to support the creation of a social value fund in your location.

Social Innovation Academy↓

The SIA Fellowship is an experiential learning program that runs during the academic year. Between September and April, we train students, from multiple disciplines and backgrounds, to build strong foundations in social innovation & social finance.

What does partnership look like? Over the course of the academic year, SIA Fellows work with social purpose organizations on bite-size challenges. In the summer, select Fellows are offered paid, full-time internships with social innovation organizations across Canada.


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Current Partners