Loosening the Reins on Funding to Enable Impact: The General Operating Support pilot
August 18, 2022
Laura Manning, Executive Director at the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation (LSHF) shares the journey and lessons learned from a bold Canadian pilot started in 2018, granting significant additional, unrestricted General Operating Support (GOS) to known grantees. We hear about the time it takes to get boards comfortable with this approach…
Innoweave Impact And Strategic Clarity Funding Opportunity
May 16, 2022
We are excited to share Innoweave has extended its Impact and Strategic Clarity Expression of Interest and Request for Funding until Thurs. June 2, 2022. In 2022, Innoweave is expanding its available funding with the intention of increasing the number and diversity of charities and nonprofit participants across Canada. We encourage you to forward…
Inclusion and Connection at Community Living Oakville with Alexandra Hoeck Murray
July 22, 2021
In this episode, Sally speaks with Alexandra Hoeck Murray, the new Executive Director of Community Living Oakville (CLO). Alexandra talks about the impact the organization and larger community is making in the lives of people with developmental disabilities. In our conversation, Alexandra talks about when the COVID crisis first started…
Building a Business and Portfolio with Purpose, with Tim Nash, Good Investing Founder
April 20, 2021
Tim shares insights into Socially Responsible Investing – about people looking to do less evil and perhaps more good with their investments. Even more importantly, we look beyond that, to his business model aimed at helping one million Canadians invest intentionally, because of the difference he sees that will make…
Hope for the Homeless – with Proof, with Foundations for Social Change CEO Claire Elizabeth Williams
December 24, 2020
As co-founder and CEO of Foundations for Social Change, Claire Elizabeth Williams is getting global acclaim for North America’s first direct giving project with people experiencing homelessness. Direct giving project, as in giving a lump sum of cash directly to people experiencing homelessness. We hear about their innovative project, the…
Storytelling, impact investing and reshaping philanthropy, with Sadia Zaman, Inspirit Foundation CEO
December 13, 2020
Sadia and her small but mighty team at Inspirit Foundation are focused on shifting Canada to having more inclusive and equitable media and arts, impact investing, and philanthropy sectors. With a background in journalism, it should be no surprise that Sadia shares the power of storytelling to make change, and…
Lynn on Collective Impact – from United Way Halton & Hamilton’s, This Podcast is Not For Profit
February 26, 2020
Something new this week – we are excited to share another great podcast with you, this time, with Social Impact Advisors as the guest rather than podcast host. Lynn’s interview by Mike Mikulak on the United Way Halton & Hamilton’s “This Podcast is Not For Profit” was recently published, where…
Community Foundations are Changing: Terry Cooke from the Hamilton Community Foundation
November 28, 2019
In this episode, Lynn talks to Terry Cooke, President and CEO of the Hamilton Community Foundation about what is changing in Community Foundations, and how the Hamilton Foundation is leading the change. They talk about leveraging community data and the foundation’s current focus on a collaborative effort with community partners…
Bold thinking on systems change in Canada, with Bill Young
October 19, 2019
In this episode of Impact Conversations, Bill Young, the founder of Social Capital Partners, joins Lynn to talk about creating impact in systems. Bill’s extensive business experience and social enterprise successes have given him some important insights about learning through experimentation, pivoting as ideas and opportunities present themselves, and trusting…
Supporting financial intermediaries to grow impact investing in Canada, with Erica Barbosa Vargas
September 9, 2019
In this episode, Lynn talks to Erica Barbosa Vargas, Director of Solutions Finance at the McConnell Foundation, one of Canada’s largest private foundations. Erica provides insights into the growing impact investment sector in Canada. She also shares what the McConnell Foundation is doing to address the bottleneck they see in…