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 financial intermediaries, so that more funds can be directed into impact investing, to ultimately impact the global SDGs (UN Sustainable Development Goals) through the work of nonprofits, social enterprises, and other social impact organizations.
Resources:
- Erica Barbosa Vargas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericabarbosa/
- McConnell Foundation: https://mcconnellfoundation.ca/
- Solutions Finance Accelerator: https://mcconnellfoundation.ca/granting/solutions-finance-accelerator/
- Aboriginal Savings Corporation of Canada (ABSCAN): https://lasedac.ca/index_en.html
- MaRS Centre for Impact Investing: https://impactinvesting.marsdd.com/
- Philanthropic Foundations Canada: www.pfc.ca
- Community Foundations Canada: https://www.communityfoundations.ca/
- UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs
- New Market Funds – Eight Tracks: Impact Investing in Canadian Communities: https://newmarketfunds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Eight-Tracks.pdf
- Rally Assets: https://rallyassets.com/
- La Caisse d’économie solidaire: https://caissesolidaire.coop/