Social Enterprise Incubator participants receive:
VERGE Capital's Lina Bowden and SVX's Adam Spence recently sat down with Ken Eastwood at CJBK to discuss the benefits of social impact investing. Here is the transcript.
The VERGE Breakthrough Fund makes it possible to leverage capital for financial and community return.
"For some businesses, their purpose is to make money. I believe that it’s possible to make an income while making an impact." Nicole Snobelen is a real-life fairy godmother, providing opportunities for sick children to live their dreams and be stars for a day. She shares her story...
Our Pillar staff hit the road attending three provincial and national conferences in one hectic week in Toronto! At the Ontario Nonprofit Network, the Ontario Social Enterprise Roundtable and the Social Finance Forum, we shared our successes and challenges, learning from the many incredible voices in the room.
Online and in-person, we’re making it easier to buy social this holiday season with the 2017 Social Enterprise Gift Guide & The Meaningful Market.
Ever thought about living in a shipping container? Fr8 Living Solutions, Innovation Works co-tenant and Pillar coached social enterprise, is a semi-finalist in the BMO Business Model Canvas competition for his eco-friendly and cost efficient housing solution.
We are Bring It Impact; an organization helping the younger generation(s) gain confidence, resilience and life skills to become the incredible adults they can be. We began by offering large events and smaller workshops where we feel impact can REALLY be made. And we are (excitedly) evolving.
The Case Study follows the success of five consultants based out of Innovation Works who came together under the auspices of Pillar Nonprofit Network to form the Pillar Design Collective in response to an RFP by a consortium of Big Brother Big Sisters agencies in Southwestern Ontario looking to undertake a Regionalization Study.
Andre Vashist has just returned from the Social Innovation Residency with an incredible amount of hope, as a recipient of incredible gifts of wisdom. His blog is a reflection of this journey so far, and his opporutnity to share these gifts with you. Read on for some inspiration and great resources on Social Innovation and stay tuned for Pillar’s Systems Thinking Exchange and Workshop coming soon.
