Funding announcements – Food Rx Fund Food Rx: COVID-19 Patient Food Security Fund, from the Nourish initiative, will provide targeted funding over the next three months so that health care organizations can increase their capacity to meet the needs of their patients for whom the pandemic has created, or is exacerbating, food insecurity. […]
Learn moreThe systemic racism against Black and Indigenous communities and people of colour (BIPOC) has taken on renewed significance for everyone working at the Foundation since the senseless deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Chantel Moore in New Brunswick, and so many others. These tragic incidents are representative of a brutal history and centuries of injustice […]
Learn moreFoundation Director of Solutions Finance, Erica Barbosa Vargas, recently sat down with Lynn Fergusson of the Impact Conversations podcast to discuss Canada’s growing impact investing sector. She also shares what the Foundation is doing to address the bottleneck they see in financial intermediaries, so that more funds can be directed into impact investing, to ultimately […]
Learn moreThe McConnell Foundation is currently recruiting a Program Officer to join its team in Montreal on a full-time, permanent basis. The successful candidate would be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and a portfolio of grants related to our strategic orientations, including our focus on building a low-carbon economy in Canada. As […]
Learn moreIntroducing the Solutions Finance Accelerator The Foundation has launched the Solutions Finance Accelerator, with an initial commitment of $2.5 million. The goal is to efficiently and effectively scale the amount of private capital directed toward areas of great need and opportunity. It’s clear that the combined funds of all Canadian philanthropic funders would scarcely come […]
Learn moreCould a network of regulatory experimentation labs in cities build legitimacy and shape inclusive innovation toward a great transition? This proposal is a response to one of the most urgent crises of our time: the widespread erosion of trust in governments, organizations, and each other. The immediate crises of ecological collapse and social inequality are […]
Learn moreThe Government of Canada launched a call for proposals on an ongoing basis under the Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program for 2019-2020 to support and leverage the work of stakeholders furthering Canada’s implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Organizations interested in receiving up to $100,000 in grant funding for one-year projects aimed at building awareness, increasing […]
Learn moreThree finalist teams moving forward to finals at Oxford University in June. How does social change happen? It’s a question many of us are trying to figure out, and if we’re honest, we don’t quite know, but we can be reasonably confident about a few key ingredients: 1) as Margaret Mead teaches us, a small […]
Learn moreGarantie Solidaire is a loan guarantee program for Quebec-based social enterprises, non-profits and cooperatives that are tackling complex challenges. The program was launched in October 2018, and has already supported a diverse group of organizations working on initiatives related to mental health, arts and culture, inclusive employment, and social-purpose real estate. The founding partners are […]
Learn moreBy Tim Draimin Senior Advisor at the McConnell Foundation and former Executive Director of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) National. This article was originally published by Re$earch Money. It has been republished here with the publisher’s permission. Humankind has always tended to focus on the upsides of new discoveries and innovations, but the past year […]
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