Community Forward Fund

05/31/2016

The Community Forward Fund is hosting a Money, Mission and Strategy clinic in Ottawa on July 12th (full day) and 13th (morning), 2016. We are looking for nonprofit and charitable organizations from the Ottawa and valley region to participate.

09/23/2014

We're hiring. We are currently seeking a Financial Analyst for a new financial capacity building program to launch later this year. http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/newsroom/news-announcements/were-hiring/

We’re hiring! September 23rd, 2014 We are currently seeking a Financial Analyst for a new financial capacity building program to launch later this year. “Money, Mission and Strategy” is a peer-based two-day educational clinic that allows CFFAC to work intensively with a small group of nonprofit mana…

03/12/2014

How would your organization use a loan to fulfill its mission? See the latest Community Forward Fund case study: http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/case-studies/tupper-tots-daycare/

Community Forward Fund structured the loan to meet our needs, allowing Tupper Tots to focus on our primary business in providing quality childcare in a bilingual setting. With the support of the Community forward Fund we were able to relocate and expand from a 50 children facility to very modern and...

01/02/2014

It's a new year, and we couldn't be more excited about the future of social finance in this country. Stay tuned for some exciting updates!

12/16/2013

"We don't just ask for money, we earn it." What can charities learn from for-profit start-ups?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2013/12/16/a-new-nonprofit-model-meet-the-charitable-startups/

Startup companies are traditionally for-profit enterprises, but in recent years philanthropic ventures have begun adopting the technological know-how and scrappy mentality of startups to develop a new breed of lean nonprofits.

12/10/2013

Notre vision: des organismes de bienfaisance et des organismes sans but lucratif durables et bien financés.

http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pr%C3%AAts-pour-les-OSBL-et-les-organismes-de-bienfaisance-CFF-FINAL-September-4-2013.pdf

12/02/2013

Chez le Fonds de progrès communautaire, nous partageons les ressources afin de renforcer les capacités financières des organismes de bienfaisance et des OSBL du Canada.

http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/fr/outils-et-ressources/ressources/

Chez le Fonds de progrès communautaire, nous partageons les ressources afin de renforcer les capacités financières des organismes de bienfaisance et des OSBL du Canada. Visitez souvent notre site pour vous tenir au courant ou inscrivez-vous pour obtenir notre bulletin.

11/25/2013

Our friends at 25OneCommunity in Ottawa (formerly Under One Roof) are having a one-year anniversary wine and cheese! Come celebrate with them.

11/22/2013

There's a growing divide between big investors and young people, but they do agree on one thing: impact investing. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-21/big-investors-and-the-young-nudge-morgan-stanley-toward-sustainable-investing.html

ImpactIQ.org — Some of the biggest names in institutional finance are starting to bank on sustainability.

11/19/2013

“Working with CFF meant working with a creative Lender who understood our business and passion." FCO's Mark Goldblatt http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/case-studies/funeralco-operativeofottawa/

With approximately 5000 funerals per year in the City of Ottawa the Funeral Co-Operative hopes to capture 2% of the market and will not “upsell” its clientele.

11/13/2013

If you're in a you need to read new info from World Economic Forum & Ashoka. We've got highlights: http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/newsroom/blog/social-finance-news-for-november/

The Community Forward Fund's impact investing news digest checks out major reports from the World Economic Forum, Ashoka and the Ontario government.

11/06/2013

You might hear the term triple bottom line a lot, but what is it? Read our quick primer here.

http://www.communityforwardfund.ca/newsroom/blog/elkington-triple-bottom-line-loans/

CFF CEO Derek Ballantyne discusses the evolution of the important impact investment concept of the triple bottom line.