Social Enterprise Planning Resources
- Getting Started
- Social Enterprise Resource Portals
- Ontario Social Enterprise Reports
- Social Finance Help
- Social Enterprise Consultants
- Social Enterprise/ Entrepreneur Training
- Canadian Based Reports
- International Based Reports
- Youth Experience Resources
Getting Started
The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide
If you’re thinking about starting an enterprise activity that will support both the mission and financial needs of your non-profit organization, this is the Guide for you.
Business Model Canvas for Social Enterprise
Social Enterprises need their own 'special' canvas and this BMC adds a few simple adaptations to do just that.
SE Business Model Canvas template
Take a look at this Lean Canvas Model tailored specifically for social enterprises and social entrepreneurs.
Success Equation
Work on this Success Equation model after you have completed your Lean Canvas model. A great document to get that social purpose and outcome fine tuned.
League of Social Intraprenuers Toolkit
Not ready to be a social entrepreneur? Or would you rather innovate from within your current organization... This will tell you what it takes to be a Social 'Intrapreneur'.
Mowat Report - Exploring Impact Measurement for Social Enterprises in Ontario
This report examines the concept of common impact measurement frameworks and standardization globally, and identifies specific opportunities to strengthen impact measurement practices for the social enterprise ecosystem in Ontario.
Social Enterprise Resource Portals
Social Enterprise Ontario – Resources
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network – Resource Toolbox
WE tech Alliance – Social Innovation Documents
Directory of Resources for Aboriginal Social Entrepreneurs
Social Innovation Generation (SiG) Knowledge Hub
Innoweave – Social Innovation Micro Tools
Ontario Reports
Realising the Promise of Social Enterprise: From Rhetoric to Reality
Social Enterprise Toronto, 2016
Reflections on Rural Social Enterprise in Ontario: RSEC Learning Report
Rural Social Enterprise Constellation (RSEC), 2016
Enterprising Change: Report of the 2015 Social Enterprise Survey for Ontario
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, Simon Fraser University, Mount Royal University, 2015
The Social Procurement Intermediary: The State of the Art and its Development within the GTHA
Social Enterprise Toronto and the Learning Enrichment Foundation, 2015
Inspiring Innovation: The Size, Scope and Socioeconomic Impact of Nonprofit Social Enterprise in Ontario
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network, Simon Fraser University, and the Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Mount Royal University, 2013
Not-For-Profit Incorporator’s Handbook
Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, ServiceOntario and the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee for Ontario
Social Finance Help
- Ottawa Community Loan Fund (Ontario)
- Community Forward Fund (National)
- Catapult Microloan Fund for Social Ventures (Ontario)
- Canadian Alternative Investment Cooperative (CAIC) (Ontario/Quebec)
- Canadian Alternative Investment Fund (CAIF) (Ontario)
- The Catapult Micro Loan Fund (Ontario)
- Verge Capital (London, Ontario)
- Tapestry Community Capital ( Raise $500,000 to $5 million from community investors who believe in your mission.)
Social Impact Measuring:
- Impact Dashboard (by Centre for Social Innovation – Canada)
- Social Enterprise Ecosystem Project ( S4ES – Canada )
- Social Value Lab (United Kingdom)
Hosting Events/ Selling Social Enterprise Goods/ Services:
- Akcelos (via S4ES – Online Canadian Marketplace)
- Rise to the Occasion (Utilizing Social Enterprises for your Events – Ontario)
Social Enterprise Consultants:
- Simply Sustainable (Leah Feor – SEN)
- Innovate Niagara (Part of ONE Network)
- Social Delta (Ontario)
- Eco-Ethonomics Inc. (Ontario)
- Cathy Lang Consulting (Ontario)
- London Training (Ontario)
- ekonomos (Ontario)
- Chris Moss (Ontario)
- Innoweave Social Enterprise Coaches (Ontario)
- Factor 5 Group – (Ontario & Alberta)
- Transformation International (First Nations Support)
- Common Good Solutions – (Nova Scotia +)
- Incipe Cooperative (British Columbia +)
- Realize Strategies (British Columbia +)
- Creating Value Inc. – (Alberta +)
Social Enterprise/ Entrepreneur Training:
- Social Enterprise Institute (Online Training Platform)
- Sojo (Socent Project Management For Students and Schools)
- School of Social Entreprenuers Ontario (In Class Courses)
- Pillar Nonprofit Social Enterprise Program (Coaching, Training & More!)
- +Acumen (Free Online Courses with a Global Community)
Canadian Based Reports
Canadian National Social Enterprise Sector Survey Report 2016
Social Enterprise Sector Survey , 2016
New Pathways to Health and Well-Being Through Social Enterprise
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Population and Public Health (CIHR-IPPH) and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) with support from the UK Science and Innovation Network., 2015
International Based Reports
Evaluating the Formation of Enabling Public Policy for the Social and Solidarity Economy from a Comparative Perspective
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), 2016
Social Impact Investment: Building the Evidence Base
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2015
Social Wealth Economic Indicators: A New System for Evaluating Economic Prosperity
Center for Partnership Studies, 2014
Job Creation through the Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2013
Youth Experience Resources
Canadian Youth Employment Resources + International
Download this resource of almost* 40 pages worth of youth employment related links, fellowships and reports (by Tom Jakop – SEN)
