Gain context and an understanding of social finance topics—including financing social enterprise acquisitions, the benefits of revenue-based financing and of bringing the benefits of equity into a debt product, and other topics—when you watch the recordings of Social Finance Chats. Plus, explore Thrive Impact Fund press releases, learn more about the origins and mandate of the Fund, and more.
The Current State of Blended Finance and Catalytic Capital in Canada
For the past two years, Thrive Impact Fund has partnered with Spring and the Ontario Trillium Foundation to host the Blended and Catalytic Capital Summit, convening capital deployers from across Canada to explore innovative financing structures and processes [...]
Blended Finance in Action: How Catalytic Capital Preserved Cultural Spaces in Toronto
As part of the Blended Finance Webinar Series, a collaboration between Spring, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Thrive Impact Fund, Kristi Fairholm Mader, Managing Director of Thrive, interviewed Christopher Lee, Director of Programming at Inspirit Foundation. Together, they explored [...]
How Water Rangers Scaled with Flexible Nonprofit Funding
Watch the interview above to hear directly from Water Rangers’ Executive Director, Kat Kavanagh, as she reflects on their experience accessing flexible nonprofit funding, and how that funding helped unlock growth, stability, and greater impact. In 2021, Water Rangers was ready to [...]
Thrive Impact Fund 2024 Impact Report
We are extremely pleased to share the Thrive Impact Fund 2024 Impact Report, showcasing a year of growth, resilience, and catalytic capital in action. In a time of economic uncertainty, Thrive provided flexible, equity-like financing to impact organizations solving today’s most [...]
Interview with Propolis Cooperative Housing Society
In this Interview with Propolis Cooperative Housing Society, Thrive's Morgan Brannon speaks to Lindsay Harris about their experience Thrive Impact Fund made a $270K bridge loan to assist Propolis Housing Cooperative Society in acquiring their first property. Many new organizations like [...]
Social Enterprise Conversations: qathet
Social Enterprise Conversations: qathet Thrive was thrilled to co-host qathet Social Enterprise Conversations with Inclusion PR and Leni Goggins. Huge thank you to the incredible wisdom shared by panelists from Persephone Brewing Company, Diversa Collective and Kindred ReBuild. Here’s some [...]
Scaling Local Impact Through Capital
Impact for Ideas podcast featured Kristi Fairholm Mader, co-founder and managing director of Thrive Impact Fund on Season 1, Episode 7: Scaling Local Impact Through Capital. Scaling Local Impact Through Capital The world of investing is changing, expanding into genuine impact. [...]
Majik Kids Creates Lasting Impact by Inspiring Creativity
We’re proud to support Magic Media - Majik Kids with impact investment, as they are on a mission to build deeper bonds between individuals, families, and classrooms by sparking imagination, curiosity, and growth through fun, engaging experiences. “We received our first installment [...]
VIEA ‘State of the Island’ Economic Summit
The 18th annual 'State of the Island' Economic Summit is a premier event taking place on October 23rd and 24th at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo. Thrive Impact Fund's managing Director, Kristi Fairholm Mader will be speaking at the event.This [...]
Thrive Receives Investment from Boann Social Impact
Thrive Impact Fund has received an Investment from Boann Social Impact. Boann has committed $2M to Thrive Impact Fund to invest in communities across British Columbia. Since launching in 2021, Thrive Impact Fund has invested nearly $2M in local enterprises and communities. [...]