Report: Are Charities Ready for Social Finance?

Social finance is an investment that delivers a measurable social, cultural, and/or environmental impact as well as a financial return for the investor(s). This national report provides a comprehensive look at the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for Canadian charities with respect to social finance.

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Read the report to find out about:

• Charities' level of awareness of social finance and opinions about social finance;
• Charities' likelihood to take a social finance loan;
• How they would use a social finance loan and what barriers they might face if seeking a social finance loan;
• Organizational capacity in key social finance-related domains; and,
• Current financing needs

For more information about this report, see this recent article. For the full report, see the attached website link.