FIVE WAYS TO CATALYZE COMMUNITY CAPITAL IN ONTARIO

This post was originally published by SVX on their Medium blog.

In Fall 2020, over 50 representatives from Ontario’s community of place-based funders, investors, and intermediaries gathered for three days at the Catalyst Ontario convening to discuss discuss community capital approaches for our province’s journey to recovery and resilience. This convening was supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) in collaboration with the Scaling Impact network and organized by the Pillar Nonprofit Network.

As policy makers and community leaders examine and implement solutions, we are seeking opportunities to act together in providing capital and capacity support to organizations and enterprises that can lead at a local level. This article summarizes five key actions for the community capital movement to consider based on insights from the gathering.