Canadian Women's Foundation Annual Report 2023-2024 - Report - Page 30
COUNT ME IN FOR
BUSINESS THAT MAKES
CANADA A BETTER PLACE
Through the Foundation’s Investment Readiness
Program, you’ve helped strengthen more than 100
social purpose organizations (SPOs) led by and for
women and gender-diverse people.
SPOs include charities, non-profits, social
enterprises, for-profits, and co-operatives that
advance social, cultural, or environmental goals.
Since the revenue they generate can be reinvested
back into their work, this business model enables
gender equity organizations to generate funding,
boost social impact, and become more sustainable.
Between 2019 and 2023, the Foundation fueled
100+ social purpose organizations with $8 million
and provided:
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One-on-one support
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Connections to experts to assist with feasibility
assessments, business plan development,
marketing support, and legal advice
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Forums to build relationships with other SPOs,
investors, and people in social finance
Program Spotlight:
ImaginAble Solutions
Key Impacts:
What SPOs* Told Us
98 per cent positively rated the
Foundation’s services and supports
85 per cent strengthened their
knowledge of the social finance
market
85 per cent improved their
understanding of social finance
structures, systems, and skills
*Based on survey responses from 50 social
purpose organizations.
ImaginAble Solutions produces assistive
technology for people living with
disabilities. Its innovative Guided Hands
device helps people with limited mobility
write, draw, paint, use a touchscreen, and
perform other tasks with their hands.
“With the support from the Investment
Readiness Program and the Canadian
Women’s Foundation, ImaginAble Solutions
has partnered with Cerebral Palsy Alberta
to facilitate disability innovation workshops
across North America to train health
professionals on Guided Hands, the designthinking process, and how to use 3D printing
technology to create innovations for their
clients with disabilities.”
- Lianna Genovese,
ImaginAble Solutions Founder
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