A Decade of Purppl: A Purposeful Evolution
Reflecting on ten years of social enterprise development, celebrating the launch of the Abundance Collective, and narrowing Purppl’s focus to the systemic levers of community wealth. Ten years ago, we started Purppl with a pretty…
When Grant Funding Dried Up, They Bought the Business
How one rural nonprofit is reclaiming economic power — and reimagining community development through tourism In small rural communities, economic development often relies on creativity, relationships, and a lot of hard work. But for Trails…
How Social Finance Can Drive Sustainable Growth for Social Purpose Organizations
Social purpose organizations require more than just grants to thrive – they need control over their financial future. Learn how different organizations are reshaping their funding strategies and how you can join the movement. …
How Social Enterprises & Nonprofits Can Build Stability in Uncertain Times
Social enterprises need predictable revenue, community ownership, and shared power to control their own future. Here’s how we’re doing it – and how you can too. Threats to social purpose organizations are growing. While…
Changing the Culture of Giving in the Central Okanagan
It’s time to have a critical conversation about the crippling impacts of status quo philanthropy on nonprofits’ potential. In October, we did something big. Together with our partners over at Trellis, we convened a…
Community Wealth Building through Asset Ownership
Building wealth through community ownership – and setting realistic expectations Community ownership offers pathways for building long-term collective health and wealth for a community, and is critical to the sustainability of the social economy and…
