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…
What Becomes Possible When Relationships Come First
How Young Agrarians and IndigenEYEZ partnered to grow more relationships between farmers and First Nations Since 2012, Young Agrarians, a farmer-to-farmer educational resource network, has worked to support new and next-generation farmers across the…
How This Charity Built a Tech Social Enterprise to Transform Nonprofit Data Collection – and Fund Its Mission
Starting with a vision to free up frontline workers’ time, Edmonton-based IslamicFamily worked with Purppl to build, validate, and sell trauma-informed case management software For the people IslamicFamily serves – newcomers, families, youth –…
Incubating rural social enterprise with Community Futures East Kootenay
When you equip rural leaders with the right support, they’ll move ideas into action into economic resilience through social enterprise In a region where community organizations are often stretched to meet complex needs with…
Purposeful People Spotlight: Sharon Bond
Meet Sharon Bond: Kekuli Cafe Owner, Purppl Entrepreneur In Residence, Indigenous Tourism Board of BC Director-At-Large (plus 100 other things) For Kekuli Cafe owner, Sharon Bond, food has always been more than nourishment. It…
5 Policy Ideas to Power the Next Wave of Potential in Canada’s Social Economy
The social economy is one of the most effective and underutilized tools we have to build a stronger, more secure, and sustainable Canada. As Canada heads into a pivotal federal election, economic uncertainty, global…
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…
Social Enterprise as a Tool to Help Heal the Climate, People, and more
Social enterprise is a powerful vehicle for lasting positive change Businesses that place purpose at the heart of their operations are taking dedicated strides toward healing the climate, people, and society’s collective wounds. At…
Transform: a client-centred, trauma-informed case management tool
At Purppl, we love connecting social impact leaders with tools to strengthen their work in addressing social inequity. Here’s one for social services agencies in our network. Brian McKenzie,...
Story of Impact: Streamlining systems for increased access to employment
How an inclusive employment cooperative developed their operational capacity and increased revenue Founded in 2005 as a for-profit cooperative, Penticton and Area Cooperative Enterprises (PACE) creates employment opportunities for people living with barriers. Providing recycling…
Operation: Abundance
How we’re investing in operations in order to scale our capacity for impact and enable abundance in the social economy At Purppl, we’re on a continuous journey to contribute to a just, regenerative economy that…
