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…
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…
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…
10 Essential Questions for Nonprofit Leaders Considering Social Enterprise
Is your nonprofit exploring sustainable revenue options beyond grants and donations? Social enterprise could be an answer – but it’s important to ask the right questions first. Traditional reliance on grants and donations leaves…
Reigniting Hope and Cultivating Belonging Through the Social Enterprise Movement
“This is not a land acknowledgment. This is an acknowledgment of the work that needs to be done,” said Kelly Terbasket, Co-Founder and Program Director of IndigenEYEZ & kinSHIFT, reciting Heather George’s words as she…
Thrive Impact Fund invests in affordable, sustainable co-op housing
We’re celebrating! Purppl’s impact investment collaboration, Thrive Impact Fund, just committed to its first investment in BC’s Interior: Propolis Cooperative Housing Society, a new Kamloops-based non-profit housing cooperative with a mandate to build affordable, sustainable homes. With…
A journey to raising investment while challenging Capitalism
“We can’t Capitalism our way out of Capitalism,” were my words to a Zoom room full of social purpose leaders this past spring while sharing about Purppl’s path to taking on investment. Capitalism is a…
Five essential practices of good impact measurement
We proudly give credit and appreciation to the Common Approach for the images and quotes in this blog to describe the Essential Practices. For a more detailed guide please see the Common Foundations of Impact…
