Catalyst: Community Finance Initiative

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Welcome to the Catalyst: Community Finance Initiative (Catalyst) http://catalystcommunityfinance.ca.

Catalyst is a newly formed multi-year initiative to develop enhanced ecosystem and policy supports for start-up and scale-up place-based community finance organizations and infrastructure in Ontario's urban, rural and Northern communities, from community loan funds to credit unions to community futures organizations.

The goals of this initiative include:
● Collectively design relevant ecosystem and provincial public policy infrastructure to ensure that community finance institutions can successfully and sustainably start-up and/or scale their impact;
● Facilitate knowledge sharing amongst place-based capital and capacity organizations; and
● Engage existing and new community finance organizations that can serve organizations, projects, and enterprises in selected urban, rural and Northern communities, alongside mainstream leaders in philanthropy, public policy, and financial institutions.

Catalyst has contracted the services of capitalW (www.capitalw.ca) and SETSI (www.setsi.ca) to help build out the network and action plan over the next few months.

A key first step in building out the network and developing an action plan is to pull together a list of organizations interested in participating in the design and execution of this mission. Please join us by filling out the following form and telling us a bit about your organization.

Please consider sharing a link to this survey with other organizations that operate in this sector.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this survey please contact heathers@capitalw.ca

The data collected will help build a greater profile of community finance in Ontario, and it will inform our research and solution development efforts. Your responses will be confidential and identifying information will not be included in any public reporting without your express permission.

Name *

Organization Name *

Email Address *

Phone Number

First three digits in office postal code

Website

Where does your organization operate - Please select all regions that apply. Please indicate specific municipality or neighbourhood under other.

Province-Wide

Central Ontario: Muskoka-Kawarthas, Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie, Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula, St. Catharines, Peterborough, Orangeville, Guelph, Barrie, Bratford

Eastern Ontario: Ottawa, Kingston-Pembroke, Cornwall, Brockville, Belleville, Petawawa

Metropolitan Toronto

Greater Toronto Area: Halton, Peel, York, Durham, Ajax, Aurora, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brampton, Brock, Caledon, Clarington, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Georgina Island, Halton Hills, King, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scugog, Toronto, Uxbridge, Vaughan, Whitby, Whitchurch-Stouffville.

Southwestern Ontario: London, Windsor-Sarnia, Stratford-Bruce Peninsula, Chatham, Ingersoll, Sarnia, Stratford, Goderich, Owen Sound

Northeastern Ontario: Parry Sound, Nipissing, Manitoulin, Algoma, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins, Cochrane, Timiskaming

Northwestern Ontario: Thunder Bay, Kenora, Rainy River, Dryden, Fort Frances

Other:

What populations does your organization target (select all that apply)?

Urban

Suburban

Rural

Remote

BIPOC

Women

Youth

Small Business

Nonprofit

Social Enterprise

Other:

Please select your organization's connection to community finance (select all that apply):

Beneficiary: Individual, Enterprise or Organization seeking funding

Capital Intermediary: Community Development Venture Capital Fund, Community Loan Fund, Microloan Fund, Community Futures Organization, or Credit Union

Capacity Intermediary: Provider of wrap-around supports/capacity building (e.g. entrepreneurship education)

Investor or Funder: Capital provider to community capital organization or ecosystem

Network player: Ecosystem builder or advocate for community capital, directly or indirectly supporting the sector

Collaborative or Emergent Initiative: Emergent community capital initiative

Government: Provincial or municipal government

Other:

What community impact area do you focus on (select all that apply)

Social

Economic

Environmental

Other:

What range of financing is your organization/the organizations you serve seeking/providing (select all that apply)

Under $25,000

$25,000 to $50,000

$50,000 to $100,000

$100,000 to $250,000

$250,000 to $500,000

$500,000 to $1 Million

$1 Million to $5 Million

$5 Million +

N/A

Other:

What policy, regulatory or infrastructure issues do you see as being the biggest barriers to achieving your objectives? Please be as specific as possible (e.g. don't just say "red tape", but describe the specific issue you faced)

What solutions would you like to see proposed to address the policy, regulatory or infrastructure issues you identified above? Again, please be as specific as possible.

Please check all that apply:

I want to be informed about the results of this survey and receive other news regarding the Catapult Community Finance Initative

I would like to support this initiative by actively participating in the consultation process

My organization would be interested in playing a more active role in the Catalyst Community Capital Initiative

Other:

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