The document outlines the impact measurement and management (IMM) support provided through the Social Finance Fund (SFF) to strengthen Canada’s social finance ecosystem.
Key topics in this resource:
- Purpose of IMM:
- Helps organizations clarify goals, track outcomes, improve decision-making, demonstrate value, and advance social equity.
- Ensures investments benefit underrepresented communities.
- Support for SPOs:
- Enables SPOs to measure outcomes, refine programs, share impactful stories, and promote equity using the Social Equity Lens Investment (SELI) coding system.
- Free resources include cohort-based programs, data alignment guidance, and learning materials on equity and gender equality.
- Support for SFIs:
- Helps SFIs align investments with impact objectives, strengthen relationships with investees, attract mission-aligned capital, and integrate equity outcomes using SELI coding.
- Free resources include IMM training, advanced workshops, tools for data collection and reporting, and equity-focused learning.
- Significance for the ecosystem:
- The SFF provides coordinated, system-wide capacity building, shared standards, and tools to foster collaboration and equity.
- Participants contribute to shaping a more strategic, accountable, and impactful social finance marketplace in Canada.