Helping charities reach their goals
Impact Investments provide nonprofit loans to Calgary and area charitable and nonprofit organizations working in all parts of the community. These special nonprofit loans are useful in many ways, regardless of size or scale of your nonprofit. As a loan rather than a grant, impact investments are repaid with interest.
Check out our Quarterly Impact Report to see what projects are currently in our portfolio.
Quarterly Impact ReportNote: Calgary Reads ceased operations in 2023. Stewardship of the Little Red Reading House was entrusted to the Owerko Centre at the University of Calgary, as part of its dandelion story.
How to Apply
- Use our Loan Readiness Self- Assessment Tool below to see if your project is suited for an impact loan
- Read our Impact Guidelines
- Book a conversation with our Impact Associate, Alex Laidlaw to chat about your project and financing needs.
- Submit an application
Loan Readiness Self-Assessment Tool
Based on the 6 C’s of Social Credit, our self-assessment tool is designed to help you determine whether your organization is ready to borrow, and whether your initiative or project is suited for an impact loan.
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Featured Investment
Kahanoff Centre for Charitable Activities
The Kahanoff Centre for Charitable Activities (KCCA) built a second tower which doubles the amount of space KCCA is able to offer. KCCA approached its shareholder, Calgary Foundation, to guarantee construction ($32.3M) and takeout financing ($37.5M) and to provide a $5.0M loan to aid in the expansion.
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Jack Long Foundation
The Jack Long Foundation used mortgage financing of $150,000 to purchase land from the City of Calgary to build Elderhouse, an affordable seniors living facility.
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Inn from the Cold Society
Inn from the Cold Society used mortgage financing of $1.5M to purchase an 11-unit apartment building to serve as an emergency satellite shelter space for families.
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Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation
Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation borrowed $500,000 for phase one of its Beaver St. Streetscape project – a site-wide renovation initiative that will restore and enhance one of Banff’s most intact contiguous historic streetscapes.
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Calgary South West United Soccer Association
The Calgary South West United Soccer Association borrowed $150,000 to help cover improvements to its new indoor soccer facility.
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HomeSpace
HomeSpace borrowed $3.2M as a bridge loan to move ahead with the purchase of Sierra Place, a downtown office tower which will be renovated to become 82 units of affordable housing, while waiting for other construction funding and financing to be finalized.
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Immigrant Services Calgary
Immigrant Services Calgary borrowed $250,000 to scale-up its fee-for-service interpretation and translation centre.
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Revv52
Revv52 borrowed $125,000 to purchase sound equipment, so that each singer can use an individual wireless microphone.
Curious if you qualify for an Impact Loan?
Talk to Alex Laidlaw, Impact Investment Associate
Book a conversation with Alex