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
Contemporary Calgary
“We truly appreciated quick action on our loan request, and we feel fortunate to have been able to meet a very tight deadline. The loan met an unanticipated need and allowed us to confidently continue our operations and meet our obligations to our suppliers.”
– Johanna Plant Donnelly, Grants Officer, Contemporary Calgary
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Featured Investment
Safe Haven
“The flexible repayment terms provided essential breathing room, allowing us to prioritize critical renovations, develop program amenities, and focus on sustainable program delivery rather than aggressive debt repayment. This flexibility gave us the stability to move forward confidently while continuing to meet the evolving needs of the young women we serve.”
-Karen Sherbut, Co-founder, Safe Haven Foundation
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Featured Investment
Community Links
“Flexible repayment terms enabled the project to start immediately, providing time to establish our operations and generate revenue before beginning debt repayments. Focusing on building the project’s success without the financial pressure of repayment allowed for a more sustainable and effective launch of our project.”
-Brenda Hume, Executive Director, Community Links
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Featured Investment
HomeSpace
“Support from the Calgary Foundation empowered HomeSpace and Inn from the Cold to transform a vacant office tower into affordable homes in less than a year. Speed is essential when facing a housing a crisis, and a bridge loan from Calgary Foundation helped us secure the property quickly in order to create affordable homes for families in need.”
– Bernadette Majdell, CEO, HomeSpace
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Featured Investment
Revv52
“By providing a loan repayment plan that was resilient during uncertain times, with the flexibility to repay sooner if circumstances changed, Calgary Foundation offered us the best approach to meet our funding needs.”
– John Morgan, Artistic Director, Revv52
Curious if you qualify for an Impact Loan?
Talk to Alex Laidlaw, Director Impact Investments
Book a conversation with Alex