ECF expands its social impact lending reach

Edmonton Community Foundation CEO Martin Garber-Conrad has announced ECF’s  expanded commitment to social impact investing through the creation of the Alberta Social Enterprise Venture Fund.  He made the announcement on 4 October at the Social Enterprise World Forum in Calgary. This investment structure will strengthen ECF’s response to the challenge from the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance to Canadian foundations to invest at least ten percent of their capital in mission-related investments by 2020. 

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