Civil Society Leaders Applaud Government Commitment to Establish Social Finance Fund
Foundation: McConnell Foundation
Hilary Pearson, President and CEO, Philanthropic Foundations of Canada ... We support our members and organized philanthropy by...more

How can we create ecosystems for social innovation?
Foundation: Fuller Foundation, Johnson Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Certain conditions help develop these ecosystems, allowing innovation and innovators to thrive and shift the dynamics of the status quo...more

Influencing policy to incorporate social innovation
Foundation: Fuller Foundation, Johnson Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SIX works to incorporate a social innovation agenda into policy at local, national, and regional levels. We use a people driven approach to act...more

Increasing the impact of philanthropy
Foundation: Fuller Foundation, Johnson Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Funders Node is a SIX programme to support funders as they move away from traditional grantmaking practices and support social innovation...more

Kielburgers: Canada lags in helping social enterprise flourish
Foundation: McConnell Foundation
The idea of social enterprise – a for-profit business whose core mission is to address a social or environmental issue – has caught fire globally in...more

Transitions: Mission Impossible accomplished – the Hospice House
Foundation: Sierra Health Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, McConnell Foundation
Foundation grants were obtained from The Ford Family Foundation, the McConnell Foundation, and the Sierra Health Foundation. The property...more

Four BC post-secondary institutions to collaborate on social infrastructure development
Foundation: McConnell Foundation
"The McConnell Foundation has supported innovation in post-secondary institutions for the past 25 years through such initiatives as the introduction...more

Charles Moore receives Thomas Jefferson Award for community health service
Foundation: McConnell Foundation
... including local and national otolaryngology societies, the Governor's Advisory Council of the Georgia Shapework Group, the Community...more

Siskiyou Family YMCA 'Phase 4' Capital Project receives $109950 boost
Foundation: Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, McConnell Foundation
But with the generosity of our donors and with the help of various foundations including the McConnell Foundation, the Shasta Regional Community Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris...more

Zorlu Holding, Turkey
Foundation: Johnson Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Founded in 1953, Zorlu Holding is one of the largest and most succesful groups of companies in Turkey. The aim across the Zorlu Group is to continue successes and improve in the future, creating...more