Portfolio
Thrive Impact Fund’s impact investing portfolio is comprised of impact organizations and social enterprises that are solving today’s most challenging problems.
Tiičma Hospitality
SUPPORTING PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR GENERATIONS
Our name, Tiičma (teech-ma) is a Nuučaan̓ał word meaning ‘heart’, and the logo represents the two Nations, Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’ and Che:k’tles7et’h’ peoples, the land, the ocean, their interconnectedness, and how Tiičma Enterprises is at the center of their economic sustainability.
Impact proposition: Tiičma Hospitality’s vision is to provide ever-increasing opportunities for employment and financial success to the Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k’tles7et’h’ First Nations by improving current operations to become larger scale and more profitable.
Financial Resilience Institute
IMPROVING FINANCIAL RESILIENCE AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL
Financial Resilience Institute strengthens the financial resilience and well-being of Canadians and global citizens through rigorous research, data insights, and collaborative partnerships that support lasting financial resilience for all.
Impact proposition: Financial Resilience Institute works to help expand opportunities for people and improve financial resilience for all. Their research and cross-sector collaboration spark solutions in programs and practice.
LocalMotive
CONNECTING BC FARMERS & CONSUMERS WITH LOCAL FOOD
LocalMotive Farmers Network Co-operative provides solutions for local farmers and small producers to connect with consumers by streamlining crop aggregation, distribution, and marketing for each season efficiently and affordably.
Impact proposition: LocalMotive will construct a 22,600 sq ft facility, enabling local suppliers to efficiently store, aggregate, package, process, and distribute their crops and make local farming more feasible and profitable.
FED Urban Agriculture Society
PLANTING FOOD, EATING LOCALLY, GROWING A MOVEMENT
FED is a charity that creates high-impact urban food system projects that promote innovative urban agriculture and contribute to an equitable and regenerative future. They are planting food, eating locally, and growing a movement.
Impact proposition: FED is working to advance urban agriculture in Greater Victoria by transforming underutilized land into vibrant, productive food growing spaces, creating low-barrier educational opportunities, and empowering vulnerable populations to grow food.
Future of Good
ON A MISSION TO ENABLE A SMARTER SOCIAL PURPOSE WORLD
Future of Good is a digital media organization that delivers nuanced insights, analysis and knowledge through high-quality journalism, learning programming, and research. Tens of thousands of impact-oriented professionals and entrepreneurs read Future of Good weekly.
Impact proposition: Future of Good empowers Canada’s social purpose teams with impactful journalism, data insights, and learning experiences, equipping changemakers with the tools and knowledge so they can do more great work.
LUSH Valley Food Action Society
Real Estate Acquisition
IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY, BUILDING UP LOCAL SYSTEMS
LUSH Valley envisions a region where healthy, local food is at the heart of community wellbeing, and realizes this vision by providing community members with locally-grown food, nourishing meals, urban growing space, culinary training and a forum for policy & advocacy.
Impact proposition: by purchasing from small-scale farmers, processing and distributing locally-grown produce, removing barriers to healthy eating, and empowering individuals to grow and prepare food, LUSH Valley is strengthening the local food system and building a more food secure future.
FireRein
EFFECTIVE AND SAFE FIREFIGHTING SOLUTIONS
FireRein is a Canadian global cleantech company providing sustainable firefighting technologies that protect the environment, wildlife and people. Providing effective and safe firefighting solutions, replacing toxic firefighting foam.
Impact proposition: replacing toxic firefighting foam means safer water while using substantially less water to extinguish fires. FireRein is driven to eliminate toxic chemicals that can harm whole communities.
Victoria Community Food Hub
COLLABORATION FOR AN EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM
VCFHS is a women-led, charitable organization supporting Good Food for All. They offer opportunities for regional growers and makers to collaborate and thrive, providing equitable access to healthy food for the community’s food security.
Impact proposition: by fostering an equitable and sustainable regional food system, VCFHS provides fresh produce to the most vulnerable people in the community and works to increase resources, food skills, and social connections for a healthier future.
Animikii Indigenous Technology
INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY FOR AN EQUITABLE SOCIETY
Animikii is a values-driven Indigenous technology company with products and services focused on website and software development. They collaborate with organizations to implement technology in a culturally informed, respectful way.
Impact proposition: through investing in technology, Animikii advocates to lower technological barriers and builds a path forward for economic justice, self-sufficiency, and equitable outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
Majik Media/Kids
FAIR TRADE PUBLISHING FOR SALT SPRING ISLAND ARTISTS AND WRITERS
Majik Media is Salt Spring Island based social enterprise, providing digital support and platform development to change makers. In 2021, they launched their kids books collection Majik Kids, with audio stories, illustrated books and homeschooling resources to inspire kids.
Impact proposition: by offering a fair trade publishing model where they pay artists three times more than market practice, Majik Media/Majik Kids are shifting how the publishing system works and providing recurring revenue to the arts community on Salt Spring Island.
Lux Bio (formerly Nyoka)
SUSTAINABLE AND REUSABLE CHEMILUMINESCENT SOLUTIONS
Lux Bio (formerly Nyoka Design Lab) is a woman-led B Corp-to-be social enterprise, based in Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, focused on providing a sustainable alternative to the plastic glow sticks and other chemiluminescent devices used for safety and industrial purposes.
Impact proposition: their sustainable technology allows Lux Bio (formerly Nyoka) to divert tons of plastic and toxic waste from landfills and to develop natural chemiluminescent solutions with tremendous industrial applications.
Past Portfolio Organizations
Impact organizations and social enterprises we’ve supported in the past.
Water Rangers
CITIZEN-LED WATER QUALITY MONITORING FOR BC WATERWAYS
Water Rangers is a Canada-wide non-profit organization, offering user-friendly water-testing kits and a community-sourced platform to monitor the quality of Canadian waterways. In 2021, they scaled up their activities to British Columbia with Vancouver Island as a pilot region.
Impact proposition: through trainings and education programs Water Rangers promotes a citizen-led approach to water quality, with crowdsourced data helping increase common knowledge towards sustainable waterways.
Trellis Social Enterprise
Term Loan
HELPING NONPROFITS CREATE, MANAGE & GROW FUNDRAISING
Trellis.org is an all-in-one fundraising platform that helps nonprofits to raise more money, even in our new normal. Trellis.org makes it easy for nonprofits to create, grow, and manage event fundraising. Their platform is trusted by 100s of organizations across North America.
Impact proposition: with revenue generation platform for change, Trellis.org helps nonprofits to create, grow, and manage fundraising events. They strive to empower global collective impact and will do whatever is needed to succeed in creating meaningful and lasting differences in communities.
Propolis Housing Society
AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE COOPERATIVE HOUSING
Propolis is a new non-profit housing cooperative organization with a mandate to develop affordable, sustainable, net-zero housing in Kamloops. Their long-term plan is to build a network of affordable net-zero multi-family buildings over the next several decades.
Impact proposition: using cooperative housing and community-led financing, Propolis Cooperative Housing Society is building affordable, durable, green homes that contribute to growing vibrant neighbourhoods.
ecologyst/Frankie Collective
SUSTAINABLE AND UPCYCLED CLOTHING MANUFACTURING
ecologyst is a Victoria-based social enterprise, B Corp and living-wage employer offering sustainable, locally manufactured and sourced alternatives to fast fashion. Its subsidiary Frankie Collective upcycles vintage and unsold garments into unique pieces.
Impact proposition: the revolutionary models of ecologyst and Frankie Collective show how organizations can minimize the textile industry’s carbon emissions while diverting significant amounts of textile waste from landfills.
The Makehouse Co-op
A COMMUNITY FOR MAKERS TO GATHER, GROW AND CREATE
The Makehouse Co-op supports workers to have a life filled with creativity. Through sharing knowledge and skills, the community grows together, workers foster meaningful connections and can generate gainful employment.
Impact proposition: a welcoming, inclusive community space, the Makehouse Co-op fosters co-creative, culturally dynamic, inclusive, ecologically minded, and sustainable-oriented fibre arts (including garment making, up-cycling, quilting, and other classes).
We respectfully acknowledge that the offices of the Thrive Impact Fund are located on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.