Toronto Impact Initiative (TII) is being developed to expand access to fair, practical capital— especially for communities that have been overlooked or ignored by mainstream finance.
A short introduction to Toronto Impact Initiative—why we’re building it, who it’s for, and what’s coming next.
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Too many community-rooted businesses and organizations with strong ideas and real impact are blocked by traditional financing pathways. TII is being designed to help close that gap—pairing access to capital with community-led design.
We are developing a social finance approach that balances community priorities with practical fund design. Our development work focuses on four connected areas:
This model is being refined through community sessions and partner conversations.
We’re building the fund with community, not just for community. Through a co-design process, we’re hosting guided sessions to shape the fund’s principles, decision-making, and financing approach—based on lived experience, local needs, and real-world constraints.
A community bond approach helped finance housing, supported affordability through rent supplements, and used building income to repay the bond over time.
A social enterprise used program revenue (workshops/training) to repay investment while expanding its reach and offerings.