2006 Year in Review Enterprising Non-Profits Program planning | focus | strategy The objectives of enp are to: Support Enterprise Development Provide grants and resources to non-profits organizations for technical assistance along the entire of business development path Create a Supportive Public Policy Environment for Social Enterprise Contribute to public policy initiatives and dialogue that will enhance and strengthen the social enterprise sector and opportunities Enhance Market Opportunities for Social Enterprise Provide leadership and support that will enhance the market opportunities and the purchasing of social enterprise goods and services Increase Access to Capital for Social Enterprises Participate in efforts to strengthen the capital investment infrastructure and expand accessibility of appropriate capital resources for social enterprises Supporting Enterprise Development 2006 was largest granting year in enp program history! In the past year enp provided grants to 35 non-profit groups totaling over $216,000 around the province to support their social enterprise planning and growth. The following organizations received grants from enp in rounds 7.1 and 7.2 (2006): Aboriginal Mother Centre Society | Aboriginal Mothers' Knitting Factory / Mama's Wall St. Studio. To prepare a business expansion plan for an existing Aboriginal knitting and sewing studio. Britannia Community Services Centre| Britannia Art Gallery shop and a Britannia Catering Business. A grant to conduct a feasibility study to explore revenue-generating streams including an art gallery shop & catering business at our new facilities. Community Futures Development Corporation- Boundary | CFCDC Boundary. To conduct various planning activities for establishing a consignment shop / eBay business to employ clients with disabilities and youth at risk. Fraserside Community Services | Moving On Business Company. To finalize a business plan for a moving company that employs persons who have experienced a mental illness. Greater Trail Community Skills Centre | Home Care Plus. To prepare a business plan for an indoor and outdoor maintenance service that employs marginalized workers Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre (GVCEC) | One Stop Compost Shop. A grant for a feasibility study and organizational development to support the expansion of sales of composting and organic gardening supplies by the GVCEC. Justwork Economic Initiative | JustGarden. To develop a business plan for an organic gardening and landscaping business employing individuals with multiple barriers to employment Career Link - Powell River Employment Program| Staff Recruitment Services. A grant to conduct a feasibility study for a human resources services company Langley Environmental Partners Society | Riparian Revenue Program Delivery serving Powell River businesses. Agent Service. A grant to undertake a feasibility study for a business which involves restoring fish and wildlife habitat. Cirkids School of Circus Arts | Cirkids Performing Troupe. To conduct a feasibility study for a professional performing circus arts troupe to support CirKids Mission Community Services Society | Creative Gardeners/ Home Maintenance school and provide employment and training for young people in the circus arts. Specialists. To conduct a feasibility study for a landscaping/ handyman service in DRS Earthwise Society | Tilbury Eco-Industrial Partnership Coordinating Centre. A grant to conduct a feasibility study for marketable services provided by the proposed Tlibury Eco-Industrial Partnership Coordinating Centre. Ecotrust Canada | Ecotrust Canada Capital. A grant to produce a strategic marketing plan for a conservation economy lending institution service conservation economy entreprenuers on BCs coast. Elder Citizens' Recreation Association | Information Workshop. To hold workshops to inform members, directors, and business and community members about social enterprises and brain storm ideas. Mission. Naniamo Foodshare Society | Vancouver Island Group Food Value Chain. A grant to create business & organizational development plans for a business to broker products and services within and from a value chain linking farmers, producers, and key market channels on Vancouver Island, providing employment to equity groups. Network Two Services Society | Computers To Go. To conduct a feasibility study for a computer redistribution and recycling business employing at-risk youth. North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society | Hummingbird Home Help. To conduct a feasibility study on expanding a house cleaning business into a property management and handy-hands services for seniors and seasonal travelers. ...more O.U.R. Eco Village / O.U.R. Community Association | O.U.R. EcoAgricultural Educational Tourism. A grant to provide for planning and training related to next steps in Enterprise Development for O.U.R. nonprofit. Enp Grant Recipients by Type of Social Enterprise Rounds 7.1 & 7.2 (2006) Total = $216,750 Em ploym ent/ Training 31% PAL Vancouver | Theatre in the Sky. To prepare a branding and marketing plan for the use of PAL's theatre within the professional community and the neighbourhood. Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment and Training Association | Aboriginal Commercial Driving School of North Central BC. A grant to conduct a feasibility study and to prepare a business plan to create and develop a certified commercial vehicle driving school combined with Test of Workplace Essential Skills targeting Aboriginal people and creating interest with the youth. Prince George Native Friendship Centre | Smokehouse Hospitality Services. A grant to conduct a feasibility study to expand restaurant / culinary training program, and also to conduct site visits to similar operations in the lower mainland. Richmond Youth Services | RYSA Learning Games Inc. A grant to conduct a feasibility study for a social enterprise which will develop and market creative learning games and assessment tools. Sage Centre/ Hollyhock Leadership Institute | Hollyhock Leadership Institute. To conduct a feasibility study to expand training programs for nonprofit leaders and consulting services. Mission-Related Service/ Product 60% Revenue Generating 9% Tourism Campbell River | As Wild as You Like Adventures Ltd, in bound travel agency. A grant to undertake Board of Directors and Regional Stakeholder development to refocus the common vision and to refine and finalize the business plan. Vancouver Folk Music Festival | Income Opportunities for VFMF. To conduct a feasibility study for a series of opportunities including a sound recording service and the online sale of VFMF concert recordings and interviews. Vancouver Native Health Society | Shine A Light on Literacy.A grant to fund targeted market research for our schools and community partners distribution network for Shine A Light on Literacy. Semiahmoo Family Place | Semiahmoo Family Place Fun Zone. A grant to conduct a feasibility study and marketing plan for the SFP Fun Zone. Vancouver Women's Health Collective | A pharmacy for women in the DTES. A grant to pay for professional fees for a consultant to assist the VWHC in developing a business plan for our pharmacy over a 3-month period between February and April. Seniors Outreach Services Society | Used Medical Equipment Store.To conduct a feasibility study for a thrift/consignment store that sells used medical supplies and employs seniors. VANDU | VANDU Empowerment Consulting develops a board and business plan. A grant to develop a business plan with our main initial initiative being a bedbug buster business in the DTES of Vancouver. Share Family and Community Services | Il Mercante Food Services. To conduct a feasibility study for the use of an existing food services business as a training opportunity for hard-to-employ residents of the Tri-Cities. Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre Society | Life Skills Business Venture. A grant to conduct a market analysis and develop a business plan to offer fee-for-service life skills courses and workshops to the broad community. Sustainable Building Centre | SBC HomeSpa Eco-Friendly Home Advisory Service. To conduct a feasibility study for the delivery of an ecofriendly home improvement advisory service. Western Canada Wilderness Committee | Wilderness Committee Educational Product Sales. To re-align development, sales and distribution of Wilderness Committee Educational Products to current and future market realities. Increasing Access to Capital for Social Enterprises Enp welcomed a new funding partner in December, Bell Canada! Bell becomes the seventh member of the enp funding collaboration and will add funds to the grant pool targeting communities outside the Lower Mainland. Two rural enp orientation sessions were held to test the extending of access to the enp grants program. Orientation sessions were held in Trail and Prince George. The response was so great, between the two over 30 organizations attended! This year in collaboration with the Centre for Community Enterprise (CCE) we will continue to provide enp orientation sessions in rural areas and will have at least 11 orientation sessions dispersed around the province. Enp Grant Recipients by Business Sector Rounds 7.1 & 7.2 (2006) Total = $216,750 Health 5% Retail 18% Manufacturing 6% Service 71% EnpGrant GrantRecipients Recipientsby byRegion Region Enp Rounds7.1 7.1&&7.2 7.2(2006) (2006) Rounds Total==$216,750 $216,750 Total TheKootenays Kootenays The 9% 9% Low Mainland Low ererMainland 6% 6% NorthernBC BC Northern 10% 10% The Islands Islands The 11% 11% Victoria Victoria 6% 6% Vancouver/ GVRD GVRD Vancouver/ 58% 58% Creating a Supportive Public Policy Environment & Enhancing Market Opportunities for Social Enterprise The Canadian Guide to Social Enterprise was published in February, and by June we were ordering a re-print as the interest in the book surpassed our expectations. The ‘guide’ is a comprehensive over view of social enterprise development including case studies, organizational readiness, and business planning. www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca was launched in June! The website adds a significant component to enp’s ability to provide information for individual social enterprise development and also supports much broader access to resources and information for the sector. The site includes: the social enterprise marketplace, a searchable database being populated with social enterprise profiles from across the country; information and registration forms for the enp orientation sessions; updates on the Demonstrating Value Project; a resource centre and a calendar of related activities. photo credit: Jaime Kowal Enp was excited to be the secretariat and host of the 2nd Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise in Vancouver from January 28 to 31, 2007. Over 500 participants, 60% from British Columbia, participated. With over 50 workshops, plenary sessions and an array of speakers the conference was a great success. (Clockwise L to R) Ken Spencer, former CEO of Creo Products, BC Technology Social Venture Partner, and conference Keynote speaker; Jason Mogus, president of Communicopia and BC Technology Social Venture Partner; and the packed crowd at Tuesday’s conference luncheon. enp Contributes to Successful Social Enterprises enp has supported over 143 organizations with $908,732 in grants for technical assistance towards planning and development of their enterprises. While not all organizations move forward with their business ideas, many are now operating and growing successful enterprises. Here are 3 examples of successful enterprises supported by enp in their early days: The Cleaning Solution A project of the Canadian Mental Health Association. The Cleaning Solution is a janitorial service managed by and employing people living with mental illness. CMHA received its first enp grant for market research for this project in round 4.2 (2003). “ Before, I would just watch TV. That was my life, watching TV. Now, I’m busy all the time, and I feel so much better. I just needed that push and someone to give me direction, and that’s where Canadian Mental Health Association really helped out. I like the idea of running a profitable company that does quality work and helps out a number of people living with mental illness including myself”. -Jack Issak, the general manager of The Cleaning Solution. Above: GM Jack Issak with John Letain, one of their 17 janitorial employees. photo credit: Jaime Kowal Potluck Cafe and Catering Potluck Cafe and Catering is a social enterprise catering company operating in Vancouver’s DTES. Potluck Cafe Society received an enp grant in round 2.1 and 2.2 (spring/fall 2001) to assist with planning for this social enterprise. “People imagine social enterprise as cuddly and soft, but we’re not. We made a clear decision to behave as a business and we’re incredibly aggressive in our marketing. We’ve learned that no matter what, you have to create the right environment to produce a product that competes in the marketplace because there is no critical mass for a substandard product with honest social values. Our experience is that social goals are value added - not usually a purchasing criteria”. -Liz Lougheed Green, General Manager at Potluck Cafe and Catering. Photo (left): Potluck Cafe & Catering co-General Managers, Liz Lougheed Green and Heather O’Hara, on site at the bustling DTES Cafe. Starworks A project of the Development Disabilities Association (DDA). Starworks is a social enterprise created to employ people with developmental disabilities to perform light labour and assembly work. Enp provided a grant to DDA in round 1.2 (2000) to assist with developing a business plan for this enterprise. Photo (right): These Starworks employees are busy in the assembly line. From left to right are Sandra Brown, Lyle Lexier, Lawrence Lai, and Taavi Radage. photo credits: Jaime Kowal The work of the Enterprising Non-Profits program is made possible through the generosity and commitment of our seven funders: Visit www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca for more stories and information. To keep up-to-date on enp activities and social enterprise information, sign-up for our e-notes! David LePage program manager [email protected] Michelle Eggli communications & program coordinator [email protected]