Invest In Your Community
Increasingly new investment opportunities are popping up that use Community Bonds. If you are interested in investing, contact the organizations leading these investments listed below. CSI doesn’t take any responsibility for the nature or type of investment, we are simply sharing the word.
If you are offering a community bond investment and would like to have your project listed here, please email communitybonds@
If you are interested in buying a CSI bond, we are taking direct investments. Contact us here.
DISCLAIMER: CSI is delighted to share these opportunities with folks interested in impact investing, but has not reviewed or assessed any of these opportunities. Each investor must do their own assessment of the risk and reward inherent with each of this investments.
| Organization | Description | Terms | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Social Innovation | The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) is a social enterprise with a mission to catalyze,inspire and support social innovation. |
Up to $300k in Community Bonds, 5-year term, 4% annual return, compounded semi-annually. |
www.socialinnovation.ca/bondoffering |
| Centre for Social Innovation | The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) is a social enterprise with a mission to catalyze, inspire and support social innovation. |
Up to $500k in Growth Bonds, 7-year term, 6% interest, compounded semi-annually. |
www.socialinnovation.ca/bondoffering |
| Oikocredit | Oikocredit is one of the world’s largest sources of private funding to the microfinance sector, providing credit to trade cooperatives, fair trade organizations and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world. |
250$ bonds, with a 5-year term and 1.75% annual return. |
www.oikocredit.org |
| ZooShare | ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. is a non-profit renewable energy co-operative that is developing a 500 kW biogas plant on the grounds of the Toronto Zoo. |
$5,000 Community Bonds (or $500 for Zoo members), 7 year term, 7% annual return |
www.zooshare.ca |
| West End Food Co-op | The West End Food Co-op is a multi-stakeholder co-operative that includes eaters, producers, workers, and community partners. We aim to provide viable food security initiatives that are specific to the needs of our west end communities. |
$500 community bond, 5 and 10-year term and 2.5% annual return after two years |
www.westendfood.coop |
| SolarShare | SolarShare is a not for profit co-operative that allows Ontario citizens to invest in community-based solar energy installations. |
$1,000 community solar bonds, with a 5-year term and 5% annual return. |
www.solarbonds.ca |