Consulting and Project Support

Tailored support for impact-driven organizations.


Applications open now! Submit a project proposal by May 1, 2024.

Dedicated, driven talent.
Your team will be paired with a team of 2 Propel Impact Summer Analysts, who will commit 100 hours over 10 weeks. Analysts have been hand-selected and bring an array of diverse experiences to the table.
Focused, practical support.
Projects will support one of four specific needs: market research, feasibility assessment, financial modeling, or impact measurement. The project is designed to help build your capacity towards developing your social enterprise.
Social finance education.
Your team will be provided with resources to learn about accessing social finance for your organization. If you're based in one of our local fund cities and are raising capital, you may be added to the pipeline for potential investment.

In the past four years, we've helped 200+ impact-first organizations overcome a wide variety of challenges.

Western Arctic Youth Collective
Takachar
Yukonstruct
Food Stash Foundation

We get into the weeds of helping you build your social enterprise, one project at a time.

What makes an ideal
Propel Impact project?

Overview

Projects that will help your organization work towards developing your social enterprise and generating revenue.

Duration: 100 hours of project support over 10 weeks (May 27 to August 2, 2024).
Team Structure: 2 Propel Impact Analysts.
Focus Areas: Market Research, Feasibility Assessment, Financial Modeling, Impact Measurement
Cost: Organizations are charged on a sliding scale, depending on their financial capacity. As a benchmark, it costs Propel Impact $3,500 in overhead costs to deliver each project. Any payment above enables Propel Impact to continue its work serving youth and impact-first organizations. We strive to ensure that financial capacity is not the limiting factor for any eligible organization.

Eligibility

• Your organization has a social, environmental, and/or cultural mandate.
• You are registered as for-profit business, non-profit, charity, or co-operative.
• You are headquartered in Canada or you have a significant amount of operations in Canada.
• You are interested in establishing or diversifying revenue-generating activities and/or have plans to fundraise capital (debt, community bonds, venture capital, impact investing etc.) in the next 1-2 years.
• The scope of your project can be completed over 100 hours between May - August 2024. Your organization is able to commit 15 hours over 10 weeks to meeting with the Analysts, answering communications, providing access to internal documentation, and providing feedback on deliverables.

Apply through the Google Form by May 1 at 11:59pm.
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Organizations we’ve worked with

Client testimonials

“The project support provided by Propel Impact Analysts was an amazing help to our organization and helped us to confirm we were on the right track in reopening following a necessary closure due to COVID. The extensive market research and financial projections the team completed for us was exactly what we needed to understand the emerging opportunities in our field and the best ways to increase our market reach."
- The Barking Lot (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
“Propel Impact Analysts provided our organization with a really comprehensive framework to help us understand and address trends and opportunities in our industry. They very quickly showed that they understood our business model and were able to bring relevant, fresh perspectives to help guide our planning process moving forward.”
- Mealshare (National)
“Propel Impact has provided tremendous value to CityStudio. The Analysts were incredibly intelligent, curious, thoughtful, and asked critical questions that challenged my team to clarify our goals and think in deeper and new ways. The final deliverables and recommendations surpassed my expectations in terms of quality, thoroughness, and usefulness.”
- CityStudio (Vancouver, British Columbia)

FAQ

Who will we be working with?
Your impact-first organization will be matched with a team of 2 Analysts who come from different backgrounds. Analysts are completing a full-time 14-week internship with one of Propel Impact's partner organizations, including impact investing funds, social impact incubators/accelerators, social impact advisory or consulting firms, think tanks and charitable foundations. Each team will be supported by a Project Advisor - either an experienced Alum or a Propel Impact team member.
What criteria do you use to select projects?
Project requests are assessed on three criteria: whether they address specific social, environmental, and cultural issues that are aligned with Propel Impact’s priorities, whether the Analysts have the requisite skills to complete the project successfully, and whether your organization demonstrates a commitment to developing a social enterprise or establishing/diversifying revenue-generating activities.
What additional value will Propel Impact provide?
As your project comes to an end, we will provide you with resources to learn about accessing social finance for your organization. Once your impact-first organization is ready to seek funding, we will also consider you for investment through one of our seven local Propel Impact funds, if eligible.
What type of projects can be issued? How should we go about scoping the work?
With a strong focus on helping you develop a social enterprise, projects must be focused on market research, feasibility assessment, financial modeling, or impact measurement. A strong project proposal will only cover one of these areas. Once the projects begin, the Analysts and Project Advisor will help you determine the scope of work to ensure project success. Read some case studies showcasing previous projects for inspiration.
Why does my organization have to pay?
As a small nonprofit, Propel Impact incurs direct costs to operate these projects. These costs include: recruiting and training Analysts, paying Managers for the time that they contribute to consulting engagements, and curating educational resources for participating impact-first organizations.

Note: We do not accept projects based on your capacity to pay. Proposals will be evaluated on the criteria described in FAQ 2.

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