The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) has a number of different programs and services that they offer and one example is 'Agents of Change Youth." "Agents of Change Youth has been designed to help you turn your idea into real impact and prepare you for early stage investment," they write on the application page. "You’ll have an opportunity to pitch to the Ontario Catapult Microloan Fund for a low interest loan between $5k-25k, and to receive support to run a successful CSI Catalyst crowdfunding campaign."
The competition s run in collaboration with Microsoft Canada, Ontario Trillium Foundation and ING Direct.
Contact Information
Agents of Change on CSI
Agents of Change application on Survey Monkey
CSI on Facebook
CSI on Twitter
CSI on Flickr
CSI on Vimeo
What's Driving This Trend
- Youth Entrepreneurship
- Opportunity for young entrepreneurs to receive support and funding for their ideas.
- Microloan Funding
- Access to low interest loans for early stage investment.
- Crowdfunding Campaigns
- Assistance in running successful crowdfunding campaigns.
Who This Affects Most
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits can collaborate with CSI to provide support and funding for youth entrepreneurs.
- Financial Services
- Financial institutions can partner with CSI to offer microloan funding for early-stage investments.
- Crowdfunding Platforms
- Crowdfunding platforms can collaborate with CSI to provide assistance in running successful crowdfunding campaigns.
