Apply for the Tapestry Community Capital Readiness Program
This program helps organizations understand whether community bonds make sense as a financing source for their project.
The Spring 2026 program is open to eight charities, nonprofits and cooperatives planning to develop or preserve community-owned land or infrastructure and working in sports and recreation, healthcare, affordable housinget faith-based communities.
Grow your team’s alternative finance awareness and explore a community-first financing method that builds resilience and independence.
How it works
Pendant la two-month program beginning early May 2026, your team will:
- Gain a behind-the-scenes understanding of how successful issuers have set their community bond terms, found their investors, and financed their social purpose real estate projects
- Create a project brief that clarifies how you’ll use community bond funding and communicates your project’s impact
- Complete a financial model to test how community bonds would impact your organization’s cash flow
- Map your unique community of potential investors, including building detailed investor profiles
- Gather input from key community members on your potential community bond raise
By the end of the program, you’ll have a good understanding of what it takes to raise community bonds and if you’d like to move forward with structuring your bond raise with Tapestry’s support.
Program benefits
Community finance knowledge
Gain a clear picture of what it takes to raise community bonds and determine if it’s the right path for your organization.
Clear financial picture
The financial modelling exercise will help you assess how community bonds could be integrated into your financing plan.
Community insights
Community mapping will help you understand your organization’s ability to convert social capital into financial capital.
Access to Tapestry templates
We’ll provide templates and examples of materials from other successful campaigns, and share best practices for how to use them.
The application process & timeline
- Review the eligibility criteria below.
- Complete the application form by 11:59pm EST on April 3, 2026.
- Once you submit your application, you’ll hear from us by email to set up a call with our team. The intention is to clarify any questions we have about your application — and to answer any questions you have about the program.
- The Tapestry team will evaluate applications based on a scoring system that considers the clarity with which you describe your project’s goals and timelines; your team’s capacity to run a successful community bond campaign; and your project’s business case and revenue stream(s) — primarily via your written application form, but info you share in the call with our team may factor in, too.
- You’ll hear from us confirming whether your application was successful on April 13, 2026.
- The program will begin with an introductory meeting on Friday, May 1, 2026.
Pricing
$7,500 + tax
The $7,500 fee is at-cost for Tapestry. We keep our cost low in this early stage of the community bond issuance process to make the learnings accessible to a wide range of organizations (we’re a non-profit too!).
Who should apply?
We work with non-profits, charities, and co-operatives who want to use community capital to bring their collectively-owned infrastructure projects to life.
The Spring 2026 program is open to eight organizations working in sports and recreation, healthcare, affordable housinget faith-based communities.
Ideal participants:
- are incorporated nonprofits, charities, or co-operatives in Canada
- are working toward a well-defined project with clear use of proceeds, often purchasing or upgrading a building
- are interested in raising a minimum of $2 million in community bonds
- need to raise capital in the next 8-12 months
- have an existing community of supporters (donors, volunteers, etc.)
- have a project team of at least 3 people (staff, volunteers, board members, etc.) with skills in project management, finance, and communications
Note: These are criteria ideal participants should meet. If your organization doesn’t meet all criteria, you may still be a good fit and we encourage you to apply!
Priority will be given to projects that serve equity-deserving groups. This includes, but is not limited to, Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, newcomers and refugees, persons with disabilities, women, gender minorities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Priority will also be given to organizations in areas of the country so far underserved by community bond financing: Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Newfoundland & Labrador, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.