Begin your community bond journey.
Next Intake: April 21-June 4, 2025*
Application Deadline: April 14, 2025
Cost of Feasibility Study: $5,000
Spots Available: 6
* Earlier starts are possible for organizations who submit their intake form ahead of the deadline.
What to expect
We offer quarterly intakes for non-profits, charities, and co-operatives who wish to explore the feasibility of raising capital through community bonds.
With Tapestry’s support, you’ll work through exercises to determine whether community bonds are right for your project, including:
- Understanding how your organization would use the bond funds
- Developing a financial model that supports community capital
- Exploring potential bond terms
- Conducting community consultations to determine investors’ appetite and garner early community support for your project
The feasibility study process takes 2.5 months, after which you’ll be well-equipped to decide whether your community bond raise is feasible, and whether you’ll move forward to structuring your bond raise with Tapestry’s support.
How to apply:
Review the eligibility criteria below, submit an intake form, and we’ll reach out via email to set up a discovery call to learn more. After this call, you can expect to complete a detailed assessment form to evaluate your project’s feasibility and attend a meet & greet session with our campaigns team.
Program benefits
Peer to peer learning
Access Tapestry’s peer to peer learning circle and be mentored by other organizations that have gone through our process and successfully raised capital.
Clear financial picture
The financial modelling exercises will help you determine the level of debt that you can take on and encourage you to build in diversified revenue streams to ensure the long term sustainability of the organization.
Community insights
The community consultations will give you a better understanding on the level of engagement from your supporter base and your ability to convert social capital into financial capital for your project.
Project management
The feasibility study will take place over the course of 2.5 months with clear milestones and bi-weekly hourly check-ins.
Access to Tapestry templates
We’ll provide templates and examples of materials from other successful campaigns, and share best practises to ensure your study is an insightful experience.
Funding support
Earn fee discounts for meeting key milestones.
Pricing
$5,000 + tax
The upfront cost of the feasibility study is $5,000. You can earn up to a $5,000 credit towards structuring the bond if you complete all exercises within 2.5 months as planned. The $5,000 fee structure is at cost for Tapestry and we intentionally keep our cost low in this stage to make it accessible for all organizations to apply (we’re a non-profit too!).
Who should apply?
We work with non-profits, charities, and co-operatives that are ready to use community investment to bring their projects to life. Our intake program is designed for organizations that:
- Are an incorporated nonprofit, charity, or co-operative in Canada.
- Have a well-defined project and clear use of proceeds.
- Are raising a minimum of $1 million in community bonds.
- Need to start raising capital in the next 8-12 months.
- Have an existing community of support.
- Have a dedicated project team of at least 3 people (staff, volunteers, Board members, etc.) with skills in project management, finance, and communications.
Please note that 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 Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Newfoundland & Labrador, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
If this sounds like your organization, get in touch via the form and see how we can help you with your community bond raise. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so don’t wait to apply – the intake form only takes 5 minutes!