Thriving Non-Profits is fast becoming one of the most valuable resources for non-profit leaders. Do you want to stop doing your work on a shoestring budget? Would you like to have reliable unrestricted revenue you can direct towards your operations, staff and programming? Watch this short video to learn why Thriving Non-Profits was created and how we can help your organization thrive.
Thriving Non-Profits is a unique support hub for non-profit leaders that includes innovative online courses, expert coaching and consulting, and a pathway to investment and growth to scale your impact. We've carefully designed all of our courses and resources to support every non-profit, regardless of mission, impact, budget, or location.
Learn and plan with confidence: Build financial sustainability with practical training and create a clear revenue diversification action plan.
Get expert guidance: Work with experienced coaches and consultants to implement your plan, strengthen operations, and adapt as you grow.
Access funding to scale what works: Prepare for and access values‑aligned investment so your boldest ideas can grow.
Every organization’s path is different, so we’ve built a model that meets you where you are. Whether you start by learning new strategies, need coaching and consulting to put plans into action, or are ready to explore investment to scale what works, Thriving Non-Profits gives you the support to move forward with confidence.
Our journey starts with learning, but not learning for its own sake. The Thriving Non-Profits program equips leaders and teams to rethink what’s possible. Together, we explore nine proven revenue strategies, challenge the old cycle of scarcity, and build a practical action plan for financial sustainability. This stage is where new ideas take root, where boards and staff align around a shared vision, and where the foundation for long-term resilience begins. Learning can happen as a team, as part of a cohort, or through our flexible self-paced options, whatever fits your starting point.
Learning is only the beginning. The next stage is about moving your plans into action. Through expert coaching and consulting, we work alongside you as thought partners and problem-solvers. Whether it’s designing a social enterprise, mapping out a fee-for-service model, preparing for growth, or tackling the internal changes needed to make it all work, we’re in it with you. Our role is to help you translate strategy into measurable progress, at a pace that matches your capacity and ambition.
For some organizations, the next challenge is scale. When your plan involves a revenue-generating initiative but needs financial fuel, this stage of the journey connects you with innovative, values-aligned financing tools: impact investment, blended capital, community bonds, and other social finance solutions. It’s about helping you access the right capital at the right time so your best ideas can grow, while keeping mission and community impact at the centre.
Thriving Non-Profits was founded by three experienced non-profit leaders after spending decades in community work, fundraising, and governance.
Again and again, we experienced the same pattern: programs stalled because funding came too late or in amounts that were too small. Talented staff left because we couldn’t offer growth, or fair compensation. Opportunities missed because traditional grants couldn’t keep up.
We started asking a different question: "What if non-profits didn’t have to live in scarcity?" That question led us to experiment with entrepreneurial approaches that generated revenue we could control. We explored fee-for-service models, social enterprise, and leveraging assets. These strategies changed how we worked, how we led, and what was possible.
What started as an effort to break the cycle in our own organizations became a lifelong mission to share that learning with others. Over time, the Thriving Non-Profits approach evolved into a full service learning and support hub to help leaders put their plans into action, and connect with values‑aligned investment to grow their impact.
Thriving Non-Profits is built by non-profit leaders for non-profit leaders. Our team understands the challenges and complexities of operating a non-profit organization and is dedicated to providing the support, learning, and resources that your team needs to thrive.
Kristi (KR) is a Co-Founder of Thriving Non-Profits. She manages program expansion and partnerships, provides expert coaching and consulting support, and Chairs Thrive Impact Fund.
Lee is a Co-Founder of Thriving Non-Profits. He manages coaching and consulting. Lee has deep experience with social enterprise development, social purpose business conversion, and social purpose real estate.
Kristi (KFM) is a Co-Founder of Thriving Non-Profits and Managing Director of Thrive Impact Fund. She helps organizations thrive by providing access to flexible and catalytic capital.
Rob is the Program Manager for Thriving Non-Profits. He manages program and systems development, supports our team, and makes sure everything works behinds the scenes.
Stephanie is the Coaching Coordinator for Thriving Non-Profits. She manages our amazing program coaches, helping organizations build capacity, and amplify their impact. Stephanie also supports the consulting team.
Ceci is the Program Coordinator for Thriving Non-Profits. She coordinates the delivery of our learning programs, and takes care of our learners needs by ensuring they are supported throughout their journey.
Coaching and consulting is the bridge between learning and action. After you’ve explored new strategies and built your revenue diversification plan, our team of experienced non-profit leaders works alongside you to bring those ideas to life.
We are more than advisors, we are builders, leaders, and social impact champions who understand your journey because we have walked it. By deeply understanding your goals and challenges, we help you turn learning into clear next steps, strengthen your operations, and prepare for opportunities like investment that will allow your mission to grow.
Alexia is an accomplished non-profit leader. Her work focuses on building strategic partnerships, advocating for sustainable funding, and fostering collaboration to enhance the impact of the community sector.
Farah specializes in fundraising, conflict management, and governance. Her expertise lies in breaking big visions into practical goals, and asking strategic questions to inspire new ways of thinking.
Janice specializes in community economic development, leadership, and corporate social responsibility. She helps non-profits lead through change, and scale up through social enterprise, partnerships, and fundraising.
Julia is passionate about people, community building, placemaking, and the potential of social finance. She specializes in leadership, strategic planning, leveraging grants, social enterprise, and social finance.
Kurt has over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit sector. He specializes in strategic planning, leading through crisis, innovation, social enterprise development, fundraising strategies, and storytelling.
Leslie has deep experience in non-profit management and governance at the local, provincial, and national level. She specializes in financial health, leadweship, strategic planning, volunteer management, and governance.
Lisa has over 25 years of senior non-profit leadership in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. She specializes in strategy and planning, measurement and evaluation, financial management, human resources, policy and impact.
Lisa helps non-profits strengthen their resilience, explore enterprising approaches, and navigate organizational change. She is passionate about fostering innovation and guiding leaders through complex challenges.
Mary has over 20 years of experience leadership experience. She specializes in organizational strategy, leading through change, transforming high-level strategy into action, and positioning organizations for long-term success.
Michelle specializes in strategic planning, communications strategies, diversity and inclusion, stakeholder relations, developmental evaluation, and organizational leadership development.
Pierre specializes in business strategy, revenue diversification, capital raising, risk analysis, and decision support. He helps organizations develop sustainable funding models and optimize operations for long-term impact.
Stephanie has a diverse leadership background in the non-profit sector, having worked as an Executive Director and in roles spanning program development, communications, fundraising and community engagement.
Susan has over 20 years of expertise in the non-profit sector. She specializes in fundraising strategies, governance, leadership alignment, operational planning, risk assessment, and program development.
Yash specializes in strategic planning, impact measurement, program design, scaling impact, and theory of change. He has deep experience with fee for service and asset development.
We collaborate with community foundations, funders, and local hosts across Canada to deliver Thriving Non-Profits programming.
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We respectfully acknowledge that the offices of Scale Collaborative are located on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples, and the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations who have historical relationships with the land that continue to this day.
