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 financing 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 out 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 helps you move forward with confidence.
Our journey starts with learning. The Thriving Non-Profits program empowers you and your team to rethink what’s possible. Together, we explore new revenue strategies, challenge the cycle of scarcity, and build practical action plans for financial sustainability. This stage is where ideas take root, where boards and staff align around a shared vision, and where the foundation for long-term resilience begins. Learn as a team in our cohort, or through our flexible self-paced course options, whatever fits your starting point.
Learning is only the beginning. Through expert coaching and consulting, we work alongside you to move your plans into action. Whether it’s designing a social enterprise model, mapping out a fee-for-service idea, preparing for growth, or tackling the internal changes needed to make it all work, we’re in it with you. We help you translate strategy into measurable progress, at a pace that matches your capacity and ambition.
For some organizations, the next challenge is growth. When your plan involves a revenue-generating initiative but needs financial support, this stage of the journey connects you with innovative, values-aligned financing: 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, and Thriving Non-Profits was born.
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 you need to thrive.
Co-Founder & Director of Partnerships
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.
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Thrive impact Fund
Kristi (KFM) is a Co-Founder of Thriving Non-Profits and Managing Director of Thrive Impact Fund. She helps organizations access flexible financing to support their growth.
Co-Founder & Director of Coaching and Consulting
Lee is a Co-Founder of Thriving Non-Profits. He manages the coaching and consulting practice and has deep experience in non-profit leadership and governance.
Program Manager
Rob is the Program Manager for Thriving Non-Profits. He manages our programs and systems, supports our team, and makes sure everything runs smoothly behinds the scenes.
Lead Consultant
Pierre is Lead Consultant for Thriving Non-Profits. He ensures organizations get the support they need to put their plans into action and scale their impact.
Impact Consultant
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.
Coaching Coordinator & Impact Consultant
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.
Program Coordinator
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 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.
Our coaches are more than advisors, they are builders, leaders, and social impact champions who understand your journey because they have walked it.
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.
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.
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, philanthropic funders, governments, 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.
