The Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund is an evergreen fund that exists to support Canadian co-operatives that are creating lasting impact across all sectors. CCIF is designed to address a gap in the co-operative sector’s access to loans, equity and quasi equity investments. Investing in the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund creates lasting benefit to Canadian communities while providing a financial return.
OVERVIEW
Our investments are guided by our investment policy:
INVESTMENT POLICYPOLITIQUE D’INVESTISSEMENT
CCIF does not invest in financial institutions or credit unions.
SELECTED INVESTORS
Our investors include credit unions, co-operative associations and other institutions.
- Affinity Services Group Inc.
- Arctic Co-operatives Ltd.
- Assiniboine Credit Union Limited
- Atkinson Foundation
- Atlantic Central
- Caisses Populaire Alliance Limitée
- Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation
- Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
- Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada
- Concentra Bank
- Connect First Credit Union Ltd.
- Desjardins Financial Holding Inc.
- Freedonia
- Kindred Credit Union Limited
- Servus Credit Union
- The Co-operators Group Limited
- Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
PORTFOLIO
Our work with Four Feathers’ Housing Co-operative facilitated the creation of 33 new affordable housing units for Indigenous community members of southern Ontario.
Our work with Sudbury Downtown Independent Cinema Co-operative helped the co-op to bridge its capital campaign funding to retrofit an empty gymnasium into a state-of-the-art digital cinema.
Our work with Coop Alina will provide the long term and working capital to the co-operative after its recent second expansion.
Our work with Sumac Community Worker Co-operative helped the co-op to refinance its loans and improve its financial capacity to allow for future growth planning.
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