Impact Toolbox

What Impact Toolbox does

Impact Toolbox is a Canadian national charity (BN: 781118401 RR 0001) founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, that delivers social entrepreneurship education, incubation, and capacity-building programs to equity-deserving changemakers globally. Its core offerings include self-paced online courses (delivered through a cloud-based Learning Management System at learn.impacttoolbox.org), a 16-week cohort-based Social Enterprise Incubation Program priced at $3,500 CAD per organization, personalized coaching for Social Purpose Organizations, and two youth fellowships (YID for ages 19-35 and F3 for ages 13-18). The technology stack centers on an LMS featuring interactive video lessons, proprietary tools (Theory of Change Canvas, problem validation rubric, impact measurement framework, competitive stack map), and a structured DTEC Youth Engagement Framework (Discover, Train, Engage/Employ, Connect), with human coaching feedback on graded assignments.

The organization operates a hybrid go-to-market combining product-led self-paced enrollment, community-led fellowship cohorts, and channel-partner delivery through white-labelled curriculum licensed to ecosystem builders and educational institutions. Partners include WeBC, KAST, Children First Canada, Community Futures East Kootenay, Thrive4Blacks, Global Citizen Events, UBCO, Thompson Rivers University, and College of the Rockies. The business model derives revenue from course subscriptions (with a 30% community group discount), incubation program fees, content licensing and white-labelling, and donations/grants from foundations and government sources (Vancouver Foundation, Wealthsimple Foundation, PacDev, Central Okanagan Foundation, Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust, federal and provincial programs). The YID Fellowship reached 68 fellows from 28 countries in 2024 and 31 fellows from 16 countries in 2025 from applicant pools of 1,670 and 1,200+ respectively, with 8,200+ individuals trained and 132+ social enterprises supported cumulatively. Impact Toolbox has approximately 11 staff and operates as a private non-profit with no venture capital or private equity investors, governed by an independent Board of Directors chaired by Amanda Shatzko.

Name

Impact Toolbox

Legal name

Impact Toolbox

Website

https://impacttoolbox.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Entrepreneurship Education and Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN), Growth Mindset, Motivation & Goal-Setting Programs (EDAMAIAE)

Keywords

• Social entrepreneurship training
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Youth fellowships programs
• Social enterprise incubation
• Impact measurement education

Headquarters

HQ city

Kelowna

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Course Subscriptions: Income generated from subscriptions to social entrepreneurship and social change leadership online courses. Core programs are provided at no cost to participants who receive subsidies or sponsorships.
2. Incubation Program Fees: Social Enterprise Incubation Program priced at $3,500 CAD per organization. Subsidies or sponsorships available for organizations facing financial barriers. Covers 16 weeks of cohort-based learning, coaching, and peer support.
3. Content Licensing & Customization for Partners: Income generated from providing customized training contents, resources, guides, and programs for incubators, accelerators, coaches, and educational institutions. Includes white-labelling and brand customization.
4. Donations and Grants: Tax-deductible donations and grants from funders, foundations, and government sources. Canadian charity business number: 781118401 RR 0001.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Impact Toolbox delivers social entrepreneurship education, training, and incubation programs through a cloud-based learning management system. Its core offerings include self-paced online courses, a 16-week Social Enterprise Incubation Program, personalized coaching for social purpose organizations, and youth fellowships (Youth In Development for ages 19-35 and Future Founders Fellowship for ages 13-18). The platform also supplies white-labelled curriculum and tools to ecosystem builders, funders, and educational institutions for delivering programs in their own communities.

Product overview

Impact Toolbox is a non-profit social entrepreneurship education platform offering a portfolio of interconnected programs and tools. The core offerings include Self-Paced Courses for Social Entrepreneurs (online courses on impact strategy, business modeling, customer discovery, and financial planning), the Social Enterprise Incubation Program (16-week cohort-based training with coaching), Coaching and Support for Social Purpose Organizations, the Youth In Development Fellowship (ages 19-35, 6-month global program), and the Future Founders Fellowship F3 (ages 13-18). The ecosystem support services provide customizable curriculum and tools for partners to deliver social entrepreneurship programs. All offerings are grounded in the DTEC Framework (Discover, Train, Engage/Employ, Connect) and include proprietary impact measurement tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Youth in Development (YID) Fellowship: A 6-month fellowship program for emerging social change leaders ages 19-35 providing training, mentorship, and networking to build sustainable social enterprises.
• Future Founders Fellowship (F3)
• Social Enterprise Incubation Program
• Coaching and Support for SPOs

Products and services

• Self-paced Courses for Social Entrepreneurs Online self-paced courses providing social entrepreneurship education including impact strategy, business model development, customer discovery, financial planning, storytelling, and impact measurement for social ventures, with group enrollment available for organizations.
• Social Enterprise Incubation Program A 16-week cohort-based program where participants develop a social enterprise business model and pitch deck with expert coaching, peer support, and access to 150+ interactive video lessons; priced at $3,500 CAD per organization with subsidies available for those facing financial barriers.
• Coaching and Support for Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs) Personalized capacity-building coaching and support services for non-profits, charities, and social enterprises focusing on starting or growing social enterprises, impact measurement, financial intelligence, and strategic planning.
• Youth In Development (YID) Fellowship A 6-month fellowship program for emerging social change leaders ages 19-35, providing online courses, bootcamps, mentorship, and venture development funding opportunities, with selected fellows receiving five online courses valued at over $1,200 CAD at no cost and finalists eligible for a Venture Development Fund of $500 to $3,000 CAD.
• Future Founders Fellowship (F3) A fellowship program training teenagers ages 13-18 in leadership, entrepreneurship, and digital skills through community development projects aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• Support for Ecosystems and Funders Customizable curriculum, content, and tools for investors, ecosystem builders, business incubators, and accelerators to deliver social entrepreneurship programs in their communities, including white-labelling options and train-the-trainer support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,200+ individuals trained across programs including via online courses
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Community Futures East Kootenay (CFEK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2025Two-year 'Innovate for Impact' initiative co-led with CFEK, aiming to build and enhance social enterprise support in the Kootenays region through training, mentorship, and community development.
• Children First Canada (CFC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Impact Toolbox supports CFC's Being, Belonging, Becoming (BBB) program, providing social entrepreneurship curriculum and training adapted for children and youth-serving organizations.
• WeBC (Women's Enterprise Centre of BC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2025Impact Toolbox partners with WeBC to offer a social enterprise incubation program, leveraging WeBC's network of women entrepreneurs in British Columbia and Impact Toolbox's curriculum and coaching platform.
• Thrive4BlackscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Youth Entrepreneurship & Empowerment Program in partnership with Thrive4Blacks, a short immersive program supporting Black and racialized youth through problem identification, solution design, teamwork, and venture development.
• Global Citizen EventscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Sustainable Development Challenge partnership where local mentors and educators support students to build social impact projects connected to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with public showcase and seed funding.
• Accelerate Okanagan (e@UBCO)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Entrepreneur In Residence Ty Summach at Accelerate Okanagan endorsed Impact Toolbox's value to facilitators and capacity builders in British Columbia's Okanagan region.
• KAST (Kootenay Association for Science and Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024Partnership to deliver the Youth Build-A-Business Program for youth ages 13-18 across the Kootenays region, providing mentorship, curriculum, and seed funding for social impact business ideas.
• University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) School of EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023UBCO integrated Impact Toolbox's social entrepreneurship training into the Engineering Capstone Design Project course, resulting in 41 students gaining social entrepreneurship knowledge and 5 new social enterprises created in Fall 2023.
• Thompson Rivers UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPost-secondary institution that has integrated Impact Toolbox content into accredited courses for experiential, project-based learning in social entrepreneurship.
• College of the RockiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPost-secondary institution that has integrated Impact Toolbox content into accredited courses for experiential, project-based learning in social entrepreneurship.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Echoing Green: Provides fellowships, leadership development, and seed funding to emerging social entrepreneurs, particularly from underrepresented backgrounds. Directly comparable to Impact Toolbox's YID Fellowship in target demographic, cohort structure, and venture funding layer.
• Acumen Academy: Online learning platform offering social entrepreneurship and social innovation courses with global reach. Directly competes with Impact Toolbox's self-paced course catalog on learn.impacttoolbox.org and shares the same social enterprise skills curriculum (business modeling, impact measurement, storytelling).
• School for Social Entrepreneurs: UK-based charity delivering cohort-based social enterprise training programs with peer learning and accredited qualifications. Comparable to Impact Toolbox's Incubation Program and YID Fellowship in delivery model (cohort learning, coaching, peer support) and target audience (emerging social entrepreneurs).
• Social Enterprise Academy: Provides learning and development programs for social enterprises, charities, and mission-driven leaders across the UK and internationally. Comparable in target audience (SPOs seeking entrepreneurial capacity), course structure, and franchise-style partner delivery model.
• Ashoka: Global network supporting social entrepreneurs with fellowships, training, and ecosystem support across 90+ countries. Closely comparable to Impact Toolbox in mission (equipping changemakers) and methodology (cohort-based learning, coaching, lifetime network access), though at significantly larger scale.

Regional players

• SiG (Social Innovation Generation): Canadian collaborative focused on social innovation and social finance research, education, and ecosystem building. Comparable as a Canadian-based peer in the social enterprise education and capacity-building space, though oriented more toward research and policy than direct training delivery.
• CASE i3 (Centre for Social Enterprise, i3): Canadian consultancy and program provider supporting social enterprises and impact organizations with capacity building and training. Comparable to Impact Toolbox's coaching and incubation offerings, primarily serving Canadian SPOs and ecosystem partners.

Broad incumbents

• Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship: Accelerator and capacity-building programs for social enterprises globally, with strong curriculum and mentorship components housed within Santa Clara University. Comparable in higher-education-anchored delivery, accelerator cohort structure, and social enterprise curriculum focus.
• InBIA (International Business Innovation Association): Industry association and training provider for the global incubator and accelerator community, including content and standards for youth entrepreneurship programs. Broader incumbent that overlaps with Impact Toolbox's 'Support for Ecosystems & Funders' product serving incubators and accelerators with curriculum and tools.

Emerging players

• Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC): Runs youth fellowships and civic engagement programs across multiple countries, focused on empowering young leaders from underrepresented backgrounds. Comparable to Impact Toolbox's F3 (ages 13-18) and YID (ages 19-35) Fellowships in demographic focus and youth leadership development model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impacttoolbox
• Instagraminstagram.com/impacttoolbox

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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