Tapestry Collective Co-op

What Tapestry Collective Co-op does

Tapestry Collective Co-op is a worker-owned consulting cooperative based in Kamloops, British Columbia, with a core team of approximately five members. The firm provides systems change strategy, evaluation, research, and facilitation services, with a deliberate focus on working alongside Indigenous communities, non-profits, cooperatives, and government clients in the food systems, housing, and gender equity domains. The business model is project-based consulting, delivered through short- to multi-year engagements funded by provincial ministries, community-based organizations, and Indigenous-led initiatives across British Columbia and adjacent provinces.

The firm's core products are human-delivered services rather than technology platforms: evaluation studies, community engagement and consultation, strategic facilitation, and capacity-building programs. Notable technical components are methodological rather than software-based, including arts-based and culturally grounded engagement frameworks, systems mapping, and Indigenous protocol-informed research design. Examples of recent productized offerings include mentorship and coaching workshops launched in 2024 for the Kamloops Food Policy Council, and ongoing evaluation support for multi-year engagements such as the Elizabeth Fry Society's Gender Equity Project.

Tapestry generates revenue through consulting fees on client engagements and reinvests surplus into the cooperative's member development and community initiatives. The 2023 launch of Weaving the Future as a sister organization extends the commercial footprint into training, courses, and community-of-practice programming. Notable clients and partners include the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food (via the BC Food Hub Network), Kamloops Food Policy Council, Elizabeth Fry Society, Propolis Cooperative Housing, and various Indigenous-led and community organizations.

Name

Tapestry Collective Co-op

Legal name

Tapestry Collective Co-op

Website

https://tapestrycollectiveco-op.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Consulting Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) & Belonging Consulting (BPAHAGAJ)

Keywords

• Social impact consulting
• Systems change strategy
• Program evaluation services
• Community engagement facilitation
• Non-profit capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

Kamloops

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Tapestry provides consulting services including systems change strategy, evaluation, facilitation, research, project management, grant writing, and community engagement. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for these engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tapestry Collective Co-op is a worker cooperative that delivers human-powered consulting services to non-profits, Indigenous communities and organizations, and government bodies. Its core offerings include action research, evaluation and strategic learning, arts-based engagement, facilitation and community convening, strategic planning and theory of change, and capacity building courses. Services support the full lifecycle of systems change initiatives across food systems, housing, gender equity, and non-profit capacity building.

Product overview

Tapestry Collective Co-op is a human-powered consulting services cooperative offering a unified portfolio of interconnected advisory services. The core offerings include Action Research and Project Development, Evaluation and Strategic Learning, Arts-Based Engagement, Facilitation and Community Convening, Strategic Planning and Theory of Change, and Courses and Capacity Building (the latter delivered through sister organization Weaving the Future). These services are designed to work together holistically, enabling the company to support clients through the full lifecycle of systems change initiatives—from initial research and planning through implementation, evaluation, and capacity building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Action Research and Project Development Collaborative consulting service that works with non-profits, academia, municipalities, and community organizations to explore and support tangible solutions to pressing societal issues including alternative economic systems, food security, and housing.
• Evaluation and Strategic Learning Expertise in designing and implementing evaluations that support learning, strategic decision-making, and evidence-based communication for complex, systems-level, and collaborative initiatives.
• Arts-Based Engagement Engagement methodology that brings people together through generative processes to connect, learn, reflect, and propose future directions, using arts methods to communicate emotions and significance.
• Facilitation and Community Convening Online and in-person facilitation services including industry consultations, collaborative working groups, workshops, and hosting communities of practice.
• Strategic Planning and Theory of Change Planning methodology that helps organizations understand how and why change is expected to occur, clarifying language, understanding causal relationships, and building shared understanding among stakeholders.
• Courses and Capacity Building Participatory training offerings provided through sister organization Weaving the Future, designed to build skills, resources, and capacity for making ambitious changes in community.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three-year engagement with Gender Equity Project resulting in tangible community impact on gender equity in Kamloops
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Weaving the FuturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeaving the Future is described as Tapestry's 'sister organization' through which they offer courses for individuals and teams to build skills, resources and capacity for making ambitious changes in their community. This is a collaborative capacity-building initiative.
• The Stir (Kamloops Food Policy Council)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTapestry conducted initial feasibility planning, provided implementation support, secured funding, and developed a vision and business plan for this commercial food hub for the Kamloops region led by the Kamloops Food Policy Council.
• Propolis Cooperative Housing SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPropolis Housing Cooperative, spearheaded by Tapestry team member Lindsay Harris, is using innovative community bonds to raise $1.1 million for a property purchase in Kamloops' North Shore. Tapestry team members are directly involved in this initiative.
• Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTapestry led the initial needs assessment, developed the strategic direction, and provided evaluation and facilitation support for the Gender Equity Project led by the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FSG: Global social-impact strategy and evaluation consultancy advising foundations, corporations, and governments on systems change and collective impact. Comparable because it sells the same combination of strategy, evaluation, and learning engagements to social-sector clients, though at much larger scale.
• Realize Strategies: Canadian social-purpose consulting practice advising nonprofits, charities, and social enterprises on strategy, evaluation, and impact. Comparable for offering evaluation and strategic-learning services to Canadian social-sector clients in similar thematic areas.
• Movement Strategy Center: Social-justice-focused consultancy providing strategy, research, and evaluation to movement-building and equity organizations. Comparable for its mission-aligned consulting model serving equity, food justice, and community organizations with research and evaluation work.
• Innoweave (McConnell Foundation): Canadian social-innovation initiative offering capacity-building programs, coaching, and evaluation support to nonprofits and collectives. Comparable for delivering capacity-building and impact-measurement support to Canadian community organizations, with overlapping methodology around adaptive change.
• Reos Partners: International systems-change consultancy that designs and facilitates multi-stakeholder processes on complex social challenges. Directly comparable for its focus on transformational change, stakeholder convening, and learning-based evaluation across food, housing, and equity themes.
• Tamarack Institute: Canadian nonprofit focused on community change, collaborative leadership, and systems-change evaluation and training. Directly comparable as a values-driven Canadian organization helping nonprofits, governments, and communities tackle complex social issues—mirroring Tapestry's food systems, housing, and equity focus.

Regional players

• The Counselling Foundation of Canada: Canadian foundation funding nonprofit capacity building, leadership development, and sector research. Comparable for its focus on strengthening Canadian nonprofits through capacity and evaluation support, though not a consulting firm.
• Maytree Foundation: Canadian private foundation focused on poverty reduction, housing, and equity, with adjacent policy and program evaluation work. Comparable because it supports similar Canadian nonprofit and government actors in housing, food security, and equity, though primarily as a funder rather than a consulting vendor.

Broad incumbents

• Bridgespan Group: Large social-sector strategy consultancy serving nonprofits, philanthropies, and governments. Comparable for serving similar nonprofit and government clients with strategy, evaluation, and capacity-building work, but operating as a much larger generalist incumbent.

Emerging players

• The Intersector Project: Initiative focused on cross-sector collaboration between government, business, and nonprofits to address social problems. Comparable for facilitating cross-sector convenings and capacity building on systems-change work, though more of a thought-leadership and training entity than a delivery consultancy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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