SPEN Social Purchase Enterprise Study (2010)

Social Purpose Enterprise Network SPE Study

In May 2010, the Social Purpose Enterprise Network (SPEN) Toronto commissioned Carleton University's Centre for Community Innovation (3CI) to undertake research on social purpose enterprise (SPE) in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The purpose of the project was to investigate revenue, cost, human resource and growth patterns of SPEN members and other SPEs in the GTA. Funding for the project was provided by SPEN and through a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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