You are an investor at a fund that is looking to support a social enterprise and there are three social enterprises in the Greater Toronto Area that have caught your attention: Furniture Bank,
A-Way Express and Toronto Tool Library. You are to conduct an in-depth review of each social enterprise and as an investor, you are to choose one of the three that your fund will support. The analysis of each enterprise should seek to answer the following guiding questions:
1. What is the company’s mission statement? Social value proposition?
2. How is the company challenging the existing problem, identifying opportunities and
creating new possibilities?
3. What kind of operating model does the company have?
4. Is the company addressing short vs. long term needs? Symptoms or underlying causes of problems?
5. What kind of potential do you see in the company? Explain.
