We believe in a society where everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential

Our Mission

We catalyze large-scale social impact by selecting, supporting and scaling breakthrough social ventures and unleashing the potential of collaboration.

With over 200,000 social ventures in Canada, identifying those that drive the strongest outcomes is difficult. Existing social problems are scaling faster than solutions. Most social ventures also lack access to the resources and support to create the impact that will transform communities at scale. To overcome growing challenges, the right set of high-impact social ventures should be selected and scaled nationally—that’s where we come in.

Narinder Dhami

Managing Director, LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact Top 40 under 40 2019 Honouree

Our journey to date has been a remarkable one. Together with our sector partners Boston Consulting Group (BCG), EY, Google, McCarthy Tétrault, The Offord Group and H+K Strategies and forward thinking donors, we have improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Canadians by doing good, better.

Our model is unique and impactful. We are a catalyst for innovation and collaboration, and we help accelerate social impact. We invest in the best ideas and leaders, providing capacity and facilitating capital that help social ventures reach their full potential. Since our founding, we have invested in 15 social ventures, enabled over $12 million of pro bono support and influenced over $55 million in capital.

We are committed to a deep, long term approach to amplify social impact across Canada and the globe. Each day, we have the privilege to work beside committed social entrepreneurs and business leaders to help the best social ventures increase their reach.

Thank you to all who have been involved in the growth of our work. We are just getting started!

Joan Dea Board Chair, LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact Founder, Beckwith Investments, Former BMO Executive and BCG Partner

We are living in an exciting and challenging time. Rapidly changing technology and shifting demographics are impacting the way we live and work. These disruptors magnify our social problems, but they also create new opportunities. We urgently need new approaches to drive meaningful change to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential. We need to do good, better.

We at LEAP are on an ambitious path to create real change; we envision a future where one million lives are impacted each year through the work of our social ventures, creating more than $1 billion of economic impact. We look forward to building our relationships with current collaborators and forging new partnerships to bring this vision to life.

As we look ahead to the next phase of our growth, we remain grateful to our community of partners, donors and volunteers who make the LEAP vision a reality.

We founded LEAP to amplify innovative concepts and drive meaningful impact in Canada, and our approach is working. As a leading force of social impact, we are committed to maximizing social return on investment.

Kilian Berz

Co-founder and Board Chair 2012-2018, Current Board Member Senior Partner and Managing Director, Global Leader, Financial Institutions Practice, BCG