Who Are We?

Sustainable Capacity Solutions is the one-stop shop for Canadian environmental organizations' capacity-building needs. We're made up of a network of social enterprises delivering important services across a wide range of areas. Our services are specifically tailored to small shop organizations, with annual revenues below $500,000 a year.

Our goal is to help your nonprofit organization deliver on its mission and realize its goals by providing it with the support it needs. Canada's environment can use all the help it can get. We're here to make the Canadian environmental community equal to its vital task of environmental protection.

The Capacity Building Institute provides capacity-building support and training to staff and volunteers in the environmental, nonprofit sector. Their mission is to train 10,000 leaders of small-shop nonprofit organizations in Canada by 2030! They focus on 6 core capacity themes:

• Governance & Board Development
• Financial Management & Fund Development
• Communications & Outreach
• Leadership & Organizational Culture
• Volunteer Engagement & Human Resources
• Risk Management & Legal Issues

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Eco Executive Director is a social enterprise that helps small-shop non-profit environmental organizations across Canada who need administrative support for the Executive Director functions. They take the struggle out of managing your ENGO without your organization having to spend hard-earned staff dollars on administration. We specialize in systematizing Executive Director functions and administrative tasks.

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Eco-Internships is a nonprofit organization that provides human resource support for small-shop, environmental nonprofit organizations in Canada. Their Intern Support Program not only helps you hire interns for your organization but also provides training and mentoring support for the interns hired. To date, Eco-Internships has provided over 100 internships to 38 different small-shop, environmental organizations!

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GreenBooks provides small nonprofits with bookkeeping services. Including:

• Financial set-up in Quickbooks Desktop or Quickbooks Online (including a chart of accounts and financial structure)
• Payroll services, including employee record-keeping, payment, and Mandatory Employee Related Costs (MERCs) calculation and payment
• Monthly financial management and data entry, including bill payments, deposits, invoice generation, bank reconciliation and more
• Support for cash management systems, including petty cash and reimbursement tracking
• Support for data entry for financial contacts (vendors and customers)
• Balance Sheet and Financial Statement reports for board meetings
• Tax receipting support for charities
• Annual financial statements as a third-party (compilation)
• Annual financial returns to CRA (T2 or T3010) and annual Industry Canada filing for federally incorporated nonprofits
• Annual employee reporting with T4s, Records of Employment (ROEs), and T4 Summary

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