Partnerships

Make it Good defines partnership as a mutually beneficial alliance created between Make it Good and external organizations committed to balancing their environmental, economic, and cultural sustainability with those of our city.

The purpose of Make it Good's partnerships are to create a formalized peer-dialogue and referral structure, comprised of Make it Good accredited partners, whereby challenges, solutions and ideation can be proposed and discussed.

Here is a list of some of our current partners.  This list grows bigger every day!

The Calgary Foundation is a community foundation dedicated to improving communities in Calgary. Foundations do this by pooling the charitable gifts of donors to create endowment funds and using the investment income to make grants.

The Calgary Foundation, established in 1955, facilitates collaborative philanthropy by making powerful connections between donors and community organizations for the long term benefit of Calgary and surrounding area.

If you were to look up "good corporate citizenship" in the dictionary you would see the First Calgary Savings logo. First Calgary Savings has been an active and valuable partner of Make it Good since 2005. Not only do they offer financial support, but Dani DeBoice, Manager of Corporate Citizenship, is an active volunteer and member of our Board.

In March 2008 the Haskayne School of Business agreed to provide Make it Good with office space and infrastructure. In October 2008, the Haskayne School of Business went one step further and signed an MOU agreeing to become the fiscal agent for the initiative. Having a home and the fiscal support of the Haskayne School of Business has been invaluable to Make it Good’s ability to develop its vision and mission, grow its network, engage and collaborate with students and academics and complete its day-to-day operations.

Recognized by the top industry leaders as five-time Developer of the Year, Hopewell not only builds socially responsible and functional communities; they are committed to giving back to their communities. 

The Centre for Inquiry - Calgary  is an organization that fosters a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry and humanist values. They strive to create awareness of these values and raise concerns about the absence of them. Perfectly aligned with Make it Good's dogma that critical thinking is key to achieving sustainability; the Centre is a wonderful addition to our partnership family.

REAP is a not-for-profit association of Calgary businesses that are concerned with issues of sustainability. They know that every choice each of us makes - what to buy, what to eat, what to wear - affects our planet and the lives of its inhabitants. So our mission is to help you make choices that have positive consequences.  Our partnership began in 2010 and we are proud to have REAP and their member organizations as a partner of Make it Good. You will see many of these organization profiled in our Change the World by 5:15 Stories.

In the Make it Good network, REAP represents the first pillar of sustainability, the economy.  We are also pleased to have Stephanie Jackman, CEO of REAP on our Board.

As an organization that's mission is to enrich lives and build communities by ensuring universal access to resources for information, learning, inspiration, and enjoyment.  Our partnership began when we joined forces to bring Calgarians a different kind of mayoral forum.  "My vote could have changed that" is exactly the type of dialogue the Library supports.

The United Way of Calgary and Area supports Make it Good in our efforts to make Calgary a better place.  As a community builder, we are pleased to work with the United Way of Calgary and Area in our efforts to create opportunities for dialogue and thought.

The Calgary Compact brings together socially-responsible individuals, organizations and businesses from a diverse interest-base in order to foster dialogue, increase understanding and generate cooperation towards a more sustainable livelihood.

Recently, the Calgary Compact held its first Sustainability 101 Class at the University and Make it Good was happy to participate in the course.