Bold Ideas with Big Impact
We back bold ideas and help proven solutions go further.
For more than 15 years, Grand Challenges Canada has invested in bold, locally-led ideas—taking risks, providing patient, flexible capital, and helping innovators to prove what works. Now we’re going further: helping proven solutions break through the barriers to adoption and scale.
Our ambition: Reach 700 million people by 2035.
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We back innovation with measurable results—and we’re just getting started. Since 2010, we have:
Invested in more than
1600 unique innovations
in over 100 countries
Reached more than
100 million people
with life-saving and life-improving innovations
Delivered returns of over
$7 billion
increasing the lifetime earnings of people we reach by over 25%, helping to keep families alive and staving off financial catastrophe
Let’s accelerate impact together.
Whether you’re a funder, policymaker, or innovator, we can’t scale solutions without strong partnerships. We co-create, co-invest, and work hand in hand to help innovations reach the people who need them most.
