When people ask why we started Jedno, our answer is simple: because too many organizations doing important work are struggling to sustain it.
For years, we've watched talented leaders — in nonprofits, social enterprises, and impact-driven businesses — chase funding in circles. They had vision, purpose, and community impact.
What they didn't have was clarity on how to navigate the system that decides who gets funded and who doesn't.
And we knew that system well. We'd written the proposals, reviewed the proposals, and built the programs those proposals made possible.
Over time, we started to see the patterns: the same challenges, the same language gaps, the same "almosts" that stood between great ideas and funded outcomes.
So we decided to do something about it.
The Idea Behind Jedno
Jedno means "one" — and that word holds everything we believe in. One place. One system. One community built around the idea that when we come together, we can rise together.
Jedno was never just about building another platform. It was about building an ecosystem — a place where strategy, structure, and support finally meet. A space where organizations could stop guessing and start growing.
Together, we combined our decades of experience — in workforce development, innovation, and inclusive growth — to build something practical, actionable, and empowering.
The Funding Compass
The first piece of that ecosystem is The Funding Compass — a simple but powerful idea: one platform to find funding opportunities, assess readiness, and strengthen proposals all in one place.
Most leaders don't fail because their ideas aren't good — they fail because they find out too late that they weren't eligible, ready, or aligned.
The Funding Compass changes that. It helps organizations:
- See everything that's open or coming soon, all in one place
- Get maximum time to prepare and submit strong proposals
- Identify their funding gaps through a built-in readiness self-assessment
- Access the exact tools, templates, and examples used by seasoned funding professionals
It's creating systems that make success repeatable.
The Impact Lab
And then there's Impact Lab — our community and learning hub. This is where strategy becomes action.
Inside Impact Lab, leaders get access to courses, mentorship, and workshops that go beyond "how to write a proposal." We talk about how to build fundable systems: how to align your mission with measurable outcomes, how to think like a funder, and how to turn every "no" into insight for your next "yes."
It's not theory — it's what we've used in real life to secure over $250 million in funding for organizations across Canada and beyond.
Why Now
The funding landscape is changing.
Governments are prioritizing measurable outcomes, social innovation, and inclusive growth — but many organizations haven't been given the roadmap to match those expectations.
Jedno was built to close that gap. To make access to funding fairer, faster, and more transparent. And to make sure the organizations doing the most meaningful work have the tools to keep doing it.
Because when changemakers are equipped to succeed, entire communities rise with them.
Jedno. One community. One system. One place to build what's next.