Welcome to Innovative Business Solutions
Innovative Business Solutions Ltd., is a group of veteran professionals, proudly serving as a one-stop service provider for all professional services needs of Canadian and International indigenous organizations and entrepreneurs.
We recognize that indigenous groups, communities and organizations have faced, and continue to face several challenges related to managing their organizations, increasing revenues and optimizing their operational programs to realize efficiencies. At Innovative Business Solutions, we believe that our business model places us in a unique position in Canada and around the world, to provide professional and client-tailored business solutions required to meet the pressing challenges as follows:
Organizational Management
- Strategic planning
- Performance measurement and management
- Human resource management
- Financial management services
- Funding assistance and proposal writing
- Accounting services
Increase of Revenues
- Revenue growth program
- Marketing, sales and growth capabilities
- Marketing strategy
Optimization of Operations
- Internal business process development
- Managed IT infrastructure and services
- Operational efficiency
- Communication
Our Clients
Funding Programs
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Community Transportation Initiatives Program
Lender of Northern Opportunity
Business Development Project Fund (BDPF) -
Strategic Investments Program - Nunavut Economic Foundations Fund
Community Capacity Building Program
Independent Science Programs for Youth (I-SPY) Fund
Country Food Distribution Program -
Nunavut Development Corporation (NDC) INVESTMENT
Community Tourism and Cultural Industries Program
Small Business Support Program
Strategic Investments Program - Nunavut Business Investment Fund -
Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP)
Traditional Economy Fund
Baker Lake Education and Recreation Fund
Kivalliq Commmunity Cultural Initiative Program Funding
Aviation Scholarship: Simata Pitsiulak -
Summer Work Experience Program
Student Sponsorship Program
Scholarships
Kivalliq Inuit Association Post-Secondary Education Completion Awards -
Child First Initiative – Jordan’s Principle
Business Development Fund (BDF)
Entrepreneurship and Business Development (EBD) Program
Inuit Opportunities Fund -
Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF)
Term Loans
Working Capital Loans/Lines of Credit
Access to Inuit-Owned Lands
Bereavement & Compassionate Care -
Indigenous Capacity Support Program – Stream 3: Strategic Opportunities
Indigenous Homelessness funding stream
Territorial Homelessness funding stream
Mobility Modifications -
Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program – Conversion (RRAP-C)
CMHC Housing Research Scholarship Program
National Housing Co-Investment Fund: New Construction
Shared Equity Mortgage Providers Fund -
Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP) – regular
Rental Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (Rental RRAP) -
Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program for Persons with Disabilities (RRAP-D)
Emergency Repair Program (ERP)
Home Adaptations for Seniors’ Independence Program (HASI) -
National Housing Co-Investment Fund: Indigenous and Northern Housing
Direct Lending Program for First Nation Communities
Federal Lands Initiative
National Housing Co-Investment Fund: Renovation -
Proposal Development Funding (PDF) for First Nation communities
Shelter Enhancement Program (SEP)
Rental Construction Financing Initiative -
Post-Secondary Partnerships Program
First Nations Land Management
Insured Loans for On-Reserve First Nation Housing
On-Reserve Non-Profit Housing Program (Section 95)
Indigenous Shelter and Transitional Housing Initiative -
Addressing former residential school buildings and sites on reserves
Post-Secondary Partnerships Program
First Nations Land Management
Insured Loans for On-Reserve First Nation Housing -
Lands and Economic Development Services Program (LEDSP)
Reserve Lands and Environment Management Program
Strategic Partnerships Initiative -
Community-Based Tenant Initiative
Lending programs
Contaminated Sites Management Program
Community Opportunity Readiness Program (CORP) -
Funding Programs 36Housing Support Program (HSP)
First Nation Infrastructure Fund
Health Facilities Program
Indigenous business development
The Community Housing Transformation Centre -
Health Services Integration Fund (HSIF)
Preservation Funding for community housing
First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program
Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program
First Nations On-Reserve Housing Program -
Northern REACHE Program
Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program
First Nation Adapt Program
Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program
Capital Facilities and Maintenance Program -
Specific Claims Tribunal of Canada
Nation Rebuilding Program
Harvesters Support Grant and Community Food Programs Fund
Northern Participant Funding Program
Northern Contaminated Sites Program -
Northern Projects Management Office (NPMO)
Northern Adult Basic Education Program (NABEP)
Northern Indigenous Economic Opportunities Program (NIEOP)
Economic Development Initiative
Specific Claims Research, Development and Submission Program -
Canada Community Revitalization Fund
Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund
Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth)
Strategic Partnerships Initiative -
Family Violence Prevention Program
Assisted Living Program
Affordable Housing Innovation Fund
Federal Community Housing Initiative
Jobs and Growth Fund -
First Nations and Inuit home and community care
Circuit Rider Training Program
Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples
On-reserve Income Assistance program
First Nations Child and Family Services -
Employee Benefits
Professional and Institutional Development Program
Tribal Council Funding
Estates management funding
Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program -
Inuit Cultural Education Centres Grant Program
Post-Secondary Student Support Program
University and College Entrance Preparation Program (UCEPP)
Emergency Management Assistance Program
Band Support Funding -
Elementary and Secondary Education Program
First Nations and Inuit Cultural Education Centres Program
First Nations and Inuit Skills Link Program
First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program
High-Cost Special Education Program -
Work Credit Program
Entrepreneurship and Business Development (EBD) Fund
Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneur Program (IWE)
Tourism Training Fund
Education Partnerships Program -
Canada Digital Adoption Program
Accelerate Digital Adoption Projects for Tomorrow (ADAPT) Fund
Approved NWT Diamond Manufacturers
BizPaL
Community Futures Program -
Business Incentive Policy
Indigenous Capacity Building (ICB) Pilot Program
NWT Manufactured Products Policy
NWT Arts Program
Access the Hide and Fur Program -
Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI)
Standby Letters of Credit
Term Loans
Working Capital Guarantee
Venture Investments -
Major Home Repairs for Seniors
Seniors' Home Modifications/Seniors Aging in Place
NWT Arts Council grants
Support to Northern Performers Grants
Aboriginal Head Start on Reserve (AHSOR) program -
Senior Home Heating Subsidy
Skills Development Program
Student Financial Assistance
Trappers Grubstake Program - Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program
Victims of Crime Emergency Fund -
Guaranteed Advance - Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program
High Performance Athlete Grant
Hunters and Trappers Disaster Compensation
NWT Senior Citizen Supplementary Benefit
Prime Fur Bonus - Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program -
Regional Youth Sports Events
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Funding
Community Harvesters Assistance Program
Disaster Financial Assistance
Early Learning and Child Care Scholarship -
Retention incentive funding
Volunteer Organization Development Contribution
Interim Resource Management Assistance
Enhanced North Slave Wolf Harvest Incentive Program
Take a Kid Trapping Funding -
NGO Stabilization Fund
NWT Youth Corps
Men’s Healing Fund
Victims Assistance Fund
Early Childhood Program Technology Grant -
Supporting Child Inclusion and Participation - Emerging Needs Funding
Community Tourism Coordinator Program
Arts Organizations Operating Funding
Northern Performers Grant
Children and Youth Resiliency Program -
Gender Equity Grant
Women’s Initiative Grant
Anti-Poverty Fund
Community Suicide Prevention Fund
Healthy Choices Fund -
Community Search and Rescue
Ground Ambulance and Highway Rescue Funding
Shelter Enhancement Funding
Small Community Homelessness Fund
Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program -
Youth Centres Initiative
Youth Contributions Program
After School Physical Activity Program
Early Childhood Infrastructure Fund
Supporting Child Inclusion and Participation - Inclusion Funding -
Income Assistance Program
NWT Child Benefit
Community Economic Development (SEED)
Community Access Program
Volunteer Recognition Funding -
Preventative Home Maintenance
Home Ownership Initiative
Home Purchase Program
Public Housing Program
Rent Subsidy/Canada-NWT Housing Benefit (CNHB) -
Prospecting Support Program
Prospector Mining Incentive Program
Tourism Product Diversification and Marketing Program
Home Mobility and Accessibility Modifications
Homelessness Emergency/Assistance Funding -
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Grant Program for Buildings and Industry
NWT Film Rebate Program
NWT Producers Incentive Pilot Program (PIPP)
Support for Film
Corporate Mining Incentive Program -
Employee Training Program
Employment Assistance Services
Job Creation Partnership
Wage Subsidy Program
Youth Mentorship for Tourism Program -
New child care spaces fund
Supporting Child Inclusion and Participation - Proposal Funding
Child care fee reduction subsidy
Community Tourism Training Fund
Community Training Partnerships -
Trades and Occupation Wage Subsidy Program
Early childhood program cultural resource grant
Early childhood program operating subsidy
Early childhood program provider enhancement grant
Health and safety funding -
Indigenous language revitalization scholarship
Self-Employment Program
Strategic Investments (SEED)
Strategic Workforce Initiative
Tourism Business Mentorship Program -
Emerging Entrepreneur Business Mentorship Program
Entrepreneur Support (SEED)
Interpreter translator funding
Community Tourism Infrastructure Contribution Program
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program -
Micro Business (SEED)
Northern Food Development Program
Sector Support (SEED)
Arts Project Grants
Business Intelligence and Networking (SEED) -
Emergency Home Repairs
Fuel Tank Replacement
Education Partnerships Program
Elementary and Secondary Education Program
Agriculture and Agri-food Funding