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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Futurpreneur Canada / Karen Greve Young, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-11-12

Who is lobbying?

Futurpreneur Canada (Address & business activities)

Karen Greve Young, Chief Executive Officer

Government Funding

Did Futurpreneur Canada receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Futurpreneur Canada is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Futurpreneur Canada does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Futurpreneur Canada are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of Futurpreneur Canada:

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Futurpreneur Canada will seek funding in order to help young entrepreneurs start businesses. Futurpreneur Canada will encourage government to use resources to promote and support entrepreneurship as a viable career path and to encourage related skills development. Young entrepreneurs can address youth unemployment challenges by starting and taking over businesses, creating jobs and government revenues, and contributing to robust, sustainable growth.	Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Finances and Budgets, International Trade, Non-Profit Organization, Regional Development, Small Business

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Finance
Jobs and Economic Growth
Labour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Lauren Adams
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Micah Anshan
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Karen Greve Young
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Mina Haghighi
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Janis Nixon
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Lobbyists in previous versions

In-house Lobbyists
Lobbyist	BC Former Public Office Holder Positions	Contributions
Megane Visette	Former Public Office Holder in BC: No	Contributions: No
Andrea Welling	Former Public Office Holder in BC: No	Contributions: No

Registration number: 1471-1505
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Lobbying Activity Reports

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?
Date	Arranging a Meeting	Lobbyists	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2025-11-26	No	Micah Anshan , Mina Haghighi , Lauren Adams	Jane Constable, Ministerial Advisor \| Office of the Minister, Jobs and Economic Growth	View
2025-07-30	No	Micah Anshan , Megane Visette	Jane Constable, Ministerial Advisor \| Office of the Minister, Jobs and Economic Growth	View
2025-07-21	No	Micah Anshan , Megane Visette	Jordan Bennett, Director, Strategic Initiatives \| Jobs and Economic Growth Matthew Scott-Moncrieff, Director \| Jobs and Economic Growth	View
2025-06-20	No	Micah Anshan , Megane Visette	Jane Constable, Ministerial Advisor \| Office of the Minister, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-05-16	No	Megane Visette	Jane Constable, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-05-06	No	Megane Visette	Jordan Bennett, Director, Strategic Initiatives \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Steve Morissette, MLA for Kootenay-Monashee \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-25	No	Micah Anshan , Megane Visette , Andrea Welling	Jane Constable, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-03-13	No	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young , Megane Visette , Andrea Welling	Steve Morissette, MLA for Kootenay-Monashee \| Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development	View
2025-01-21	Yes	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young , Megane Visette , Andrea Welling	Brenda Bailey, Minister of Finance \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-01-21	Yes	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young , Megane Visette , Andrea Welling	David Eby, Premier \| Office of the Premier	View
2025-01-21	Yes	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young , Megane Visette , Andrea Welling	Diana Gibson, JEDI Minister \| Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View

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Futurpreneur Canada - Address & business activities

Address:

2015 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3C2
Canada

Contact information in previous versions
- 425 Carrall Street, Suite 580
  
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3
  Canada
- 425 Carrall Street, Suite 580
  
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3
  Canada
- 425 Carrall Street, Suite 580
  
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3
  Canada
- 133 Richmond St W
  
  Toronto, BC M5H 2L3
  Canada
- 133 Richmond St W
  
  Toronto, ON M5H 2L3
  Canada
- 133 Richmond St. W., Suite 700
  
  Toronto, ON M5H 2L3
  Canada
- 133 Richmond St. W - Suite 700
  
  Toronto, ON M5H 2L3
  Canada
  
  Fax number: 416-408-3234

Description of Activities:
Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of over 2,400 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of over 3,000 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of over 3,000 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of nearly 3,000 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada (formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, or CYBF) is the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 2,800 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of The Prince's Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to growing our nation's economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-39, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business. CYBF is a founding member of the global G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance (G20 YEA).

Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Government of Canada - Global Affairs	$100,000.00	2025-03-24

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Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Government of Alberta	$125,000.00	2023-12-20 to 2025-03-31
Government of Alberta	$375,000.00	2023-11-30 to 2025-03-31
Government of Alberta	$900,000.00	2025-04-08 to 2028-03-31
Government of Canada - Global Affairs	$90,003.00	2025-03-01
Government of Canada - ISED	$60,000,000.00	2024-09-13 to 2029-03-31
Government of Manitoba	$900,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Government of Manitoba	$300,000.00	2026-04-01 to 2027-03-31
Government of Nova Scotia	$600,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Government of Ontario	$2,000,000.00	2024-09-10 to 2025-03-31
Government of Ontario	$2,000,000.00	2025-07-02 to 2026-03-31
Government of Quebec	$50,000.00	2025-02-05 to 2026-02-03
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	$488,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2025-03-31

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Date Modified:: 2025-11-05