Policy Matters: Saeed Selvam
Later this year, Canadians will vote in the 43rd federal election. Many non-profit organizations, networks, and coalitions see elections as a critical opportunity to raise
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A Shifting Charitable Marketplace: A Recent Snapshot of CRA Data Highlights Changes in Canada’s Charity Sector
The world of charities is a changing mixture of new organizations registering and older groups losing their status. It is difficult, at times, to get
Time for a Review: Registered Charities and the Income Tax Act
This article has been adapted from a keynote address to the Canadian Bar Association symposium on charity law, held in Toronto on May 12, 2017.
Seven Years On and Seven Years Out: Revisiting “Patterns, Principles and Practices in Social Innovation”
This is the second article in our series about social innovation. The series is published as a collaboration between The Philanthropist and McConnell Foundation. “This
Book Review: Cap in Hand: How Charities are Failing the People of Canada and the World
Cap in Hand: How Charities are Failing the People of Canada and the World, by Gail Picco, Toronto, Civil Sector Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-927375-41-9 The Canadian
Letter From the Editors: A Preview of the Year Ahead
Happy new year 2017 and welcome to our 45th year of publishing. Since 1972, The Philanthropist has fostered discussion and debate on issues that matter
How Funders Can Support Deeper Citizen Engagement With the Non-Profit Sector
We live in a new era of engagement that is redefining how we make change in the world, with implications for NGO practitioners and funders
The Canadian Income Tax Act and the Concepts of Charitable Purposes and Activities
Recent high profile debate over regulation of registered charities’ political activities is only part of broader sector concern about onerous Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements