It’s time for a “full scale-up” of integrated approaches to support youth, writes Ian Boeckh, who believes we can build a more connected and responsive mental health system for the next generation.
Writing fellow Gabrielle McMann looks at the impact on kids and families when few camps serve children with developmental disorders or disabilities.
Philanthropy is a natural habitat for storytelling, Dan Yashinky writes. An organization’s companion stories can communicate, chronicle, and celebrate the compassion and thoughtfulness inherent in this work.
Too often, religious organizations aren’t considered natural partners for secular philanthropic and charitable organizations. It’s a missed opportunity, contributor Toula Drimonis writes.
Boards that continue to recruit yesterday’s leadership profile will unintentionally constrain their organizations’ future capacity. Contributor Stephen Murgatroyd outlines the core capabilities non-profit boards should prioritize when appointing executive directors in 2026.
The upcoming review of Canada’s disbursement quota will reopen familiar questions about how much capital should move out the door each year, but if the sector debates only the percentage that must be granted, it leaves untouched a much larger question: what is the rest of the capital doing while it waits?
In this moment of uncertainty about Canada’s democratic future, we must prioritize the testing and scaling of solutions. The CEO of the Samara Centre offers three practical recommendations.
A healthy democracy used to be taken for granted by many in the sector. Now the “democracy question” has seized some of the country’s largest foundations, charities, and civil society organizations, and momentum is building.
