While Budget 2025 does not include a strategy to systemically support programs and services that non-profits and charities provide – or the Canadians working at these organizations – “it could have been worse,” says economist Armine Yalnizyan, the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers.
What do we really know about ultra-wealthy donors? A new book reports the results of a third major survey of wealthy UK donors and will be of interest to anyone wanting to understand the motivations, fears, and expectations of their potential donors.
In response to funding trends and increasing service demands, some community organizations, including United Way Centraide, are shifting from traditional funding models to community investment strategies. President and CEO Dan Clement shares three case studies that highlight how it works.
En réponse à la demande croissante de services et aux tendances en matière de financement, certaines organisations communautaires, dont Centraide United Way, abandonnent les modèles de financement traditionnels au profit de stratégies d'investissement communautaire. Le président-directeur général Dan Clement présente trois études de cas qui illustrent le fonctionnement de ces stratégies.
A projected 80% decrease in Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) funding ahead of the federal budget highlighted a level of precariousness that feminist and 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations and activists have been calling attention to for decades.
Organizations that are the most successful in fundraising and community engagement are grounded in fundamental principles that guide their actions and decisions, Rob Donelson writes.
A strong, engaged board is one of the most effective mechanisms for ensuring that founder control doesn’t supersede an organization’s needs and objectives, Susanna Kislenko and Cathy Barr write. They share some key strategies and a new guide for founder-led organizations.
An undertaking of Island Press Limited, The Philanthropist Journal, the University of King’s College journalism program, and the Nova Scotia Community College Radio Television Journalism program, the fellowship provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to community and civil society in Prince Edward Island.
