Our Editorial Advisory Committee offers questions to the sector for 2023
As we worked with journalist Sharon Riley on our 2023 outlook, we asked our Editorial Advisory Committee to share the questions and concerns they are
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‘Era of uncertainty’: How leaders in Canada’s non-profit sector are preparing for 2023
Polarization, giving trends, equity, HR issues, reconciliation, the data gap, the climate crisis: we asked leaders in Canada’s non-profit and charitable sector about the challenges and societal shifts they’ll be watching in 2023. Here’s what they had to say.
Resilience and the management of non-profit organizations
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of many organizations. In their practical and timely book, Dennis Young and Elizabeth Searing take the opportunity to look at the larger question of preparedness in sector groups for dealing with circumstances – society-wide or unique to a specific organization – that threaten their viability.
New pathway to partnership opens with CRA draft guidance on qualifying disbursements
Hopes are high that changes to the Income Tax Act will make it easier to fund non-qualified donees, meaning more resources, more flexibility, and more collaboration between funders and organizations that have often been shut out. The two-month consultation period on the draft guidelines ends January 31.
L’avenir du travail et des travailleurs du secteur sans but lucratif après la pandémie
À peine sortis de la grisaille de la pandémie, nous trouvons le courage de regarder les choses en face et de faire le point.Comment s’en
The future of non-profit work and workers post-pandemic
In the face of unprecedented demand for services, financial vulnerabilities, and a human resources crisis, the sector is at a crossroads. In this introduction to our Work in Progress series, which will examine the key issues relevant to the future of non-profit work and workers, contributor Yvonne Rodney outlines some of the fixes that are needed now.
Climate transition requires a sense of urgency, sector leaders say
Philanthropic foundations can manage their investments to provide much-needed support on the most urgent issues facing the planet in a variety of ways: divestment, transition financing combined with shareholder engagement, impact/ESG investment – or even winding down and freeing up their endowments to accelerate work toward a net-zero Canada by 2050.
Systemic Islamophobia by the CRA that targets the heart of the community is the worst kind of all
Over the past year, academics and policy experts have been reporting on what appear to be discriminatory practices in the CRA’s audits of Muslim-led charities. Contributor Memona Hossain suggests six ways the sector can help confront this systemic flaw and work with the Muslim charitable sector to build a strong, authentic, and unapologetic Muslim narrative.
