From the Editor
This issue continues our usual combination of opinion and instruction aimed at boards, financial managers and …the public at large. Ed Waitzer, Chair of the
John D. Gregory
John D. Gregory
Written By John D. Gregory
From the Editor
The philanthropic sector of our society is changing rapidly for economic, social and political reasons. Contributors to this issue help us better to understand some of
From the Editor
We start the new volume with a survey of the duties and liabilities of directors of charities. The authors focusses on British Columbia law, but
From the Editor
We close this volume with some solid law, some sound advice, and some views of new frontiers in philanthropy. The solid law comes in the
From the Editor
This issue takes us back to basics: death and taxes, food and sex. The basics are not always simple, of course, or we could not
From the Editor
For the past several years the custodians of accounting principles have been working to adapt their general rules to not-for-profit organizations. We have run a
From the Editor
We open a new volume of The Philanthropist on a different footing: quarterly if possible, but not necessarily quarterly. In the early years under founding
Establishing A Charity
This article has been adapted from a presentation to the staff of the Ontario Arts Council, January 1993. This article provides an overview of some