With the government promising to modernize the charitable sector framework, the sector should advocate for a regulatory environment that goes beyond “prevention of harm,” contributor Abdul Nakua argues, and empowers it to reclaim a larger role in building a more resilient society.
At a time when the prime minister has convinced Canadians that huge nation-building projects are needed for economic sovereignty, one group is advocating to use the same momentum to build community-level economic resilience.
Many foundations report receiving hundreds more applications at a time when demand for services is rising. Communities can help build a better granting system, Kyle Empringham says.
The Circle’s I4DM Definitional Matrix was meant to serve as a guide to more equitable philanthropic practice, but the framework has also been co-opted as a tool for performative engagement. Researcher Luc Mvono looks at how three funders use the I4DM as a tool for shared reflection and accountability.
L’évaluation devient un levier de justice sociale lorsqu’elle délaisse l’extraction au profit de l’apprentissage, et que cet apprentissage transforme les pratiques, y compris celles de la philanthropie.
Evaluation becomes a tool for social justice when it stops extracting and starts learning – and lets that learning transform practice, including that of philanthropy.
There are regional differences to philanthropy in Canada – including within Western Canada. Here are some, from the perspectives of people who work in the sector in the West.
Purpose-driven wealth leaders – many of them women – are realizing there is a long-standing women’s health discrepancy and trying to narrow the gap.
