Granting is broken; distributing power is how we fix it
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.
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How Canada learned to live with hunger
With nearly 10 million people in Canada living in food-insecure households, the political silence surrounding it all is perplexing and unacceptable, Right To Food’s Jasmine Ramze Rezaee argues.
BC must keep parliamentary secretary for community development and non-profits role
The benefits of the role are vast, the CEO of Vantage Point argues, and it offers a model for all of Canada. She calls for the next government to commit to keeping the role, filling it promptly, and giving it adequate support.
It’s time for a broader, more nuanced conversation around DAFs
The ongoing DAF debate can and should be a segue to deeper conversations about the sector as a whole, and the much bigger concerns it faces, Darren Pries-Klassen argues.
The middle is where non-profits actually change
Middle managers are a critical part of organizational intelligence, Stephen Murgatroyd writes. If the middle is weak, change becomes compliance, theatre, or resistance. If the middle is strong, change becomes learning.
The transformative potential of community land trusts
Community land trusts tackle the immediate pressures of eviction and displacement alongside a broader, long-term vision for social and economic transformation. Philanthropy should take note, the Metcalf Foundation’s Adriana Beemans writes.
Why Democracy Funders Canada – and why now
With Canadian democracy under stress, a new national network of foundations is working to strengthen philanthropy’s contribution to a pluralist democracy. The authors write on behalf of the steering committee of Democracy Funders Canada.
Pourquoi Fondations canadiennes pour la démocratie? Et pourquoi maintenant?
Alors que la démocratie canadienne est mise sous pression, un nouveau réseau national de fondations œuvre pour renforcer la contribution de la philanthropie dans une démocratie pluraliste. Les auteurs s’expriment au nom du comité directeur de Fondations canadiennes pour la démocratie.