Data Discoveries Archives

October 24, 2024

Plus ça Change… Advocacy by Canadian Charities Five Years Later

By Susan D. Phillips and Kim Nguyen. Nguyen is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Charity Insights Canada Project (CICP) or Projet Canada Perspectives des Organismes de Bienfaisance (PCPOB). Phillips is... More

August 8, 2024

Good News, Bad News: Two Decades of Gender Pay Gaps

The nonprofit sector embraces equity as a core value, while the majority of the nonprofit workforce is women. However, traditionally, women have been underrepresented in leadership roles in the sector,... More

July 17, 2024

New Data Initiatives from Nanos Research

Nik Nanos founded Nanos Research, a company that works with nonprofit organizations, corporations and government agencies to collect and analyze data. He spoke with PANL Perspectives about the work his... More

April 9, 2024

Private Foundations Expand as Public Foundations Close Down in Past 10 Years

By Don McRae. As I mentioned in "Four Trends in the Creation & Shutdown of Registered Charities in Canada in 2023," the number of private foundations in Canada continues to... More

April 7, 2024

Four Trends in the Creation & Shutdown of Registered Charities in Canada in 2023

By Don McRae. Last year, 1,471 new charities registered with the Canada Revenue Agency. During that time, the CRA revoked the registration status of 2,116 charities. That means there were... More

March 20, 2024

Statistics Canada Releases New Data on 8,208 Nonprofit Organizations

On March 20, 2024, StatCan released data collected from 8,208 community, business and government nonprofit organizations, as well as from registered charities. Called "National Insights into Non-profit Organizations, Canadian Survey... More

March 19, 2024

Plans for the Charity Insights Canada Project in Year Two

The Charity Insights Canada Project / Projet Canada Perspectives des Organismes de Bienfaisance (CICP-PCPOB) is an ambitious data-collection and data-distribution initiative about the nonprofit sector in Canada -- and it's... More

November 9, 2023

Annual Data Summit: A Reflection on a Year of Insights

CICP-PCPOB's "Annual Data Summit: A Reflection on a Year of Insights" The event, on Nov. 9, 2023, provided a deep dive into CICP-PCPOB's findings this year and spotlighted the data... More

September 25, 2023

“Statistics Canada is going to do another full-scale survey of charities and nonprofits — and...

“Statistics Canada is going to do another full-scale survey of charities and nonprofits — and they haven’t done that since 2003.” –Cathy Barr

Cathy Barr is Vice-President of Research and Strategic Relationships for Imagine Canada, which works to strengthen Canadian charities and nonprofits so they can better serve individuals and communities. Over the... More

June 27, 2023

Does Our Sector Lack a Culture of Data-Driven Decision-Making?

Until 2022, Shawn Bunsee was Vice President of Data & Analytics and Chief Privacy Officer at CanadaHelps, a registered charity that increases charitable giving by working with donors and nonprofit... More

May 10, 2023

“The use of government administrative data must be more systematic.”–Jean-Marc Mangin, President, PFC

Jean-Marc Mangin is President & CEO of Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC), Canada’s national network for philanthropic foundations and other grantmakers, which includes many of the largest charitable foundations in the... More

February 22, 2023

The Challenges of Big Data in the Nonprofit Sector

Michael Lenczner is the founder and CEO of Ajah, which works with governments, academic institutions, nonprofits and funders to design strategies that increase the availability and utility of data. Lenczner... More