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April 17, 2025

Our New Podcast: Watch or Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube

We're thrilled to launch the PhilanthroThink podcast series with MPNL hosts Megan Skyvington, Daniel H. Lanteigne, Fengwen Yu and Emily Goodwin. The series features philanthropic leaders, wealth creators and innovative thinkers... More

March 31, 2025

The Head of United Way Centraide Talks Tariffs and Transformations

Dan Clement is President and CEO of United Way Centraide Canada. He spoke with PANL Perspectives about transformations in the past 10 years and future plans, including the impact of... More

March 7, 2025

Adegboyega Ojo Discusses Artificial Intelligence in the Public & Nonprofit Sectors

Adegboyega Ojo is a Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Governance and Artificial Intelligence in the School of Public Policy and Administration, at Carleton University. His specialties include digital... More

February 17, 2025

Research Shows Increased Political Contributions Correlates with Increased Charitable Donations

Christopher Dougherty is an MPNL alum and a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good, University of St. Andrews, in the UK. He spoke... More

February 6, 2025

Prof. Calum Carmichael takes issue with a “simplistic” and “tired” take of Effective Altruism

A response to Emma Goldberg’s What if Charity Shouldn’t Be Optimized? By Calum Carmichael, PANL Perspectives, February 2025. For some time now, The New York Times has published an annual... More

January 10, 2025

“This isn’t only a numbers thing. It’s about impacting young people’s lives” –Greg Gary, BGC...

“This isn’t only a numbers thing. It’s about impacting young people’s lives” –Greg Gary, BGC Toronto Kiwanis

Greg Gary has been the Executive Director of BGC (Boys and Girls Club) Toronto Kiwanis (BGCTK) for more than four years. BGCTK runs six program sites for children, youth and... More

December 19, 2024

GivingTuesday Is Creating Better Data & Tools for Our Sector

Samir Khan is the Director of Research with the US-based organization GivingTuesday, which inspires hundreds of millions of people around the world to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity on GivingTuesday... More

December 9, 2024

Do Private Family Foundations Engage in Political Activities Through Their Granting?

This year, Christopher Dougherty completed a PhD dissertation about the extent to which the Canadian charitable sector is a politically expressive sector, based on data from Ontario and Alberta from... More

November 25, 2024

Najia Nasim on Working with Afghan Women: “Collective Action Accelerates the Change We Need in...

Najia Nasim on Working with Afghan Women: “Collective Action Accelerates the Change We Need in Afghanistan”

Najia Nasim, the former executive director of Women for Afghan Women (WAW), spoke to PANL Perspectives about her work with communities in Afghanistan and the US. WAW is an organization... More

November 24, 2024

Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy

The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy, edited by Giuseppe Ugazio and Milos Maricic (2024), presents 32 essays from various researchers who explore why and how philanthropic organizations can... More

November 20, 2024

“Social enterprise is when the well-being of communities, families, individuals, our planet, are the main...

“Social enterprise is when the well-being of communities, families, individuals, our planet, are the main drivers of activities, not profit.” –Victor Beausoleil

PANL Perspectives spoke to Victor Beausoleil about leaders in social enterprise in Canada, especially organizations doing extraordinary work with newcomers and youth in the nonprofit and private sectors. Beausoleil is... More

November 18, 2024

Navigator: AI Tool for the Nonprofit Sector

According to a recent survey, only a quarter of registered charities agree or somewhat agree that they understand well the potential applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the sector, and... More