Fundraising Archives

February 22, 2022

Giving back

Giving back, The generosity of high-net-worth Canadians A white paper by Keith Sjögren, written for Mackenzie Private Wealth. Over the past few years, high-net-worth individuals (those with more than $1... More

October 24, 2021

Calgary Foundation’s Work on Reconciliation and Racial Equity

By Katie MacDonald and Tim Fox of Calgary Foundation How do we strengthen relationships with Indigenous communities and enhance our collective work toward reconciliation? This question informs Calgary Foundation’s commitment... More

September 1, 2021

Black Philanthropy Month

By Sherlyn Assam August 2021 was the 10-year anniversary of Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), when Black philanthropists, Black community leaders and the charitable sector commemorate African-descent giving. BPM was created... More

June 21, 2021

Financing Canadian Charities

This is an excerpt from Chapter 9 of "Intersections and Innovations: Change for Canada's Voluntary and Nonprofit Sector," edited by Susan Phillips and Bob Wyatt and published as a free... More

March 9, 2021

A New Poll from Abacus Data

A third of Canadians say they've donated less to charities since the beginning of the pandemic. This is from a poll by Abacus Data, a Canadian company that conducts research... More

March 8, 2021

Make It Easier for Charities To Do Good: The CRA Needs To Remove the ‘Own...

Make It Easier for Charities To Do Good: The CRA Needs To Remove the ‘Own Activities’ Requirement

Lawyers may rarely agree. But 37 of Canada’s charity lawyers strongly agree -- and have signed this open letter – that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) should remove the paternalistic,... More

February 5, 2021

Back to the FutureFunder

By Ryan Davies. Many charities have incorporated one-off crowdfunding campaigns into their philanthropic strategies. Carleton University has adopted a more ambitious perspective with this technique. Rather than hosting one-off campaigns... More

January 8, 2021

Online Giving Skyrocketed in Canada in 2020

By Marina Glogovac and Alex Gillis. Update to this story: In April, 2021, CanadaHelps released "The Giving Report 2021." In the spring of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was announced,... More

January 5, 2021

Fundraising Opportunities with High Net Worth Canadians & Their $5.9 Trillion

By Keith Sjögren. (Download text-only PDF of this article.) At the end of 2018, Investor Economics estimated that approximately 802,000 households in Canada each controlled more than $1 million in... More

December 7, 2020

Sharing Power and Influence for Greater Impact

By Marcel Lauzière. Recently, conversations have arisen in the philanthropic sector about rethinking the funder-grantee relationship to refocus power and influence. Behind these conversations is an increasing sense that a... More

December 6, 2020

Will Provinces & Territories Increase Trust in Crowdfunding?

By Peter Broder. In the wild west of online crowdfunding, sometimes an organizer tries to change the terms of a campaign – in the middle of the campaign. Maybe the... More