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Charities Seek Federal Support After “Dramatic, Sudden, Devastating” Year

Charities Seek Federal Support After “Dramatic, Sudden, Devastating” Year

In this CBC News story, Susan Phillips and other leaders in the nonprofit sector, say that many organizations were already seeing a decrease in funding before the pandemic, leaving them... More

Calling all researchers, charities and nonprofit groups, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is granting more than $1 million for projects that improve Canada's internet. CIRA is a nonprofit best... More

The ACCS Recommends Big Changes in Canada

The ACCS Recommends Big Changes in Canada

An important, new report recommends that Canada update its Income Tax Act and create a permanent “home in government” for Canada’s charities and nonprofits, among other recommendations. The Advisory Committee... More

A New Poll from Abacus Data

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

The Newly Announced Jackson Family Scholarship

The Newly Announced Jackson Family Scholarship

Long before community engagement was popular, Ted Jackson and Magda Seydegart made it an essential component of their lives. They met in the 1970s working with a nonprofit organization. Jackson... More

New: Black Leadership Award

New: Black Leadership Award

With the initiative and support of MPNL alumna Muthoni Kariuki and members of the Black Canadian Fundraisers’ Collective, an annual award has been established to promote Black leadership within the... More

Do These Trends Apply to Canada?

Do These Trends Apply to Canada?

The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, in the U.S., published 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2020, a 28-page pdf of 11 essays, one for each trend, including: #1 Increasing... More

Can You Put “Bad Money” to Good Uses?

Can You Put “Bad Money” to Good Uses?

In June, 2020, Rhodri Davies (Head of Policy at Charities Aid Foundation) posted "Philanthropy and the Sins of the Past: Statues, Slavery & Tainted Donations," a blog that's as relevant... More

Charitable Ends by Political Means?

Charitable Ends by Political Means?

In November, 2020, as part of a conference by the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a report, Taxation and Philanthropy, which describes... More

Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy

Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy

Carleton University PhD student Fahad Ahmad and MPNL alumna Rachel Pereira helped to produce a new report, Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy (in English and French). Prepared by... More

Impact of the WE scandal, by Mark Blumberg

Impact of the WE scandal, by Mark Blumberg

What will be the impact of the WE Charity scandal on the Canadian charity sector?, by Mark Blumberg, charity lawyer (Sept. 4, 2020). Blumberg unpacks the implications for public trust,... More

More on the WE scandal, by Yves Savoie

More on the WE scandal, by Yves Savoie

Untangling the Corporate Web: Charity Conglomerates and the WE Charity Scandal, by Yves Savoie, former charity CEO and chair of Imagine Canada’s Standards Council (Sept. 2, 2020). The complex, opaque... More