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Fateema Sayani<\/strong><\/a> is Director of Donor Engagement at the Ottawa Community Foundation<\/a> and a graduate of Carleton University’s Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"How has your sector adapted since the COVID crisis started?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"At the start of the pandemic, the Ottawa Community Foundation<\/a> worked quickly to assure funding reached various organizations swiftly. Our Rapid Response Fund offered emergency grants<\/a> for food security, mental health and racial equity initiatives. As we look toward a thoughtful recovery from the pandemic, I hope that policy and advocacy initiatives raised in the Report of the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector<\/em><\/a> gain traction, particularly around earned revenue.<\/p>\n

\"\"Can you explain a success story in terms of adapting to the COVID-19 crisis in your sector?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Even before the pandemic, the gap between financial resources and need was projected to be $25 billion by 2026. I wrote a companion report<\/a> summarizing the Senate\u2019s work, with suggested priorities from the perspective of a grantmaking foundation. This was the subject of a panel<\/a>, run by Imagine Canada\u2019s public policy team in late 2019, called Maintaining Momentum (where the photo below was taken). Systemic solutions demand cross-sectoral commitments to collectively re-imagine systems. Some of those launched by the Ottawa Community Foundation include the Social Enterprise Platform<\/a> to reduce grant dependency. Also, the Journalism Endowment Matching Program<\/a> hopes to address information gaps. No one group can lead the recovery alone. None has all the resources and ideas, but together we do.<\/p>\n

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