Imagine Canada’s 2008 Corporate Community Investment Practices, Motivations and Challenges: Canada Survey of Business Contributions to Community (CSBCC) report advises charities to partner up with corporations.
Last month, the HR Council for the Voluntary & Non-Profit Sector (HR Council) released the third and final part of its ongoing study on labour force issues within the sector. The latest report adds to the growing volume of evidence gathered by the council, pointing to a serious need by sector organizations to review their labour recruitment and retention programs.
Based on data collected in 2007, this survey – the fourth in a series of surveys that began in 1997 with the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP) – presented some intriguing statistics regarding how Canadians give of their time and money.
Late last year, Hamilton’s McMaster University received a rare and welcome boon: a $10,000 grant from the Massachusetts-based Sunshine Lady Foundation to create and administer a philanthropy class, titled the Strategic Philanthropy and Leadership Course, at the university’s DeGroote School of Business.
Changing generational aspirations, combined with a new appreciation for work-life balance, is relegating traditional patterns of workforce behaviour to the dustbin of history.
According to a January 2009 report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), the need for food banks in Canada has risen dramatically since the food bank system was put in place in 1981, with the opening of the country’s first food bank in Edmonton.
With the worldwide recession in full swing, is the charity lottery still a sure bet when donors are watching their dollars more than ever? Perhaps more importantly, is it still ethical to continue using them? According to some, the recession has actually increased participation in lotteries.
The benefits and challenges of running a virtual office.
Once the new kid on the block, venture philanthropy has grown into its own in the past decade. The urge by young and emerging entrepreneurs to spur social change and increase capacity in the charitable sector while still making a profit may have started off small, but it’s gaining a lot of credence.
How is a fundraiser to stay optimistic on the job with such negative press, and a collectively depressed North American community that seems positioned to tighten its purse strings? Some leading fundraising experts urge calm.
