Across the nonprofit sector, one pattern shows up again and again. Small teams are not limited by a lack of commitment. They are limited by the amount of time they spend recreating processes and rebuilding their work from scratch. When the...
In this episode of CharityVillage Connects, we examine what Canada’s 2026 Spring Economic Update means for the nonprofit and charitable sector. Where do the federal government’s priorities lie? Where does the care economy fit within its vision for Canada’s future? Sector experts explore the opportunities...
The charitable sector, both nationally and internationally, is tackling the most critical issues facing humanity today. Yet, despite the importance of the work they do, we still consider charitable donations as a favour to the organization. To complicate matters, most...
Canada’s charitable giving landscape continues to evolve, with fewer donors accounting for a growing share of donations and new giving methods becoming increasingly important. For nonprofit fundraisers, these shifts raise important questions. In a recent episode of CharityVillage Connects, The Future of Fundraising:...
A donor decides whether to engage with your nonprofit in under seven seconds, long before they read your impact report. That decision is shaped by emotional cues, visual clarity, and tone, not logic. Timing raises the stakes: nearly 30% of...
Transparency has become one of the defining imperatives of contemporary nonprofit governance. Across Canada and internationally, donors increasingly expect organizations not only to demonstrate measurable social impact but also to provide sophisticated explanations of how contributed resources are allocated, managed, and translated into...
Most nonprofits don’t have a dedicated fundraising team. The Executive Director finds themselves delivering programs, organizing board meetings, launching fundraisers and posting on social media. Stewardship, the act of nurturing your donors after the gift, keeps falling to the bottom of the to-do list. ...
Grant writing can feel like a marathon, one that never ends. With the constant juggling of deadlines and proposals for different funders, it’s easy for even the most dedicated nonprofit teams to hit a wall. While grants are an essential...
For the past few years, I’ve watched various consultants, freelance writers and fundraisers dipping their toes into ChatGPT to write fundraising copy. They wonder if this tool will do the work better, faster, more efficiently – or if it can...
The current relationship between charities and grant-making organizations is broken. Control over funding priorities is disproportionately weighted to the grant-makers. This dynamic is so completely embedded in our sector that to imagine the relationship in any other way seems radical, perhaps even ungrateful. Addressing our hard...
