This summer we've been looking at how cultural nonprofit organizations are running arts festivals across the country. In June, we spoke with the organizers of Toronto's Luminato festival about their strategic partnership with The New Yorker magazine. In July, the...
Summer's here, and as the song says, the time is right for dancing in the streets. It's also right for just about every other type of creative endeavour, and that's because the arts-festival season is kicking into high gear. This...
The idea of seeking corporate support for your nonprofit sometimes incites a crisis of confidence or a crisis of conscience. "Nonprofits often don't approach corporations because they're afraid they can't. Or they worry that if they do get the support,...
On a recent trip to New York City, my wife and I visited the Tenement Museum on Manhattan's Lower East Side. While the museum itself is fascinating, a sign at the admissions area was intriguing from a charity law perspective....
There's a bandwagon upon which many are jumping in the sector thanks to an ever growing belief that the market and all its magical accoutrements can unequivocally help organizations meet their diverse social challenges. This belief says that business can...
I'm the executive director of a charity in a small city of about 65,000 people. How do I get local and national businesses to make donations? Unfortunately, what you are asking is often easier said than done. While it's important...
In today’s business world, whether it be a nonprofit or a for-profit organization, there is an abundance of new ways for people to run their organization. There are people that see the need to maximize profit at all cost as...
What's a charity to do when offered the chance at tremendous funds and resources to promote its cause? And what's a good corporate social citizen to do when presented with the opportunity to link its business with a respected charitable...
On the surface, the difference between a corporate and an individual gift might seem quite negligible. However, it is important for charities to be aware of the differences between these two types of gifts so that they can ensure they...
In a world defined by endless flux and expansion, where the only constant is change - and more change - globalization has flattened the boundaries between “us and them”, levelling the diverse playing field in which we operate. This, of...
