Open the floodgates! The wait is over! The 113-day spat that kept Canadians from enjoying the highest level of our national winter sport is finished, and with it, the dam withholding the millions of dollars, and ample publicity, that annually...
They may be Canada’s two coastal bookends, but two provinces, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, have recently taken almost identical measures to increase the power and reach of social venture organizations in each region. On December 4, 2012, Nova Scotia...
“We’re creative. We’re gonna sit at our desks typing while the walls fall down around us. Because we’re the least important, most important thing there is.” Those were Don Draper’s words during an uncharacteristically cynical moment in the hit series...
Canadian charities: ready yourselves. In late November a new, potentially game-changing foundation launched that could spell financial windfall for many charitable sector organizations over the coming years. Toronto-based Upside Foundation has set itself up as a national vehicle through which...
This column was written with the assistance of Ryan Turnbull, Director of Ethics and CSR, Eco-Ethonomics. Our charity needs to start a social enterprise to fund programs operating at a deficit. Do we need to replace the board with business...
Whether you are head of a grant-writing team that is applying to a national funding body for tens of thousands of dollars of ongoing support, or a solitary volunteer requesting money from your local car dealership to help purchase hockey...
Smartphone penetration is nearing 50% in Canada. But there’s been a 24% decrease in the number of organizations with an active text-to-give program.1 Actually, according to Katherine Winchester from the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada, a measly 114 Canadian charities have registered...
What were some highlights at the Association of Fundraising Professional’s Congress? Having just spent almost three days with several hundred of my colleagues, including some of the top international gurus, I thought this month's article was a good place to...
More than 1,500 charities and nonprofits have rallied their social network troops this fall in the Aviva Community Fund’s online race for votes and project funding. But as more and more companies turn to online giving contests to fulfill corporate...
Have you ever stopped to consider how much your name is worth? Chances are, if you’re anything like me and have not attained celebrity status, the value of your name has not crossed your mind. Why would it? It couldn’t...
