This article was originally published in Canadian FundRaiser English is becoming a series of tribal patois, discreet, usually fashion-driven and often adversarial. Computer science may be forgiven. But why does sport have to develop a new vocabulary? And why can't...
The feedback I received from a recent article in these pages advocating the endowment of bequests suggests a practical problem is quite common across the charitable landscape: current priorities outweigh long-term strategy. In plain language, charities spend the money from...
Based on a presentation at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners If you intend to work successfully with allied professionals in developing a planned giving program, several key assumptions are important. Firstly, the basic ingredients...
(Based on a presentation to the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners) What is an endowment? An endowment is an investment fund set aside for the long-term support of an organization. Only the income, or a...
As governments institute more and more cutbacks in an attempt to keep the deficit under control, the availability of non-profit funding is shrinking at an alarming rate. One inevitable result is increased competition for severely limited public and private funds....
Since 1970, charitable gaming in Ontario has grown into a $3 billion industry, employing thousands of people in more than two hundred and fifty bingo halls and charity casinos, and catering to thousands of break-open ticket vendors. Government-provided gaming in...
In 1992 Ontario increased its probate fees from 0.5% to 1.5%, for estates over $50,000. This has led to reconsideration of the role of probate and of methods to reduce probate fees. Since the fees are payable on the gross...
Why has the issue of the morality of charitable gaming become topical in the Boardrooms of Charities? In 1970, an amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada made it possible for charitable and religious organizations to conduct lottery schemes pursuant...
Charities are hunting for new income sources due to the fierce competition for donor dollars. Government funding, door-to-door and telephone canvassing, and direct-mail solicitation are losing their punch. Many charities have taken advantage of the opportunity to build their revenues...
Charities will do well to remember the recent decision of an Ontario court, in which a testator left 16 per cent of the residue of his estate to "The Institute for Crippled Children." No such institute was found to exist....
