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....
Database marketing technology now makes it possible to bring personal service to every donor, according to Alain Harari, president, Canada Direct. Speaking at an NSFRE Fund Raising day, Harari described different ways to cultivate better relations with customers, volunteers, donors,...
In April 1999, a brief survey of selected members of NSFRE, Vancouver Chapter, was conducted on organizational and personal change readiness and change leadership capabilities. The survey was designed to provide some interesting facts and insights as part of a...
Often overlooked as a form of corporate philanthropy, matching gifts are an arrangement through which an eligible employee's gift to an eligible institution is matched in cash by a gift from the employer. It's likely that your organization already has...
