As gifts of securities become a bigger part of charitable giving in Canada, charities of every size have an opportunity to make this tax-smart way of giving easier to understand and simpler to execute. For years, most charities have built...
For many nonprofits, the final quarter of the year is the Super Bowl of fundraising. Studies consistently find that a large share of annual giving, often between 17 and 33 percent, arrives in December, and the last few days of...
Original Broadcast Date: August 27, 2026 Summary: This practical webinar walks through a campaign framework to help nonprofits turn GivingTuesday momentum into a cohesive year-end program. We will cover how to align your offer, messaging, and channel plan across email,...
As we speak with organizations, attend conferences, and read sector news, there is a common theme that continues to come up: artificial intelligence (AI). And yet, behind the enthusiasm, there is something else happening in the sector. People are starting to...
Interested in learning more? We have partnered with Raisely to host a free webinar. Register now! GivingTuesday can create a valuable spike in attention, generosity, and donor acquisition. But radical candor: the biggest opportunity is not the day itself. It is what happens...
The fundraising sector has been on a journey — and if you’ve been in this work for any length of time, you’ve felt every shift along the way. From organizational-centred to donor-centred to community-centred, each fundraising framework has moved us...
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...
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...
