Original Broadcast Date: September 14, 2026 Summary: To launch CharityVillage’s Volunteer Week 2026, we brought together leaders from Volunteer Canada, Charity Insights Canada Project (Carleton University), and Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada (VMPC) for a timely panel discussion on the future of...
Original Broadcast Date: September 10, 2026 Summary: In an era of shifting supporter expectations and unprecedented service demands, the core challenge of volunteer management is no longer a lack of community goodwill—it’s operational friction. Outdated, manual processes and lengthy onboarding...
People who choose to work in the nonprofit sector are already well-versed in commitment. We care deeply about contributing to a better society and are often profoundly invested in our organizations' missions. But what has commitment come to mean in the...
In the nonprofit sector, leadership is often tested under pressure. Leaders are expected to deliver results, manage limited resources, support staff, and respond to growing community needs. In this context, trauma-informed leadership is sometimes misunderstood as soft or optional. In...
What do Oprah, Metallica, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Justin Bieber have in common? They know the value of working with a coach to unlock potential, support high-level performance, and to remain grounded and healthy - 14 Billionaires & Celebrities Get Coached....
Interested in learning more? We have partnered with Enkel to host a free webinar. Register now! Most nonprofit board members are not accountants. They are lawyers, community leaders, fundraisers, and program experts who volunteer their time to govern an organization...
This article was previously published by The Orion Group and is reprinted with permission. The town hall happened. The follow-up email went out. Managers received the slides and talking points. A week later, employees are still asking the same questions....
Grant funding is more competitive than ever. More organizations are applying, funders are being more selective, and the teams doing the work are usually stretched thin. Yet when you talk to the people who actually review applications, a clear pattern...
We were absolutely delighted to interview Armine Yalnizyan recently for our podcast episode, The Spring Economic Update: Where Does the Nonprofit Sector Fit in Canada’s Future? In fact, we so enjoyed her interview that we're going to present the bulk of it to our readers in...
This 6-part series of articles, from the team at Charity Insights Canada Project (CICP), examines the data and research about the highly skilled people who work for the 85,000 charities in Canada. In 2025, Imagine Canada published the People First report that details the size and demographics of 2.5 million people working for both charities and...
