Building our Collective Strength: 2024 BC Non-Profit Leadership Conference

"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean." – Ryunosuke Satoro  Bringing people together to learn, grow, and collaborate to find creative solutions to complex problems is a core part of what we do at Vantage Point. We...

A Day in Your Life With Outsourced Back Office Functions

Original Broadcast Date: March 7, 2024 Summary: Outsourcing non-core functions can be an excellent way to save money, get more or better results and free up time so your team can focus on the organization’s core mission. The question many...

Five steps to outsourcing your nonprofit’s financial operations

Interested in learning more about this topic? Join us as we partner with Enkel to host a free webinar on March 7, A Day in Your Life With Outsourced Back Office Functions. Register today.  When managing a nonprofit, effective financial operations...

Does your volunteer webpage attract people to volunteer with your organization? A checklist for Managers of Volunteers

The volunteer webpage is a key piece of online “real estate” for volunteer recruitment. Make sure you are using it to its full advantage to turn visitors into active volunteers and ultimately ambassadors for your cause or organization. Here’s a checklist...

Meaningful engagement for impactful strategic planning

A new fiscal year for many Canadian nonprofits and charities is on the horizon - a time to wrap up, reassess, and reset. Strategic planning can play a critical role in guiding your organization at this pivotal time. To make...

The new T3010 Annual Information Return is here: What charities need to know

This article was previously published by Miller Thomson LLP and is reprinted with permission. On January 8, 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) released its latest version—the 24th version—of Form T3010 (Registered Charity Information Return). Registered charities do not pay federal income...

The balancing act: Delegating work but not micro-managing

This article is an excerpt from our free Essential Leadership Skills Guide: An Introduction to People Management. Sometimes the difference between being a good leader and a micromanager is a fine line. Micromanaging is when a person excessively controls every...

Top Ten Compliance Issues For Canadian Registered Charities with Mark Blumberg

Original Broadcast Date: October 19, 2023. Summary: A great deal has been written about legal compliance surrounding charities in Canada. Much of that material, however, is highly specialized, hard to understand and sometimes esoteric. As a result, it can be...

14 things to consider when shopping for a new auditor

In October 2011, the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (CNCA) came into effect to govern not-for-profit corporations incorporated federally. In a nutshell, the Act was designed to ensure that organizations receiving public funds are sufficiently transparent and accountable for that...

How to set your team up for success when building a strategic plan

Interested in learning more about strategic planning? Watch the Webinar Recording! For many people and organizations, September feels like an unofficial “new year”. The summer is coming to an end, pumpkin-spice-everything is everywhere and Mariah Carey is waiting in the...
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