I sit on the board of an organization that is greatly intertwined with a major funder. The board members of the major funder are also the only members of my organization. Their part-time executive director also serves as our part-time...
In the Spring of 2002, Caroline MacGillivray was working at a temp job to pay the bills when her cell phone rang with some exciting news. As the founder of Beauty Night Society, a nonprofit that that provides makeovers, life...
What should we know about recruiting an Advisory Board/Committee? The term "advisory board, council, committee or group" are all synonymous. Inviting influential individuals to provide expertise or to support the efficient management of an organization is a great idea but...
This month's Charity Village® Sustainability Series article is the fourth in a series that cover the practical aspects of embedding sustainability within your charity. You can view last month's article here. As we move from the general logic of setting...
I want to have lots of people hear good things about my cause, and become supporters, and I have a brother in a similar situation with a different cause. I want to ask all our friends to "like" each other’s...
The Charity Village® Sustainability Series covers the practical aspects of embedding sustainability within your charity. The last two month's articles covered some general principles on sustainability and charities along with some insights on how to set up a core team....
I'm a CA, and I was recruited as treasurer to help a very small charity overhaul its accounting systems and start providing good financial information to the board. Now I want to quit because the chair is making major financial...
On Sept. 22 of this year, the CBC produced an investigative report examining the nature of fundraising in the Canadian charitable sector and looking specifically at where donor dollars go. The story was also filed on their website here. On...
I am a board member of a nonprofit with registered charity status, and donations have fallen over the last 5 years and are $0 in the current year. The society portion of the organization continues to operate successfully. What are...
When Alain Mootoo first heard about DiverseCity onBoard in 2008, he was inspired to give them a call. An initiative of The Maytree Foundation, DiverseCity onBoard connects candidates from racially and ethnically diverse communities to governance positions on boards, commissions...
