How USAID cuts are impacting Canadian nonprofits working internationally: An interview with Lindsay Glassco from Plan International Canada

In our recent CharityVillage Connects podcast episode, The Dismantling of USAID: Impacts on Global Aid and Canadian Nonprofits, we explored how recent cuts to USAID funding are creating ripple effects for Canadian charities working internationally. For this episode, we were...

CharityVillage Connects: The Dismantling of USAID: Impacts on Global Aid and Canadian Nonprofits

In this episode of CharityVillage Connects, we examine the far-reaching consequences of the Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of USAID, which has created a $63-billion void in global aid funding. With essential programs in health, education, food security, and disaster relief...

CharityVillage Connects: Safeguarding Equity: How Trump’s DEI Rollbacks Are Impacting Canadian Nonprofits

In this episode of CharityVillage Connects, we look at how DEI rollbacks in the U.S. are affecting Canada’s nonprofit sector. We also explore where Canadian organizations stand in their DEI work today: what’s moving forward, what’s stalling, and what’s at...

Prioritizing the care economy and the women working within it: An interview with Mitzie Hunter

In our recent CharityVillage Connects podcast episode, Post-Election Wake-Up Call: What Canada’s New Federal Government Means for Nonprofits, nonprofit leaders and government relations experts joined us to discuss how the recent Liberal win under the leadership of Mark Carney might...

CharityVillage Connects: Post-Election Wake-Up Call: What Canada’s New Federal Government Means for Nonprofits

It’s been about three months now, since Canada elected its new government. What will this new federal government mean for Canada's nonprofit sector? What policy shifts can we anticipate? How will funding be affected? And what should nonprofit leaders be...

Canada’s charity sector is struggling: Where is the strategic plan to strengthen it?

The Canadian charitable sector currently operates without an overarching strategic plan, leaving it vulnerable to significant challenges which are already limiting the sector’s ability to help those in need.    Much like Alice’s famous interaction with the Cheshire Cat in “Alice's...

Is it time for an overhaul of the nonprofit sector? An interview with Liban Abokor

In our recent CharityVillage Connects podcast episode, Should Money Talk? Inequities in Funding and Influence in the Nonprofit Sector, we interviewed several nonprofit leaders from across the country about the inequities that continue within the nonprofit sector, including in terms...

Can the nonprofit sector adopt voluntary standards to improve its data problem? 

This article was previously published by The Philanthropist Journal and is reprinted with permission. Canada’s first data standard for the nonprofit and charitable sector was published on May 7. Entitled CAN/DGSI 100-11: Data Governance – Part 11: Delivery of Community and...

Navigating the path to becoming a registered charity: Key considerations for nonprofits

Becoming a registered charity is a major milestone for many nonprofit organizations. This designation brings enhanced public credibility, the ability to issue official donation receipts, and access to certain funding opportunities. However, charitable registration also comes with legal obligations, structural...

How federal and international policies are impacting LGBTI+ refugees: An interview with Aleks Dughman

In our recent CharityVillage Connects podcast episode, Growing Pains: How Canada’s Population Boom Affects Nonprofits, we interviewed a variety of settlement and nonprofit experts from across the country to find out how a boom in Canada’s population and changes to...
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