Merger is not closure, it’s something better

The nonprofit sector is under tremendous stress due to Covid-19. In March 2020, Imagine Canada projected  “the economic downturn associated with COVID-19 will cause charities to lose $9.5 billion and layoff more than 117,000 employees...” Similar to other sectors of Canadian...

COVID-19 resources for the nonprofit and charitable sector

In the wake of recent and unprecedented events related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian nonprofits and charities are under more pressure than ever to provide valuable services while operating under incredibly challenging circumstances. At the same time, it is heartening...

Programs in a virtual world: Pivoting in-person programming online

The Mosaic Institute is a think-and-do tank that brings together people, communities, and nations to advance pluralism and reduce conflict. We operate through people-to-people engagement to create common ground by building mutual empathy and understanding. We believe that Canada's diversity...

Three tips for virtual programming for children and youth

Greenway-Chaplin Community Centre (GCCC) is a neighbourhood-based organization that provides programs for children and youth and facilitates community events and volunteer opportunities for neighbours to meet, connect and get to know each other. For over 30 years, GCCC has been empowering strong...

Client service evaluation with Jeff Couillard

Do you remember that icky feeling back in school, when you were assigned a piece of homework that you didn't see the point in doing, but had to do it anyway? Well, I bet that’s the same feeling you get...

The tech you need to get started working remotely

You’re at home again. Working. From. Home. Again. While there’s nothing that this article can do to break the monotony of your four walls or make your kids leave you alone long enough to take a deep breath, we can...

How to smoothly run a professional webinar

CharityVillage has offered free webinars to our audience of nonprofit professionals for almost 10 years now. And with so many people now working remotely and shifting their training and learning online, we’ve had several requests from our webinar participants to...

How to create a successful collaboration between nonprofit organizations

In the late 1980s, an organizational consultant in rural America coined the term “information silos” to describe how an organization may be as rich with information as a silo is with grain, but the information remains trapped, again like grain...

Ten easy steps for nonprofit budgeting for beginners

Want to learn more about budgeting for beginners? Watch the accompanying webinar recording. I vividly remember the first time I was asked to prepare a budget. I wasn’t sure where to start. There was no written process. I couldn’t find any...

Digital Transformation: More than meets the eye

Want to learn more about how to make digital transformation affordable and doable at your organization? Watch our recorded webinar on the topic. The Transformers franchise is all about an intergalactic, millennia-long war between the Autobots (the good robots, er,...
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