The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced an investment of $100 million to improve access to food for Canadians facing social, economic, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Canada will provide funding to national, regional, and local organizations across Canada that are able to...
This year’s National Volunteer Week theme is: “It’s time to applaud this country’s volunteers.“ But Volunteer BC wants to put a new spin to celebrate ALL community service organizations and volunteers in BC for the strong contributions they make in communities. This...
Continuing their strategic philanthropic approach, The Slaight Family Foundation is donating over three million dollars to four organizations all focused on food. This comprehensive approach looks to address specific societal issues around food – namely food insecurity and food rescue – at...
To assist organizations and their staff who many be working from home and/or managing workplace stress during this time, CMHA Ontario is conducting a weekly webinar on a variety of topics from the Mental Health Works Program, which integrate best practices in workplace mental health...
Giving decreased nominally by 1.4 percent in 2019 compared to 2018, but remained 6 percent higher than in 2017, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s 2019 Fourth Quarter Report, published by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The losses in donations were focused during the months...
The Government of Canada has introduced a wide range of economic supports to organizations, both businesses and nonprofits, in the wake of the massive impact of COVID-19. The Canada Emergency Business Account will provide interest-free loans of up to $40,000 to...
Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) is pleased to announce the launch of the COVID-19 Open Innovation Challenge to encourage Canadians to help develop solutions to the challenges we face from the COVID-19 pandemic. The winning submissions will receive funds to help...
The Canada Council for the Arts announced plans to provide approximately $60 million in advance funding, the equivalent of 35% of annual grants held by over 1,100 core funded organizations. This is the latest in Council’s ongoing efforts to stabilize the...
The leaders of 140 Canadian charities have written a letter to the Government of Canada asking for urgent financial support to prevent the irreparable collapse of the sector, and their vital programs, due to the COVID-19 crisis. Canada's charities are a critical part of the Canadian...
The Saskatchewan Nonprofit Partnership (SNP) wants to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the operations and program delivery of nonprofit organizations in Saskatchewan. If you are able to spare just a few minutes to respond to this survey they would...
