As part of Social Finance Week, CharityVillage talked with Derek Gent, the executive director of the Vancity Community Foundation, a public foundation with more than 100 donor-advised funds associated with the Vancity Credit Union. For more than 20 years, the...
In 1996, Family Services of Greater Vancouver set up a social enterprise business to provide mentoring and development opportunities for homeless youth in Vancouver. Street Youth Job Action (SYJA) helps youth between the ages of 15 to 24 learn...
Most of us do-gooders have heard of social finance, an approach to managing money that gives back to society or the environment while still producing a financial return. We hear about social enterprises harnessing finance this way, but charities and...
As I write this, it’s 34 degrees outside and in just a few hours, I’ll be heading to the cottage for a vacation. Long slow days of swimming, reading and (maybe) a few cocktails beckon. I can’t wait. But, it’s...
Once upon a time, citizen fundraisers took to the streets with clipboards and pledge forms to cajole friends, family, neighbours and strangers to support their favourite causes. Today, we're still asking the people we know for money – we've just...
This article is reprinted from Best Practices in Charity Annual Reporting, 2012 Edition created by the Voluntary Sector Reporting Awards (VSRA) – Ontario’s awards program for best charity annual reporting. Register for the July 9th free webinar on charity annual...
For most consumers, the experience is familiar, albeit fairly forgettable. You’re loading up on necessities (or frivolities) at the cash register of your nearby big name drug, grocery, hardware or beer store, and the clerk asks if you’d like to...
In his opening statement at the 2011 National Summit for the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector, Adam Spence – one of the co-leads of the priority stream focused on more sustainable and diversified financing – observed that while the two-day Summit...
Many charities host fundraising events to raise money for their cause. But what your organization may not realize is that the type of fundraiser you choose to host says a lot about your organization. Therefore, when planning your fundraisers, in...
When I was asked to write a piece on whether or not newsletters were still relevant, I agreed without thinking. But when I started thinking, I realized that the question was wrong. To me, the question isn’t whether or not...
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