To become accredited or not? That is a question on the minds of a number of nonprofit organizations at the moment - and not just the larger ones. What is accreditation? The accreditation process acknowledges that your organization has successfully...
Vital Signs reports. For many nonprofits, these reports represent the equivalent of skimming through a community-specific Wikipedia page: they’re a fantastic snapshot of a region, and are often quite interesting, but it’s difficult to determine how the information they provide...
If you’re a federally incorporated nonprofit or registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Association (RCAAA), then you’d best be aware of the following date: October 17, 2014. That’s the date the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (CNCA) takes effect, replacing the old...
You’re fretting about that upcoming meeting you’re facilitating. You’re scared you’ll lose control, that you’ll go overtime, or that no decisions will be made. Bad meetings are unfortunately very common in the nonprofit and charity sector. This is despite the...
Some 50,000 Ontarian nonprofits are still waiting eagerly for the province to proclaim the new Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) into force after more than two years since it received royal assent at Queen’s Park. As CharityVillage reported in July...
One of these days, someone in the for-profit sector is going to look at what the folks over at Imagine Canada are doing with their new Standards Program and wonder why nonprofits are the envy of organizations everywhere with respect...
The executive director sent an email to our office saying the vice chair of the board, who is also his spouse, was acting in his place for a month while he was on a trip. Do staff members have to...
In the Dr. Seuss classic, the Grinch dresses like Santa, slinks down chimneys and makes off with all the gifts under all the trees and fireplace mantles in Whoville. This story came to mind last week with the news that...
If a board is responsible for articulating the ethical values of their organization, how would they know what those are? The board is responsible for articulating the ethical values as they want them to be, not as they are. It’s...
I read articles for and against term limits for nonprofit directors. How would my organization decide what’s right for it? In Canada, most nonprofits now must have or implement term limits. The new legislation for both federally incorporated nonprofits and...
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