Editor's Note: Want to learn about the top 20 Canada Revenue Agency compliance issues for registered charities? We partnered with Mark Blumberg for a free webinar on January 28, 2016. Watch the recording today! A great deal has been written...
Want to learn more about how to promote good mental health at your workplace? We partnered with the author, Julia Kaisla from the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division, for a free webinar - watch the full recording here. Since...
Increasingly boards of directors for charities are expected to strengthen their governance practices, including their fiduciary and risk oversight. Driving this demand for stronger governance is research that finds that governance failures are at the root of many problems in...
After recently talking with nonprofit organizations about asking staff to donate to their organization or other nonprofits, we thought it would be interesting to ask nonprofits and charities about staff volunteering their time to their own or other organizations. Volunteering...
Maygan Chapman has spent the last six months looking for a nonprofit job in fundraising, event coordination or volunteer management. She has relevant experience and is careful to tailor each resume and cover letter to the job in question. Still,...
With this column I bid you farewell as the author of a regular monthly column on the CharityVillage site. This column began in November 2003, and I sincerely thank you for all your questions and feedback over the years. I...
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...
I’ve resolved to do more volunteering in my community. What’s the most ethical way to spend my limited time? Should I help my elderly neighbour, my professional association or a community charity? I hope your choices are not mutually exclusive....
This column was written with the assistance of Ryan Turnbull, Director of Ethics and CSR, Eco-Ethonomics. Our charity needs to start a social enterprise to fund programs operating at a deficit. Do we need to replace the board with business...
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