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...
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,...
The cartoon Calvin and Hobbes occasionally featured a game called Calvinball in which the little boy made up the rules, changing them as it suited him. While it made for humourous reading, playing his game would not make for a...
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...
Last year, CharityVillage reported on the imminent arrival of an official umbrella organization for nonprofits in Nova Scotia. Late in December 2012, it finally happened. For the genesis of the story, readers can go back and read here and here....
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...
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...
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