Outsourcing non-core functions: The pros, cons, and best practices

Interested in learning about outsourcing non-core functions at your nonprofit? We’ve partnered with Enkel to offer a free webinar on August 10. Register here. To hire in-house, or to outsource? That is the question that most nonprofits face at one point...

D&O liability: What you need to know about your risk as a director or officer on a board, new or not.

Interested in learning more about directors' & officers’ liability? Download the Co-operators D&O Liability one-pager, click here. With good intentions in hand, and passion to action your organization’s purpose and vision in your community, it might not occur to you...

A strategy for assessing leadership talent in your charity

This is the first part of a two-part series on assessing leadership talent at your organization. Watch for part two coming soon! Every nonprofit or charitable organization needs reliable and top-talent leadership to succeed. However, to achieve this, your charity...

Enforceable employment contracts for nonprofits: Tips, clauses, and a free template

Includes a FREE, Lawyer-Vetted Employment Contract Template and other valuable resources! Nonprofits like you are driven by passion and making a real difference in the world. But let's be honest, with everything going on, it's easy to overlook some important...

Thriving Non-Profits Program is building financial resiliency in nonprofits

Considering administrative limitations within grants and contracts, changes in donor behaviours, inflation, and recession, how do non-profits and charities build financial resilience into their operations?   Organizations across Canada are participating in the Thriving Non-Profits program and creating financially sustainable paths...

The pursuit of status: signs, systems, and strategies

This article was previously published by Sights on Success Consulting and is reprinted with permission. The Intercultural Sharing Circle by Sights on Success Consulting is an opportunity for professionals from the community to gather and learn from each other’s cultural perspectives....

The Greatest Challenges Facing Charities and Actions We Can Take

Original Broadcast Date: June 8, 2023. Summary: The rising cost of living has more Canadians than ever turning to charities to meet their needs, and the toll on the charitable sector is unprecedented. Following the release of CanadaHelps’ sixth edition of...

How an $18.6 million dollar fund helps community organizations own their own spaces

Future of Good and Social Venture Connexion are hosting the Social Finance Forum from June 15th to 16th. The reimagined Social Finance Forum convenes 1,000+ changemakers from coast-to-coast-to-coast to learn actionable insights, celebrate game-changing ideas, convene community, activate capital and...

Conflict management within our control

I have always enjoyed observing people. As a teenager, I would sit with my grandmother in a coffee shop and wonder about the stories of the people around us. I have spent the last decade as a leadership and communication...

The greatest challenges facing charities: This year’s Giving Report from CanadaHelps

Interested in learning more about the 10 greatest challenges facing charities? We partnered with CanadaHelps to offer a free webinar, Watch the Recording! CanadaHelps recently released the sixth edition of The Giving Report, which is an annual look at the...