Short- and long-term approaches to finding new revenue sources

A summary of new revenue sources for fundraising efforts.

Charitable receipting rights and wrongs

Common charitable receipting errors and how to avoid them.

Fundraising Q&A: How to market tribute gifts and planned giving

This article discusses how to market memorial gifts and planned giving programs to donors.

Fundraising check-up: Taking the pulse of the charitable sector

Wanting to check the pulse of our fierce, battle-weary, yet ever-energetic fundraisers, we brought a few together and asked: How are you faring going into 2010?

Are these four vital words on your website?

Your success at online fundraising depends on four words. If you want to acquire members and donors, raise funds and encourage others to advocate for your cause, these four words must appear on your website.

Mobile giving: The Haiti cataclysm

When the Haiti earthquake struck, Canadians wanted to support aid programs. And for the first time, in record numbers, they did it through their mobile devices.

Charity Intelligence: Smart giving

A profile of the Charity Intelligence program, which researches and analyzes Canada’s charities, enabling funders to make informed and effective giving decisions that reward charities for their results.

Aboriginal social enterprise: Hopeful alternatives

Manon Barbeau has a simple dream: giving young people from First Nations communities an opportunity to express themselves using video and music, promoting a sense of healing, empowerment, and community engagement.

Fundraising Q&A: Further clarification on the Canada Revenue Agency Guidance on Fundraising

This article provides further explanation of the Canada Revenue Agency’s Guidance on Fundraising, including what fundraising is and is not, prohibited fundraising conduct, and allocation of fundraising expenses.

VANOC – Setting the gold standard for a social enterprise games

Despite much of the rumbling heard around Canada and BC about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games preparations, one thing is clear to many who work in the charity world on the west coast: the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) is going out of its way to make these games one of the most socially sustainable events ever put together.