Assessing the security needs for your event

Determining if security is needed at an event

Developing a business case

If you have ever pitched a project idea, you have likely been asked what the business case for the project is. Developing a business case is your opportunity to articulate what is in it for the organization.

Rules for charities that operate a related business

Competition for nonprofit funding is increasing all the time, and many organizations are turning to business ventures to generate additional revenue. While this has proved very successful for many, registered charities must walk a fine line with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Government funding of the NFP sector: A year of trials and tribulations

A summary of the past year’s budget cuts and how organizations are dealing with them.

Rating and evaluating prospects: Whom do you ask for how much?

Grant application forms have a blank space where you fill in the amount requested. But when it comes to individual donors, we seem to think it is a different kettle of fish. It isn’t.

Handling donations between Canada and the US

Canada and the United States share the longest undefended border in the world and we consider ourselves to be good neighbours, but when it comes to cross-border donations things can get a bit tricky.

In god we trust…and give

When Professor Ida Berger of Ryerson University’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies published a study in Voluntas last summer, the nonprofit sector received some additional discourse for their boardroom tables. The report, The Influence of Religion on Philanthropy in Canada, compared and contrasted the philanthropic behaviours of Canadians across religious groups.

Taking your event to the next level

How to use an auction or other mini-events to increase an event’s success

Why new nonprofits shouldn’t use direct mail to raise funds

If your nonprofit is fairly new, it might be a good idea to hold off on direct mail fundraising until you’re a little more established.

Tapping the philanthropic well

Principal fundraising truth: You go where money you think you can get is to be found in the greatest quantities and most of the time that means you look to the individual donor.