Social Finance Week: The unexpected venture capitalist

Mission-related investing can offer organizations new partners whose values and work aligns with their own.

Social Finance Week: Investing in impact

The idea of impact investing is gaining momentum. What’s all the fuss about?

Philanthropy from the throne

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and the rest of the Royal Family are not just about pomp and pageantry. They’re also quite charitable.

Charity strikes a chord with Canadian musicians

The JUNO Awards, hosted this year by William Shatner, are set to air on Sunday, April 1, 2012. As artists and fans prepare for the annual celebration, we thought it might be fun to explore how some Canadian musicians are giving back.

Service clubs: An optimistic future?

Over the years, service clubs have evolved into a significant source of funding for charities and other essential services, but today they’re facing more challenges than ever.

More than child’s play: Engaging youth in philanthropy

While the energy, connectivity (and media attention) a young activist can generate could be a boon to a nonprofit, the flip side is that many youth are equally content to be clicktivists, limiting their involvement to texting donations or “liking” a cause on Facebook. So how can your nonprofit work effectively with kids and youth? And should you even try?

Innovation meets tradition: The 2011 Humber Initiative on Philanthropy

The recent Humber Initiative on Philanthropy conference at the college’s Lakeshore Campus was an intensive day filled with informative sessions and thought-provoking speakers.

The Giving (R)evolution

A profile of the event Toronto’s Changing Face of Philanthropy.

I pledge: Making the most by giving it away

Thanks to a philanthropic campaign led by two of the world’s most financially blessed — Warren Buffet and Bill Gates — dozens of billionaires pledged recently to give at least half their fortunes to charity. According to estimates by Forbes magazine, that basically means at least $150 billion could potentially be committed to a range of causes.