STARS Lottery: Helping Save Lives and Shaping the Future of Critical Care
STARS is on a mission to ensure that no one goes without critical care that could save their life — no matter who they are or where they live. From a single helicopter to a network of highly skilled professionals providing care in the air, on the ground, or virtually, …
Together Fur-ever: How PEDIGREE Foundation is Helping Thousands of Dogs in Canada Find Loving Homes
By Deb Fair I’ve always been passionate about animals, having a menagerie of pets from a guard goose named Harry to chickens, other birds, cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs. So, it was probably no surprise to my family and friends when my passion turned into my life’s work. …
Learning and Looking Ahead
By Kate Behncken As a company whose mission is to empower every person and every organization to achieve more, we recognize the potential of AI to serve as a catalyst for a new era of opportunity and economic growth. But we must help democratize access to emerging technologies so everyone …
Corporate Foundations: The Business of Giving
Canada has over 10,000 public and private foundations which collectively steward over $120 billion in assets. A core aspect of Canada’s charitable sector, foundations are independent legal entities operating solely for charitable purposes, working in partnership with the other 73,000 charities in Canada, and the many other non-profit and social-purpose …
AI is Here: Is Your Nonprofit Ready?
INSIDE AI – GEORGE IRISH By George Irish 2023 was the year of the AI Revolution, but the benefits for nonprofits have been more promise than reality. ChatGPT is the mascot for the new Age of AI, dubbed the most groundbreaking technology since the advent of the Internet and the …
You Live Once but Die Twice: Don’t Be Forgotten
THE ACCIDENTAL PHILANTHROPIST® – MARK HALPERN By Mark Halpern, CFP, TEP, MFA-P James Bond fans will remember that he faked his own death in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice. Of course, we all know (until further notice) that everyone lives but once. However, few people realize that …
Are You Caught Up in “Yay Us” Fundraising?
THE HAND’S ON FUNDRAISER – MARY CAHALANE By Mary Cahalane “Yay Us!” I’m not sure if it’s a response to the last few years, or if I’m just busier than usual. But lately, I’ve just been finding myself wanting to crawl under the covers and hide for a while. (With …
12 Ways of Giving
LEADERSHIP – KATHLEEN A. PROVOST, CFRE, MAdEd As a professional fundraiser, I often wonder how we can understand the generosity of so many different people. I find myself not just wondering why people give, but why do they choose to give in a particular way. In my 30-year career, I …
Scholarships and Other Educational Awards
WEALTH MANAGEMENT – MALCOLM BURROWS Student awards are one of the most popular charitable purposes, especially in estates. Donors often strongly identify with the life changing benefit of direct educational funding to students. Named scholarship funds are often named and constitute part of the donor’s legacy. Educational awards are such …
The World Around Us
Surely, we all not only love the ocean and all the marine life in it, but we are beginning to feel a sense of desperation about the spaces that cover most of our mother earth. The flow of waste, destructive fishing practices and plastic pollution destroy the marine environment and …