Historic Plaques Which Honour Philanthropy: Sir Byron Edmond Walker
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L. 1848-1924 The plaque located near the community of Gilford in Innisfil bears the Ontario coat of arms. Sir Byron Edmund Walker, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L. 1848-1924 – Born in Haldimand County, Walker joined the new Canadian Bank of Commerce at an early age, transforming …
WWF-Canada launches ‘Mission Restoration’ to Put Nature on a Path to Recovery
Staff The Canadian arm of the World Wildlife Fund is putting an initiative to work which will bring restoration practitioners together to work toward restoring 30 percent of degraded ecosystems. WWF-Canada launched “Mission Restoration” at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s Conference of the Parties (COP16)— a collaborative initiative toward …
Food Security Now: Empowering Communities to Fight with Localized Data
By Anthony Musiwa Imagine waking up every day unsure if you can afford your next meal. This is the reality for one in four people in Canada. Food insecurity is when people worry about eating, compromise on the quantity and quality of their groceries, and/or go without food due to …
Planning for Giving Tuesday
Based on an Insights and Research Report by Qgiv and Bloomerang Giving Tuesday is one of the biggest days of the year in the fundraising world, but it hasn’t always been that way. Giving Tuesday is a relatively new “holiday” that’s been on fundraisers’ radar for only 10 years. The …
Succession Planning: A Strategic Treasure Hunt
By Cynthia J. Armour, CFRE Succession planning is a critical yet often overlooked component of organizational sustainability. Over the past 30+ years, I have observed firsthand how staff and boards grapple with leadership transitions, often precipitated by a chief executive’s or board chair’s departure. This challenge is especially evident in …
Seven Post-Award Grant Management Best Practices for Nonprofits
By Natalie Anderson If your nonprofit organization utilizes grant funding, you know managing grants takes a lot of work. The grant management lifecycle has two parts—pre-award and post-award. Pre-award encompasses all the work that goes into earning a new grant. First, you need to research different opportunities to find grants …
Get Money Moving – In Conversation: Akruti Desai, Gates Foundation
By Nick Palahnuk, Founder of PhilanthPro, talks with experts about strategic philanthropy as a part of a series with Foundation Magazine. PhilanthPro is an innovative software that helps advisors bring the power of financial planning to philanthropy so that charitable account holders can be more intentional about their giving. In …
How Philanthropy is Building UHN’s New Surgical Tower
The Leadership Challenge – Julie Quenneville By Julie Quenneville At University Health Network (UHN), we’re shaping the future of healthcare through a bold vision: a state-of-the-art surgical tower that will redefine patient-centered care and surgical innovation. This ambitious $1.1B capital project – the largest in UHN’s history – will …
Can We Teach AI to Be a Good Fundraising Writer?
Inside AI – George Irish By George Irish “AI can’t write like a human” I hear that often, especially from fundraising colleagues who work in the content production cycle (crafting donor comms, writing appeals). Sometimes it’s used to justify their hesitation to start exploring AI’s potential. I can’t say that …
Charity With Benefits
The Accidental Philanthropist® – Mark Halpern How the Intersection of Tax, Life Insurance and Charity Helped a Family Achieve Its Philanthropic Goals By Mark Halpern, CFP, TEP, MFA-P After 33 of professional practice, I am convinced that most business is extremely personal because people prefer to do business …