CanadaHelps Reveals Canada’s Most Generous Cities
Centre Wellington ranked Canada’s most generous city per capita in 2024 for a second year in a row TORONTO, ON–CanadaHelps, the country’s largest online platform for donating and fundraising, has named Centre Wellington, Ontario as Canada’s most generous city among Canada’s top 200 most populated cities in the country, based …
Daylight and PhilanthPro Launch a new Partnership
LOS ANGELES, CA–Daylight and PhilanthPro launch a new partnership to give wealth and philanthropy advisors access to training and technology to deepen their philanthropic advising. Daylight is a platform where advisors can find the knowledge, ideas, and community to support their passion for growth, service, and philanthropic outcomes. Their flagship …
The World Around Us – Generosity Knows No Borders
Around the world, a record 4.3 billion people helped someone they didn’t know, volunteered time or donated money to a good cause in the preceding month according to the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index 2024. The world’s most generous country is Indonesia for the seventh year in a row, …
Six Factors That Could Affect Charitable Giving
By Tony Maiorino (guest author) As the end of the year approaches, often so does a renewed focus on being charitable. Even in times of a challenging economy, charitable values and giving during the winter holiday season seem to hold steady for many people. In fact, an Ipsos poll late …
CREATING ELATION: BE PART OF SOMETHING NEW
Leadership – Kathleen Provost By Kathleen Provost As a professional fundraiser I always wonder how I can keep “things exciting”. Is it possible, after having fundraised for so many years in the charitable sector, to still engage donors in new ways, motivate staff members, and find creative ways to …
Why You Need A Great Year-End Ask
The Hand’s on Fundraiser- Mary Cahalane By Mary Cahalane We’re heading into the year-end flurry of fundraising. What’s your ask? Tis the season, and fundraisers everywhere are preparing. What’s your year-end ask? It’s also the season for multiple “giving days”… like GivingTuesday or December 31st. I hope you’re already …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …