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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Five Lives: What We Do – September/October 2024
Each issue Foundation Magazine provides a mini-profile of five people whose work and commitment make Canada a more liveable country. We thank them for their service. Five Lives Alexis Kane Speer is the Founder and Executive Director of STEP Public Art, a Canadian charity that supports and elevates …
How this environmental nonprofit uses email marketing to support fundraising efforts
by Michael Brooke, Consulting Editor Most small businesses and nonprofits consider the last quarter of the year as the time to accomplish goals that have yet to be met. While SMBs look to use the last months of the year to meet revenue targets, nonprofits set their sights on achieving …
NEW RESEARCH REVEALS TRENDS IN CHARITABLE GIVING IN CANADA
LegalWills Highlights Increased Interest in Philanthropic Bequests Among Canadians OTTAWA, ON–A new study conducted by LegalWills, a leading provider of online estate planning services, has uncovered significant trends in charitable giving among Canadians. The findings shed light on how more Canadians are incorporating charitable donations into their estate plans, reflecting …
Bridging Worlds With an ‘Indigenist’ Lens: Groundwork for Change
By Raymond Johnson-Brown Growing up, I often felt like a bit of an anomaly. My Afro-Mi’kmaq mother and European father shaped one part of my identity, and my first-generation Jamaican foster family, the Browns, added layers of complexity. Navigating these diverse cultural spaces made me realize the importance of embracing …