One Happy Island – One Act Of Kindness
The Happy Community Initiative is Aruba’s visitor charity program, supporting the Aruban youth with after school programs, mentorship activities and social support. Join us in protecting our beautiful island and promoting the welfare of our animals by volunteering while on vacation. Turning your stay on Aruba into a volunteer vacation …
Insights on Organizational Planning and Finance: In Conversation with Leaders
Foundation Magazine partnered with Sage Intacct to have a conversation with a group of leaders of a range of nonprofits and charities to gain insights into the way their organizations, and similar groups across the country, are approaching the finance challenges facing our sector today. We wanted to hear how …
Seen, Heard and Noted
Quebecor increases its support for adapted housing for adults with multiple disabilities with $300,000 donation to Le Pilier Foundation. Le Pilier Foundation is pleased to announce that Quebecor, a loyal partner since 2005, has deepened its commitment with an additional $300,000 contribution to support Maison Québecor. The donation will make …
How to Separate an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer from a Pretender
By Anthony Messina Those working and running foundations have more to accomplish in a day than ever before. They are tasked with fundraising, event planning, evaluating giving options and the oversight of the portfolio. All of this while functioning within a budget and dealing with human resources and other operational …
Tales of Three Foundations
Wealth Management – Malcolm Burrows By Malcolm Burrows Canadian foundations are experiencing an exceptional moment — of philanthropy, global challenges, and regulatory change. This moment has the potential to produce positive results for charities and communities, but it helps to understand how and why. Below are tales of three Canadian …
Do Donors Care About Your Fundraising Goals? Nope.
By Mary Cahane Your donors really don’t care about your fundraising goals. But they care — a lot — about your mission. Fundraising goals are important — inside. But donors care about your mission. If you’re fundraising, you already know that. But is that reflected in how you ask for …
CARPE DIEM: Shifting Paradigms
LEADERSHIP – KATHLEEN PROVOST By Kathleen A. Provost, CFRE, MAdEd As a professional fundraiser, I always seek to understand what influences my profession and how this impacts my ability to do my work. What has happened in the last few years, and more specifically in the last few months …
Grover-Nicholls House | Peterborough, Ontario
An outstanding example of Greek revival architecture, modified in the Palladian manner, it was begun about 1847 by P.M. Grover, a well-to-do local merchant. A rate type of building in Ontario, the square pillars are a classical Greek feature popular in North America principally because they were less costly to …
Bring it On, 2023
Thinking Out Loud – Maryann Kerr By Maryann Kerr I’ve always wanted to write humorous pieces. Oh, to be witty and pithy and bring you a smile. But that’s just not me. Even at 11 years old, my writing was on topics like “growing up” and “why family matters.” …
Five Lives: What We Do
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. Margaret Acreman founded the Single Parent Association of Newfoundland in September of 1987, based on her own experience as a single parent and …