Modernized approach to giving: single donation reaches multiple registered charities aligned with a common cause
CanadaHelps, one of the largest platforms in Canada for donating and fundraising online, today announced new Cause Funds. This new and innovative way to give enables donors to make an impact for a cause they care about by making a single donation in support of a group of charities focused …
Focusing too much on branding comes at a price
Watching the Rock Star of Canada’s Charity World Crash and Burn By Kim Fuller This is one of the hard lessons learned from the recent demise of WE Charity. As one of Canada’s largest charities, with a reported annual revenue of $66 million for 2019, its brand recognition went well …
Historic Plaques Which Honour Philanthropy
The House of Providence | St. Paul’s Basilica One of Toronto’s largest charities, the House of Providence stood in downtown for more than a century. A Roman Catholic charitable institution, the organization still operates and has been active since 1857. Commissioned by Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, the second Roman Catholic Bishop …
Correcting the Record: What WE wants you to know
Top 10 Fallacies and Facts about WE Charity & WE Charity’s involvement in the Canada Student Service Grant Program Fallacy 1: The Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) was a billion-dollar program that in delivering, WE Charity stood to make of millions of dollars to benefit the charity. Facts: First, the …
We Create Our Own Monsters
By Cynthia Armour, CFRE I’ve lived by a motto for most of my adult life that says “We create our own monsters…but that means we have the ability to slay them”. This philosophy helps me take responsibility for the unexpected and examine how I may have contributed to the situation. …
“Who, WE?”
Social enterprise is not the answer, and the solution affects us all By Chris Carter Even before the effects of COVID-19 were felt, nonprofits and charities were struggling for funding: many donors don’t understand the concept of administrative costs and other necessary expenses, and accordingly prefer donating to program-only expenses; …
Learning from WE Charity’s mistakes
Building a Foundation for Successful Corporate Partnerships By Hava Goldberg, CFRE If you had asked me about WE Charity’s corporate partnerships at this time a year ago, I would have told you their partner list read like a fundraiser’s dream, pages upon pages on some of Canada’s largest companies, spanning …
Lessons in Failure: What Can Be Learned from the WE Movement
By Narinder Dhami and Chi Nguyen Over the past few months, as nearly every facet of our lives has been turned upside, the charitable and non-profit sector has seen massive disruption. The societal reckoning that kicked off in late spring with the deaths of George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet called …
WE Charity and we charities
What the WE Charity case means for the rest of us in the sector By Wendy Rinella Although there is a lot of discussion about the potential backlash against the entire charitable sector from this scandal, I would point out the absence of other charity leaders rushing to the aid …
The WE Charity Scandal and its Impact on the Canadian Charity Sector
BY MARK BLUMBERG The WE Charity scandal has now been going on for over three months. It has caused the Minister of Finance to resign, the proroguing of parliament. It has resulted in WE Charity announcing that it will be “winding down the organization’s operations in Canada” and taking their …