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What do Canadians think of charities and nonprofits?
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Strengthening Your Nonprofit’s Financial Foundation. Part 3: Investment Readiness and Access to Capital

As organizations integrate earned revenue into their financial models, the question of capital often arises. Growth requires investment. Infrastructure, staffing, and systems all carry costs, and expanding what works can demand resources beyond what grants and donations alone can provide. In part 3 of this series, we’ll explore how capital can support growth once a model is proven.

Stephanie Jacobs (Guest Author)

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Let's Imagine Podcast EPISODE 40: The state of the economy and what business transformation means for Canada’s nonprofit sector (with Candace Laing)

In this episode of Let’s Imagine, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Candace Laing, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, to explore the current state of the Canadian economy, how companies are rethinking community investment and social impact, and what these shifts may mean for nonprofit organizations.

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Let's Imagine Podcast EPISODE 39: Workplaces Were Not Built for Mothers (with Allison Venditti)

In this episode of Let’s Imagine, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Allison Venditti, Founder and CEO of Moms at Work, Canada’s largest community for working mothers and a leading voice on pay equity, caregiving, and workplace transformation. Together, they discuss how nonprofits can take meaningful action on pay transparency & redesign pathways to leadership for mothers.

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Strengthening your nonprofit’s financial foundation. Part 2: Earned Revenue – From Idea to Action

Once your organization can imagine what is possible, a practical question follows: How do you move toward integrating earned revenue, while mitigating risks and staying true to mission? This post focuses on how nonprofits can test earned revenue ideas thoughtfully and responsibly, before investing significant time, money, or organizational capacity.

Stephanie Jacobs (Guest Author)

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Let's Imagine Podcast EPISODE 38: Celebrating Black Changemakers: Leadership, Culture & Community Care (with Nathan Hall)

In this episode of Let’s Imagine, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Nathan Hall, CEO of Culture Check, an organization dedicated to helping workplaces confront racism, strengthen psychological safety, and create environments where Black, racialized, and marginalized employees can thrive.

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Advancing Shared Impact: Highlights from the Community Impact Exchange in Vancouver

In December, we were excited to bring together corporate CSR leaders, nonprofit partners, and sector innovators at the Museum of Vancouver for the Community Impact Exchange - a full day focused on strengthening how we can better conduct, communicate, and collaborate on impact measurement.

Holly Stanczak

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What do Canadians think of charities and nonprofits?

For the past year and a half, our team has been working on a public awareness campaign set to launch this Fall. To inform the campaign strategy, we conducted research to understand the perceptions of Canadians regarding nonprofits and charities. As we prepare to launch the campaign, we’re sharing key findings from this market research so that others in the sector can benefit from this insightful information and leverage it for their own needs.

Émilie Pontbriand