The institutional funding landscape continues to evolve, presenting new challenges and opportunities for fundraisers. With that in mind, Imagine Canada invited me to reflect on shifts in the grants landscape in 2026.

In this episode of Let’s Imagine, host Bruce MacDonald is joined by Dr. Susanna Kislenko, a governance researcher and practitioner with the University of Oxford and Carleton University, and co-author of Imagine Canada’s new guide, Good Governance and Leadership in Founder-led Organizations.

Most fundraisers know the familiar grant application question: How will you keep this program running after the grant ends? I remember how baffled I felt the first time I read that question, as if there was some secret to sustaining nonprofit programs outside of grants that I hadn’t been let in on.

Over 120 nonprofit leaders from across the country gathered in Ottawa this past Fall for the largest nonprofit leadership conference of its kind in Canada: the Imagine Canada Leadership Roundtable. In this blog, we share highlights from the event.

In this special episode of Let’s Imagine, guest host Wilfreda Edward (CCNDR), is joined by Sampada Kukade (Skills for Change) & Max Palamar (Blueprint) to explore how nonprofits across Canada are working to close the digital skills gap.

Over the next five years, the government will be investing $280 billion in the following categories: defence and security, housing and infrastructure, and productivity and competitiveness. To help the nonprofit sector better understand Budget 2025, Imagine Canada has outlined commitments of key relevance.