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Who We Are

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Land Acknowledgement

Imagine Canada’s staff, operations, work, and network depend on traditional Indigenous territories to provide us physical space, sustenance, safety, and community to work, live, and play. 

Our physical head office is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabeg, the Haudenosaunee, the Chippewa, and the Wendat (Wyandot). We acknowledge that these lands are covered by Treaty 13 and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We acknowledge that these lands are still home to many diverse First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. 

Our Mission & Strategy

Our mission is to strengthen Canadian charities and nonprofits so they can better serve individuals and communities both here and around the world.

 

We envision a Canada where thriving communities are fueled by strong nonprofit infrastructure and engagement, and where social, economic, and environmental justice is advanced through collective advocacy and action.

 

To realize our vision and mission, we are committed to an ongoing process of becoming a more equity-driven, inclusive, transformative, and provocative player within and for the social good sector. We also hold ourselves accountable for:
Advancing three foundational goals
  • Funding is flexible, reliable, and flows more equitably to organizations and communities
  • The sector offers prosperous careers and is governed by courageous leaders with lived experience
  • Voices traditionally at the margins are sought out and valued in decisions impacting our collective futures
So we may achieve four strategic directions
  • Influencing the regulatory and policy environment in which social good organizations operate
  • Ensuring decision-makers have access to timely and relevant knowledge about our sector
  • Ensuring organizations are operating at the highest level of excellence
  • Amplifying the unique and diverse perspectives within our sector
 
Our partnerships and annual operating plans are guided by two complementary plans, a 10-year Strategic Planning Framework and a 5-year Theory of Change. We developed and will continue to evolve these plans through ongoing reflection and dialogue with our members and collaborators.
 
We invite you to explore the plans that guide our work and get in touch with feedback and questions, or if you see an alignment between your work and ours.
 
5-Year Theory of Change
10-Year Strategic Planning Framework
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Our People

Our commitment to equity, anti-racism and anti-oppression

Imagine Canada envisions a charitable and nonprofit sector that supports and cultivates diverse, inclusive, just and equitable communities. We are working towards a sector that is truly representative of the communities we work with, that provides radically inclusive workplaces to employees and volunteers of all backgrounds, and that advances systems change. 

SUPPORTERS

$250,000+
$100,000+
$50,000+

Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Canadian Red Cross Society
Deloitte
Mastercard Foundation
The KPMG Foundation

$25,000+

Blackbaud
BDO Canada
CIBC Foundation
Co-operators
First West Credit Union
J. Armand Bombardier Foundation
Keela
Manulife
Mike and Martha Pedersen
PearTree Canada
Power Corporation of Canada
The Counselling Foundation of Canada
The Muttart Foundation
Vital Toronto Fund at Toronto Foundation

$10,000+

An Anonymous Donor
Benefaction Foundation
Calgary Foundation
Carters Professional Corporation
Ecclesiastical Insurance
Ignite NPS
KCI
Metcalf Foundation
Miller Thomson LLP
nfpResearch
Sage Canada
Sarasin & Partners LLP
Suncor Energy Inc

Thank you to our supporters and sponsors.

 

 

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Your support enables us to take an enhanced leadership role in defining, promoting and strengthening the charitable sector in Canada.

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2023 Reports

 

Building Momentum as a Collective

2023 was another difficult year for our sector. Inflation hit Canadians hard, climate emergencies plagued various locales, and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lingered. These layered, co-mingling challenges meant an increased demand for services, with many organizations struggling to meet that demand. Everything that we, at Imagine Canada, did in 2023 was designed to support organizations now and in the future. It was a difficult year, but one of opportunity to build on our renewed collective energy from 2022 to, alongside you all from the sector,  build momentum.

Our Annual Report highlights work we prioritized in 2023 in collaboration with and in support of the nonprofit sector.