“A world where all charities have the capacity to increase their impact.” What a wonderful vision. Please join us in congratulating CanadaHelps on their E&Y Entreprenuer of the Year award.
Remarkable things happen when you leave your comfort zone and get away from your desk. Katharine Berrington shares some incredibly inspiring stories of some visits she has had with her legacy donors.
The scrutiny of the Trump and Clinton Foundations raise real, important, and valuable questions. Ann Rosenfield starts a discussion about what we need to do as citizens and as a sector.
In the first part of this two part series, Cathy Mann wrote about an elephant in the charitable sector’s room: people don’t like fundraisers. I trust now that you’ve had a week to lick your wounds, you have the emotional strength to hear why Cathy thinks this is the case.
The ability to issue a tax receipt is almost like having a license to print money. It is important that qualified donees issue official donations receipts according to the rules set out in the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the Canada Revenue Agency’s (“CRA”) guidance. According to the CRA 89% of charities are not issuing receipts appropriately. Charity Lawyer Mark Blumberg will outlines how to avoid the common receipting mistakes.