Business-minded board members may see social enterprise as something that will diversify your charity’s revenue. Yes, it will – but it must correspond to your charitable objectives or you’ll violate the Income Tax Act, says nonprofit accounting expert Leslie Milton.
If you hold a leadership position in a small or medium-sized registered charity, the PwC Canada Foundation would like to help you or your entire leadership team expand your skills through its Leadership Grants Program.
“We fight for the people who fight for the people.” That’s the motto of the new Charities Defense Council spearheaded by Dan Pallotta. The first sign of that fight – the Charity Defense March: 3 days, 60 miles, a $1 million target – for “the people who get labeled ‘overhead’ and the people who rely on them.”
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took off spontaneously on a social-media-powered surge and garnered nearly fifty times as much money as ALS would normally raise over a two-month period. Can you do that? Should you? Janet Gadeski lists some things to think about first.
When people stop feeling that they belong to a community, they walk away, mentally if not physically. And nothing makes people feel dismissed like a decision that is implemented even though it passed by just one vote. Bill Kennedy shares tips for avoiding that divisive situation.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took off spontaneously on a social-media-powered surge and garnered nearly fifty times as much money as ALS would normally raise over a two-month period. Can you do that? Should you? Janet Gadeski lists some things to think about first.
When people stop feeling that they belong to a community, they walk away, mentally if not physically. And nothing makes people feel dismissed like a decision that is implemented even though it passed by just one vote. Bill Kennedy shares tips for avoiding that divisive situation.
