New group looks to philanthropic money to fund Canadian Nonprofit Data Lab

Author Sharlene Gandhi
The Federal Nonprofit Data Coalition (FNDC) has made several consecutive pre-budget submissions to the government to dedicate funding to non-profit data collection through StatsCan. A new coalition is seeking to fund this data collection through philanthropic funding.

Why It Matters

Compared to the for-profit sector, the non-profit sector remains under-researched in Canada. There are several instances of non-profits being included in national business surveys, and specific sector-related data then not being published.

This new coalition – made up of Imagine Canada, DARO and Carleton University – is now turning to philanthropy to fund the proposed data lab. 

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