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Investigation: Ontario Trillium Foundation ‘muzzled’ charities with changes to advocacy policy

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request strongly suggest that partisanship influenced the foundation’s shift in 2020 toward a more restrictive approach to grantee advocacy.

Budget 2023 spends big — just not on the non-profit and charitable sector

Systemic issues for non-profits and charities, like core funding, regulatory changes, left out of federal budget

Black Opportunity Fund calls for ‘an immediate stay’ of announcement of Black-led endowment fund RFP winner, citing concerns with process transparency

A spokesperson for Employment and Social Development Canada says the government has selected one organization to run the Black-led endowment fund, based on an “independent, fair, transparent, and objective” review of all of the proposals.

After long wait, federal government announces roster for 7-member Social Innovation Advisory Council

The federal government picked Michael Toye, a veteran community economic development practitioner to serve as the council’s chair.

New AgentsC and Imagine Canada study reveals significant inclusion barriers for Black and Indigenous CSR professionals

Incorporating decolonized grant making practices and a diverse group of CSR practitioners within companies is needed to better serve communities they give back to, study suggests

“Totally unethical” charity wage disparities compound effects of inflation, pandemic

The average salary of an individual working at a community non-profit is more than $18,000 less than someone working in the overall economy

The Taliban’s ban on Afghan women working at NGOs will plunge many more families into poverty, aid agencies say

Amid a deepening humanitarian crisis, aid organizations struggle to find a path forward in Afghanistan

CRA guidance on non-qualified donees a ‘good first draft’ but leaders are pushing for several big changes before government finalizes policy

“It feels like a once in a lifetime opportunity to fix this,” says Jehad Aliweiwi, executive director of the Laidlaw Foundation.

Announcement: Ramona Leitao joins Future of Good as reporter on inclusion and anti-racism, supported by the WES Mariam Assefa Fund
Governments aren’t taking responsibility for climate change’s human health catastrophe. These changemakers are forcing them.

Two court cases, in Ontario and B.C., are trying to force Canada to better protect the health of its residents from climate change.